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Reply 2040

Just ordered a refurb base unit:

# Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6300
# 1.86GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 2MB Cache
# Microsoft Windows Vista Premium
# 1GB DDR2 RAM
# 250GB Hard Drive
# Multi-Format Dual Layer DVD RW Drive
# 512MB nVidia Geforce 7500LE Graphics
# 9-in-1 Media Card Reader
# 7 USB Connections
# 4 PCI Slots

and a monitor(AOC N19W Monitors TFT) for £370 delivered :smile:

Good value or rip off? Not looking to play games on it btw :smile:

Reply 2041

omicronlyrae

11

that's not a bad deal at all, especially as you aren't going to be gaming on it.

Reply 2042

Rob_C_1989

Hi, im not really up to date with whats good or not, but is this a good deal:

TOSHIBA A200-1BW LAPTOP - TOSHIBA A200-1BW INTEL CORE 2 DUO T5500 PROCESSOR 1.66GHz LAPTOP

Key Specification
• Vista Home Ultimate • 2GB RAM • 200GB HDD • 15.4''Widescreen
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5500
1.66GHz, 667MHz FSB, 2MB Cache
Genuine Windows Vista Ultimate
2GB Memory
200GB Hard Drive
Dual Layer DVD ReWriter MultiDrive
15.4" HD BrightView Widescreen Display
320MB nVidia GeForce GO 7300 Graphics
Wireless Enabled
4 USB Connections

£899.99

I dont need anything really fancy although i would like to be able to play some games. My budget is around £1000. Also would anyone be able to recommend some good desktops for that kinda price? Although a laptop would be easier, as i may want to take it to lectures and home during the holidays, im not completely ruling out desktops.

Cheers

Reply 2043

estel

18

I'm looking to upgrade my desktop. I'm limited to a socket 939 CPU and AGP graphics card.

So I was looking at a 7950GT 256MB graphics card and AMD X2 4200+.
But is it worth me trying to find the 512MB version of that graphics card? Or would a 1950Pro be a better choice (though I'm reluctant to mod my box in order to fit the card in it). It has to be a single slot one.

Reply 2044

*Mike*

11

btw, if you are planning to buy anything at currys there are discount codes for £10 off £100, £20 off £200 upto £100 off £999 and free delivery codes avalaible :smile:

Reply 2045

omicronlyrae

11

estel

I'm looking to upgrade my desktop. I'm limited to a socket 939 CPU and AGP graphics card.

So I was looking at a 7950GT 256MB graphics card and AMD X2 4200+.
But is it worth me trying to find the 512MB version of that graphics card? Or would a 1950Pro be a better choice (though I'm reluctant to mod my box in order to fit the card in it). It has to be a single slot one.

that's a pretty good choice of parts, IMO. the x1950pro is a good card but if you can't just fit it right in, i would say it' not worth the effort to fit it.

Reply 2046

neomayemer

I was thinking of getting the Samsung Q45, has anyone got any experience with these?

Reply 2047

x Kelly x

11

hey,

i want a usb port on the front of my pc , how do i go about it? Would it be possible to replace my floppy disk drive with these?

thanks
kelly

Reply 2048

JayEm

14

Yep, you can get 3.5" thingies which replace your floppy drive and plug into a spare USB header on your motherboard.

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Card+Readers/Internal+Card+Readers/52+in+1+Card+Reader+Black+with+USB+?productId=24902

Reply 2049

|irael

Heya,
I'm planning on buying a desktop for uni, and I'd like your opinions on this (about £1200):

PROCESSOR Intel® Viiv™ Core™ 2 Duo E6700 Processor (2.66GHz,1066MHz,4MB cache)

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium - English

MONITOR Dell™ 22" Black Wide Flat Panel

MEMORY 4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [4x1024]

HARD DRIVE 500GB Serial ATA RAID 0 Stripe [2x250GB 7200rpm drives with DataBurst™ cache]

GRAPHICS CARD 256MB nVidia™ GeForce 8600GTS graphics card

OPTICAL DRIVE 16x DVD+/-RW & 48x CDRW/DVD Combo Drive

SOUND CARD Integrated Audio with Dolby Digital 7.1 capability

MICROSOFT SOFTWARE Microsoft® Office 2007 Home and Student

SECURITY SOFTWARE Norton™ Internet Security™ 2007 - 15 Month Protection

Reply 2050

jack_sparrow

|irael

Heya,
I'm planning on buying a desktop for uni, and I'd like your opinions on this (about £1200):

PROCESSOR Intel® Viiv™ Core™ 2 Duo E6700 Processor (2.66GHz,1066MHz,4MB cache)

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium - English

MONITOR Dell™ 22" Black Wide Flat Panel

MEMORY 4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [4x1024]

HARD DRIVE 500GB Serial ATA RAID 0 Stripe [2x250GB 7200rpm drives with DataBurst™ cache]

GRAPHICS CARD 256MB nVidia™ GeForce 8600GTS graphics card

OPTICAL DRIVE 16x DVD+/-RW & 48x CDRW/DVD Combo Drive

SOUND CARD Integrated Audio with Dolby Digital 7.1 capability

MICROSOFT SOFTWARE Microsoft® Office 2007 Home and Student

SECURITY SOFTWARE Norton™ Internet Security™ 2007 - 15 Month Protection

Sounds very top end, although I personally wouldn't stripe using RAID 0, i'd just opt for a single 500gb, also, i'm not sure £1200 represents great value for money. I just did a quick tally in my head and came up with about £950 (assuming the software is legal)

Where were you thinking of getting it from?

Reply 2051

Fluent in Lies

2

What will you be using it for?

Reply 2052

estel

18

If they say "browsing the web and MSN", I'm going to cry.

Reply 2053

Fluent in Lies

2

estel

If they say "browsing the web and MSN", I'm going to cry.

word processing

Reply 2054

Lapis lazuli

2

Fluent in Lies

word processing

Watching Dvds :biggrin:

Reply 2055

|irael

I'll be using it at university but I'm also a bit of a gamer and use lots of applications at the same time hence I wanted a decent processor and RAM - I figure its much easier to upgrade things like graphics cards later. So YES I’ll be word processing! but a few other things too and I’d like it to last a loooooong time.

I'm getting it from directly from Dell, I don't have a great deal of choice in it since I'm not footing the whole bill but I’m certainly contributing :P

How did you get the figure of £900 ish? Is that building it yourself - I don't think I'm quite up to that!

Reply 2056

Lapis lazuli

2

lfc4life

Is this a decent laptop for £500, I would be using it for internet and WoW:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 1.6GHz
RAM: 1024MB DDR2 - Low Cost Double Memory Offer
Hard Drive: 120GB
Screen: 15.4" TFT
Optical Drive: DVDRW to read and write CDs and DVDs
Graphics: NVidia GeForce Go7300 128MB
Wireless LAN: 802.11a/b/g - Call for advice on Wireless Networking
Bluetooth: Bluetooth Enabled
Warranty: 1 Year
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Basic Edition
Fast Ethernet 10/100
4-in-1 Flash Memory Card Reader
Fingerprint Reader

That Spec looks very good for the price!

Reply 2057

Lapis lazuli

2

|irael

Heya,
I'm planning on buying a desktop for uni, and I'd like your opinions on this (about £1200):

PROCESSOR Intel® Viiv™ Core™ 2 Duo E6700 Processor (2.66GHz,1066MHz,4MB cache)

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium - English

MONITOR Dell™ 22" Black Wide Flat Panel

MEMORY 4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [4x1024]

HARD DRIVE 500GB Serial ATA RAID 0 Stripe [2x250GB 7200rpm drives with DataBurst™ cache]

GRAPHICS CARD 256MB nVidia™ GeForce 8600GTS graphics card

OPTICAL DRIVE 16x DVD+/-RW & 48x CDRW/DVD Combo Drive

SOUND CARD Integrated Audio with Dolby Digital 7.1 capability

MICROSOFT SOFTWARE Microsoft® Office 2007 Home and Student

SECURITY SOFTWARE Norton™ Internet Security™ 2007 - 15 Month Protection

£1200 is very expensive for a dell PC.

You might want to go to 2gb of Ram, as its very unlikely youll make use of 4gb for a while yet, especially for how much dell charge for Ram.

Also it might be worth checking the price difference between the e6600 and the e6700, it may be a lot of money for minimal performance gains.

That is if money is an issue, if not ill shut up! :p:

Reply 2058

*Mike*

11

im sure if you call dell they would knock a chunk off that price :smile:

Reply 2059

Chaz_Hack_Rabbit

You might be able to save money by not getting MS office from Dell - I think Office 2003 is much better than 2007 - and you'll save quite a bit of money, especially if you have an NUS card (there's a site on the offers section of the NUSonline website that does Office 2003 PRO for about £70)...just a suggestion.

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