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