Purchasing a PC, advice please

sacodetoro

sacodetoro

Lifer
I'm looking to get a desktop PC, I'm considering getting a "built" one from the likes of ebay or online.

It's going to be used for the office, so it'll have sage and photo shop and other programs like that being ran on it.

Want it to be reasonably fast.

I'd like some advice on what to avoid and any recommendations people have?

Thanks,
Rich
 
somal

somal

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get something custom built, u can get a decent pc for that price...do not aim for the brand, u can get much more from a clone and more performance for your budget...dual core proc, big drive..lots of ram etc and with a clone machine its expandable u can upgrade it later on
 
sacodetoro

sacodetoro

Lifer
ye that's what I'm aiming to do, figure I can get a better PC for the same price if I get a non branded one, just looking for advice on where to get one from as I don't want one from a cowboy
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sacodetoro

sacodetoro

Lifer
I've changed a few things on my home PC like ram etc but am a bit nervous of software problems with regards to motherboards and initially getting the OS onto it
 
somal

somal

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i'm a network administrator, few years back when i wasnt at this level...i use to be assembling pcs for clients, most of them were for gaming and graphics design, video editing, for gaming AMD processors are good....and alot cheaper than intel, go for a quadcore....u can check tigerdirect, newegg, amazon, compusa
 
davehart

davehart

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A good thing to do is buy a few computer magazines. If your not building one yourself and want a good ready built PC for the price your after they will have a few recommendations for the best one for your budget.

Magazines like Computer Shopper and PC Pro are good ones to get.

They usually have a good selection of ready built PC's on test so you can have an easier choice in getting one as it can be a bit confusing with so many different parts you can get for PC's these days.
 
sacodetoro

sacodetoro

Lifer
davehart said:
A good thing to do is buy a few computer magazines. If your not building one yourself and want a good ready built PC for the price your after they will have a few recommendations for the best one for your budget.

Magazines like Computer Shopper and PC Pro are good ones to get.

They usually have a good selection of ready built PC's on test so you can have an easier choice in getting one as it can be a bit confusing with so many different parts you can get for PC's these days.
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good advice I'll get a couple later,

Thanks
 
GT-TD04

GT-TD04

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sacodetoro said:
can't seem to find any on anywhere in Ireland unfortunately I'll need it before feb, thanks anyway bud
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You could have a look at this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-224-OK&tool=5

With the quadcore processor and the 4GB of ram it would run photoshop with no problems and if you wanted to add a graphics card (it has already intergrated graphics) theres a PCI-E slot that would let you run one no problems.

On tte same site theres 20" monitors for under £90 and an array of good graphics cards.
Monitor
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-035-DE
Graphics Card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-138-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1274
Thats the same graphics card im using,and while it isnt really a gaming graphics card it does play call of duty modern warfare 2 on a 20" monitor with medium settings (graphics are still excellent)

Its an option,you could use your existing monitor and just use the onboard graphics that comes with the motherboard aswell and it would save you some money:)
 
GT-TD04

GT-TD04

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y3Lo said:
if your not cinfident on building your own, go to the likes of dell. always got deals on.
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Personally i hate Dell.
Crap customer support,every pc has there freeware,you have to buy with an OS,you have to buy there crap support,they overcharge, and ive seen cases where they have hidden partitons on HD's (built in iwth hte recovery tools) that wont allow an upgrade of your OS,ive seen HP do it aswell.

The only way around it was to use a 3rd party partiton manager like Partiton Wizard to fully format the HD and then the upgrade went smoothly.

They dont get my vote:)
 
sacodetoro

sacodetoro

Lifer
GT-TD04 said:
You could have a look at this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-224-OK&tool=5

With the quadcore processor and the 4GB of ram it would run photoshop with no problems and if you wanted to add a graphics card (it has already intergrated graphics) theres a PCI-E slot that would let you run one no problems.

On tte same site theres 20" monitors for under £90 and an array of good graphics cards.
Monitor
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-035-DE
Graphics Card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-138-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1274
Thats the same graphics card im using,and while it isnt really a gaming graphics card it does play call of duty modern warfare 2 on a 20" monitor with medium settings (graphics are still excellent)

Its an option,you could use your existing monitor and just use the onboard graphics that comes with the motherboard aswell and it would save you some money:)
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Thanks mate, that seems to fit the bill perfectly.
 
gv1.3

gv1.3

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If its for office work I would go for something like a dell desktop. They are built to order so you can spec it to suit your needs and budget. The machine Im currently working on is mainly used for business apps its an AMD Turion Dual core Mobile 2.2Ghz 64bit with 4GB of RAM running windows 7 professional and its rock solid and fast. Its a laptop but it will give you an idea of what will handle the apps you want.

Also if its for an office you need to think about if it will be on a domain. If you need to add it to a windows domain make sure you get it with a "professional" version of XP/Vista/7
 
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