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Yes. needless to say rep and my mother for the night (optional extra :wink:

) are available for all help received.

Edit: HP Pavilion Laptop, DV5094EA ??
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/ho/WF06b/21675-38187-38191-38191-38191-12319008-68282603.html

Pre programmed packages are no consideration at all as I already have them all. At least 2 USB ports required.

Reply 141

Mad Vlad

Laptops aren't my speciality, but that looks pretty reasonable. No video card though - so games will be a problem.

Its very hard to advise on this because I just cannot recommend buying an OEM built PC. I trust some online pre-built manufacturers... but like you say, you want to buy from a shop.

Reply 142

sr4470

I'm back

Mad Vlad

I think you can get laptops for £800 that have reasonable graphics (ie Radeon X300), just have to look around.

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=3X4D&CategorySelectedId=11105&PageMode=1&NavigationKey=11105,23,41595&v=2#infoarea

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=3S8N&CategorySelectedId=11105&PageMode=1&NavigationKey=11105,23,41595&v=2#infoarea

Second one even has a mobile X700 :smile:

And for Intel:

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=3SHS&CategorySelectedId=11105&PageMode=1&NavigationKey=11105,23,41603&v=2#infoarea

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=3XWF&CategorySelectedId=11105&PageMode=1&NavigationKey=11105,23,41603&v=2#infoarea

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=3YT3&CategorySelectedId=11105&PageMode=1&NavigationKey=11105,23,41603&v=2#infoarea

Reply 143

Phonicsdude

What is a mobile X700?
Is there any practical difference between an AMD and an Intel?

Reply 144

sr4470

Phonicsdude

What is a mobile X700?

Roughly equivalent to a desktop Radeon X700 graphics card (which is more than enough for the odd game).

Phonicsdude

Is there any practical difference between an AMD and an Intel?

Its fairly close between the Pentium M and mobile Athlon 64 variants. Whichever you prefer really, the other specs (such as ram, and hard disk size\speed) are more important.

Reply 145

james101

I was wondering what you thought of these?

Case

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=16258473561&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=89188

GC

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=16258536773&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=87758

HDD

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=16258588360&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=97515

RAM

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=49294

MOBO

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=16258674114&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=101647

CPU

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=16258728441&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=94645

£210.00 Inclusive

My budget is max £210, i want the pc for word processing and internet browsing mainly, and maybe to play a few games but not the latest ones.

Do you think there are better options within my budget?

Thanks

Reply 146

sr4470

Downgrade the CPU to a 2800+ and get a 128bit graphics card (which will only cost about £10 more). That PSU wont be good enough - buy an Antec 350W instead.

Reply 147

james101

I have a psu, it isnt a great psu but is pretty new and worked well in a better spec pc. I have a spare 128mb X300SE card, i think its PCI or would it be PCI-E, which would mean changing the motherboard.

Reply 148

Mad Vlad

james101

Yes.

Reply 149

sr4470

You can get reasonable PCI-E motherboards for about £45-50 anyway.

Reply 150

james101

Would the X300SE be better than the one i linked to? Also if you think i should use the card i have, do you think i would be able to afford socket 939 considering i wouldnt have to buy a gfx card?

Reply 151

sr4470

james101

Would the X300SE be better than the one i linked to? Also if you think i should use the card i have, do you think i would be able to afford socket 939 considering i wouldnt have to buy a gfx card?