New PC

2010-01-07 14:32:02

#1

Toilet Sex: one love, one pig; +1,775|6831

After this Windows 7 crap, I need a new PC after my 5 year old seems to be on its last legs. I've no major idea about PC stuffs, so I've got a couple of PCs which seem to be alright for the price. My budget is £500 but the lower the better, I don't want to waste money on something I won't use to its full potential. Like I don't want to run the latest games in HD or something.

Let me know how decent these seem

http://www.dabs.com/products/acer-refur … -63XQ.html

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/produ … p;ref=dthp

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/ho … 42799.html

PS. I realise building my own would get me a lot more for my money but building one isn't for me.

Cheers (L)

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2010-01-07 14:34:23

#2

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6722|cuntshitlake

Those all have terrible video cards for one.

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2010-01-07 14:39:31

#3

Toilet Sex: one love, one pig; +1,775|6831

worse than a GeForce 6800? lol

If I pushed for £530 for the Dell, NVidia GeForce GT220 1024MB graphics card sounds alright?

Last edited by Toilet Sex (2010-01-07 14:42:07)

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2010-01-07 14:43:16

#4

PrivateVendetta: I DEMAND XMAS THEME; +704|6450|Roma

At first glance, the Dell

But I know shit all compared to others.

Last edited by PrivateVendetta (2010-01-07 14:43:39)

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2010-01-07 14:43:31

#5

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6220|Places 'n such

Why not build your own?
If you re-used the monitor, case and some other stuff from the old one you could easily build a decent PC within a £500 budget
#edit: fine, dont build your own... The Dell would get my vote

Last edited by presidentsheep (2010-01-07 14:44:19)

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2010-01-07 14:45:20

#6

Toilet Sex: one love, one pig; +1,775|6831

presidentsheep wrote:
Why not build your own?
If you re-used the monitor, case and some other stuff from the old one you could easily build a decent PC within a £500 budget
#edit: fine, dont build your own... The Dell would get my vote

I would maybe try and build my own, but installing RAM was terrifying enough lol

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2010-01-07 14:48:37

#7

PrivateVendetta: I DEMAND XMAS THEME; +704|6450|Roma

Toilet Sex wrote:
presidentsheep wrote:
Why not build your own?
If you re-used the monitor, case and some other stuff from the old one you could easily build a decent PC within a £500 budget
#edit: fine, dont build your own... The Dell would get my vote
I would maybe try and build my own, but installing RAM was terrifying enough lol

TBH it's all sort of like lego, just get some people to check you buy the right stuff.

2010-01-07 14:48:46

#8

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6220|Places 'n such

Toilet Sex wrote:
presidentsheep wrote:
Why not build your own?
If you re-used the monitor, case and some other stuff from the old one you could easily build a decent PC within a £500 budget
#edit: fine, dont build your own... The Dell would get my vote
I would maybe try and build my own, but installing RAM was terrifying enough lol

I built my own with a little help from here.
It's not that hard tbh, everythings fairly obvious as to where it goes. Just make sure you put the CPU paste on the right side...

That and make sure you're touching the case when you put the stuff in, made that mistake repainting my case and blew the mobo up

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2010-01-07 14:57:07

#9

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|7015|Scotland

Toilet Sex wrote:
presidentsheep wrote:
Why not build your own?
If you re-used the monitor, case and some other stuff from the old one you could easily build a decent PC within a £500 budget
#edit: fine, dont build your own... The Dell would get my vote
I would maybe try and build my own, but installing RAM was terrifying enough lol

If need be, we'll help you through every step. It's saving you a hell of a lot of money doing it that "harder" way and you get a much better system.

It's an experience, you can't really go wrong, unless you do what that guy did and put the paste on the wrong side of the CPU.

2010-01-07 15:05:12

#10

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6220|Places 'n such

550W Corsair CMPSU-550VXUK, ATX, PS/2, 5 year Warranty £64.59

500GB Samsung HD502HJ Spinpoint F3, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ, OEM £37.56

Asus M4A785TD-M EVO, AMD 785G, AM3, PCI-E (x16), DDR3 1333/1600/1800, SATA 3Gb/s RAID, uATX, VGA £67.66

4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX XMS3, DDR3 PC3-10666 (1333) 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24 £87.07

AMD Athlon II X4 620, Quad Core, S AM3, 2.6GHz, 2MB Cache, HT 4000MHz, 95W, Retail £74.00

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro v2 - S1366/S1156/S775/AM3/AM2+/AM2/939 Up to 130 Watts! £18.67

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit, Single, £78.81

Total- £429.53

Last edited by presidentsheep (2010-01-07 15:16:32)

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2010-01-07 15:07:09

#11

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|7015|Scotland

I'd get a Samsung Spintpoint tbh. The rest looks good. Would buy OCZ RAM personally, though.

2010-01-07 15:08:09

#12

PrivateVendetta: I DEMAND XMAS THEME; +704|6450|Roma

Or buy the wrong components

2010-01-07 15:08:59

#13

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6722|cuntshitlake

Yeah that HD is a green one which means it is either 5400RPM or toggles between 5400 and 7200. Slower than regular anyways.

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2010-01-07 15:09:04

#14

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6047|Catherine Black

Make it yourself!

We'll help you. Promise. Please don't waste your moneys on a prebuilt. Pleeeeeeease.

Also, reuse your old computers parts (Case, perhaps PSU, monitor, etc) and download Windows, don't buy!

2010-01-07 15:17:11

#15

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6220|Places 'n such

Made some edits to include different RAM and a better HDD, whats the current spec so we have some idea on what you can re-use?

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2010-01-07 15:49:12

#16

TopHat01: Limitless; +117|6164|CA

presidentsheep wrote:
Made some edits to include different RAM and a better HDD, whats the current spec so we have some idea on what you can re-use?

Missing a GFX card? Maybe a 9800GT or something, considering he doesn't have any desire to run the latest games.

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2010-01-07 17:21:12

#17

OmniDeath: ~; +726|6903

Zimmer wrote:
I'd get a Samsung Spintpoint tbh. The rest looks good. Would buy OCZ RAM personally, though.

I would stay away from the OCZ Gold though, it has a pretty high failure rate. OCZ's Reaper series is pretty good from my own experience though.

2010-01-07 18:04:48

#18

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Could remove the Mugen and go with the retail PII 955, it comes with a fan albeit crap stock one.

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2010-01-07 20:44:05

#19

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6456|Winland

With the new Core i5/i3s coming down in price like the Challenger rocket, I don't see a reason not to go that way.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2010-01-08 00:55:37

#20

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|7015|Scotland

OmniDeath wrote:
Zimmer wrote:
I'd get a Samsung Spintpoint tbh. The rest looks good. Would buy OCZ RAM personally, though.
I would stay away from the OCZ Gold though, it has a pretty high failure rate. OCZ's Reaper series is pretty good from my own experience though.

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2010-01-08 09:38:46

#21

Toilet Sex: one love, one pig; +1,775|6831

Cheers guys, I'll definitely consider building rather than pre-built then in the future. (PC seems to be working fine... for now. give it a week or so lol)

Last edited by Toilet Sex (2010-01-08 09:39:56)

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2010-01-08 09:51:07

#22

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6918|BC, Canada

Toilet Sex wrote:
Cheers guys, I'll definitely consider building rather than pre-built then in the future. (PC seems to be working fine... for now. give it a week or so lol)

yeah let them release all the i3 / i5's then watch for a couple weeks, should improve your build.

2010-01-09 04:51:52

#23

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6220|Places 'n such

TopHat01 wrote:
presidentsheep wrote:
Made some edits to include different RAM and a better HDD, whats the current spec so we have some idea on what you can re-use?
Missing a GFX card? Maybe a 9800GT or something, considering he doesn't have any desire to run the latest games.

Thats what the extra £70ish was for, im not too good on graphics cards

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2010-01-09 04:53:33

#24

CammRobb: Banned; +1,510|6389|Carnoustie MASSIF

presidentsheep wrote:
TopHat01 wrote:
presidentsheep wrote:
Made some edits to include different RAM and a better HDD, whats the current spec so we have some idea on what you can re-use?
Missing a GFX card? Maybe a 9800GT or something, considering he doesn't have any desire to run the latest games.
Thats what the extra £70ish was for, im not too good on graphics cards

Why not just go for a DX11 5770 at ~£130?

2010-01-09 04:55:32

#25

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6220|Places 'n such

CammRobb wrote:
presidentsheep wrote:
TopHat01 wrote:

Missing a GFX card? Maybe a 9800GT or something, considering he doesn't have any desire to run the latest games.
Thats what the extra £70ish was for, im not too good on graphics cards
Why not just go for a DX11 5770 at ~£130?

Goes £60 over budget and they were out of stock on the website I was looking at

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

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