Carl
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Right I need a new desktop, want to keep it cheap, won't be used for gaming, mainly just browsing the net, storing music, playing music etc. Don't know where to start, don't want anything that will be sluggish but no ideas on specs etc these days. One i'm on would be fine but it freezes proper randomly and i've had enough of it, can't use my external hard drive on it and thats where my music is kept.
Budget is 200 quid, prefer a second hand bargain type deal so get more for money. What do people reckon?
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Carl
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anyone?
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Doug
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http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148886
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M2RTY
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i use a dell 755dt for my media PC
came with DVD RW. DVI and VGA outputs for HDTV and projector, 160GB hard drive (I installed a 1TB drive too, just for media) and 5.1 surround sound
added a USB wireless stick and RF keyboard/trackball and I was away
cost me 200 for the full lot
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Sunz
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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This is good value for money and will do what you need easy.
PC
Amd 2.6ghz dual core.
250gb sata hard drive.
2gb ram.
It comes with linux installed.
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Sam
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quote:
Originally posted by Carl
Right I need a new desktop, want to keep it cheap, won't be used for gaming, mainly just browsing the net, storing music, playing music etc. Don't know where to start, don't want anything that will be sluggish but no ideas on specs etc these days. One i'm on would be fine but it freezes proper randomly and i've had enough of it, can't use my external hard drive on it and thats where my music is kept.
Budget is 200 quid, prefer a second hand bargain type deal so get more for money. What do people reckon?
You can pick up a decent system complete with TFT keyboard and mouse for under £100 on eBay! 
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DaveyLC
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Wait for a DELL offer 
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Cavey
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or have a nose around the classified on avforums, there's quite a lot of machines being sold on there
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Sam
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
Wait for a DELL offer
For £200? Are you taking the piss? 
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Carl
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its the processors that baffle me, used to be straight forward but now I haven't a clue whats decent and what is bollox. CHeers for the examples though i'll have a scout and post on here if not too sure.
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Carl
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Ended up getting this for £140 not expecting anything amazing, as long as its not dog slow and most of all it does crash all the time!
Pentium 4 3ghz HT processor
1TB Sata Hard Drive
2GB Ram
512mb Pci-E nividia geforce 6600 graphics card
LG DVD RW & CDR/RW,Card Reader, On board sound, Firewire card, Black Tower Case, Big CPU fan and heatsink, Internal Case fan
Currently got an amd athlon 64 processor 4000+. With 2gb ram (iirc) Will they be quite similiar in terms of performance?
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Sam
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The CPU in your new PC is better (3.0 GHz as opposed to your 2.4GHz Athlon).
So I'd say your new PC is a better spec than your old one, definately.
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Carl
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Nice one, i was thinking it 4000+ stood for 4ghz!
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kz
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For £200 you might be better off upgrading some components.
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Carl
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quote:
Originally posted by kz
For £200 you might be better off upgrading some components.
I've bought one now, The one i'm on now crashes, I've spent ages looking into it and failed so i've moved on when I looked into ti it is possibly motherboard issues which is way out of my technical level.
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Sam
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quote:
Originally posted by Carl
Nice one, i was thinking it 4000+ stood for 4ghz!
I used to think that at first, it's just AMD's retarded CPU model numbering scheme!
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AlunJ
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I was under the impression, that 4000+ on an amd cpu meant the although it was say 2Ghz, it was equivalent to the power of say a 4Ghz intel cpu?
Personally I've always gone for AMD over intel until I bought my mac where I didn't have a lot of choice. I think, however, that intel cpus are alot better than they used to be.
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