My Friend wants to get this computer she saw

2007-07-15 16:57:28

#1

Tehremos: Parcel of ol' Crams; +128|6879|Somersetshire

it's in a littlewoods cataloge, i told her not to buy from there lol

but this is one she thought of getting (even though she knows nothing about computers)

Intel Pentium E2140 Duel Core processor (i don't know how good this is)
1gb ram
160gb HD
15" LCD Flat panel monitor with 8 ms response rate (i'm not sure what the response rate means)
18x DVD +/- RW DoubleLayer
Vista Capable DirectX 9 graphics
Vista Home Priemium

now the price they say is £500
(now i'm not to computer smart but because it out of a cataloge i would espect it to be over priced)

just wanted to know what you tech people thought

2007-07-15 16:59:01

#2

Breez: AKA: badhq; +937|7104|Derby, England

You Cen get better set up then that for trhat money in UK I'm assuming thats where u from

2007-07-15 17:01:25

#3

majorassult: I <3 ak101; +307|7134|under there hayousaidunderwear

whats the computer for..? Just like everyday activities?

2007-07-15 17:03:07

#4

Tehremos: Parcel of ol' Crams; +128|6879|Somersetshire

majorassult wrote:
whats the computer for..? Just like everyday activities?

yea, she said she wanted to mainly do college work on it, but wants it to play games as well

2007-07-15 17:09:04

#5

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7053|SE London

It's not very good. You could probably do a fair bit better.

2007-07-15 17:26:57

#6

Fearmesnipers: Member; +41|6917|Wales

Meh i wouldnt wanna run vista on only 1 gig of ram. If she gets vista make sure its 2 gig.

2007-07-15 17:29:57

#7

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6935|cuntshitlake

Build your own machine (the tech section holds in a nice amount of info, and tech-geeks) and get vista for *cough* minimized prices *cough*

That way you can get a better machine for a smaller fee.

And, in thet one machine the bottlenecks seem to be the fact that it only has 1gb RAM and nameless graphic card. The monitor should also be at least 17", preferrably 19". 15" is utterly small.

Last edited by DeathUnlimited (2007-07-15 17:34:18)

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2007-07-15 17:31:23

#8

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6669|Winland

To save £250 on that, get it with WinXP Pretty descent, but you can get better for that money. Or go second-hand. You can get pretty descent second-hand computers.

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

2007-07-15 17:40:08

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Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6910|King Of The Islands

Well from my understanding, Pentium DC E2140/E2160 is in fact an "underclocked" C2D. It runs at 1.4 still, but its only FSB800 (same as all current Pentiums), and only 1MB Cache (same as all current Pentiums). Its better than Pentium D, not quite as good as C2D.

The computer's not bad. Not sure on exchange rates to gauge if its a good price though.

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2007-07-16 01:22:24

#10

Manicalwizard: Member; +2|6608

Well, not a bad setup for uni, but it might be a bit pricey. Have a look around and especially after the Intel price drops, she might be able to pick up a core 2 duo for cheaper!

2007-07-16 05:44:18

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Tehremos: Parcel of ol' Crams; +128|6879|Somersetshire

cheers for your help everyone, i was looking on ebuyer.com and found out that for the same price she could get a computer that is just awesome, with a little upgrading of course, but the price works out the same lol

so thanks again for your help

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