New Computer

I need to buy a new pc for microsoft office packages and also the internet with a budget of £400. Will I be able to get anything descent for that money and any recommendations would be appreciated.

Have just seen this online from pcworld. Is it any good?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?...

Thank you all.

your link doesn't take me to anything in particular - what's the make and model of the machine you're looking at?

sorry about that. here is the link again

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?...

It is an Acer Aspire X1301 Space-saving PC with 19" Acer monitor £379.99

Thanks.

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sorry about that. here is the link again

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?...

It is an Acer Aspire X1301 Space-saving PC with 19" Acer monitor £379.99

Thanks.

That seems fine for what you want to use it, remember that if you do need to upgrade the pc in the future you are limited due to its case size)

what sort of upgrades are you talking about Taras?

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what sort of upgrades are you talking about Taras?

I have found in the past space saving pcs next to impossible to upgrade due to space. But to be fair all i can see you potentially needing to upgrade is .. the graphics card (or currently lack of ) ..

I see. So long as it is a good machine and not going to start falling apart iin a few months time and also be able to do the job that will be fine.

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I see. So long as it is a good machine and not going to start falling apart iin a few months time and also be able to do the job that will be fine.

Yep, computers ususally don't fall apart. But yeah am just more saying the limitations of a space saver pc than anything else as long as your aware of that - thats fine

Hi, for the little extra in price and still within your budget, my choice would be the HP Pavilion p6205uk Desktop PC with 20" HP monitor.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/539750

3GB DDR3 memory

1TB hard drive

It also looks to have a larger case, so more room for upgrade in the future.

Hewlett-Packard is the largest manufacturer of computers in the world, Acer is the second largest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewlett_Packard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_Inc.

Thank you very much for all the help taras.

In reply to a post by E7er:

Hi, for the little extra in price and still within your budget, my choice would be the HP Pavilion p6205uk Desktop PC with 20" HP monitor.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/539750

3GB DDR3 memory

1TB hard drive

It also looks to have a larger case, so more room for upgrade in the future.

Hewlett-Packard is the largest manufacturer of computers in the world, Acer is the second largest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewlett_Packard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_Inc.

Is the Acer processor not better than the HP?

In reference to www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-6204G:

# AMD Athlon II X4 620
# 2 x 2Gb 240Pin DDR2 800Mhz
# ATX Tower Case With 400w PSU
# NVIDIA MCP61P Motherboard
£178.71

+

In reference to www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/Monitors/20inchMonitors/dell/IN20...:

Dell IN2010N 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor
£91.91

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In reference to www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/Peripherals/DesktopKits/Microsoft...:

Microsoft Value Multimedia Desktop
£18.71

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In reference to www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/Components/OpticalDrives/SATADVDW...:

Samsung S223C 22x DVD+/-RW 8x Dual Layer DVD-RAM SATA Black - OEM
£15.31

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In reference to www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/Software/OperatingSystems/Microso...:

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit DVD - OEM
£68.08

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In reference to www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/Components/HardDrives-Internal/SA...:

Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 16MB Cache Hard Drive SATAII
£29.99

Edited by deleted (Wed 27-Jan-10 14:21:28)

Hi, yes! The Athlon does look the better processor; they are both budget priced processors.

AMD Athlon II X3 Triple-Core processor (2.70GHz, 1.5MB Cache)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002T8QTEW/ref=asc_df_B00...


Intel Celeron Dual-Core E3200 processor (2.4GHz, 1MB Cache)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002N3F7NC/ref=asc_df_B00...

Try to find the motherboard Specifications... http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=...

I would want DDR3 memory with motherboard FSB 1333/1066/800 MHz speed capabilities.

http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/chipsets/g41/g...

Edited by deleted (Wed 27-Jan-10 16:12:28)

Some how i think the Anon OP wants a pre built PC.

Yeah, but that was pretty close. All you'd need to do was chuck the HD and DVD in and install 7. And it'd be worth it for the extra spec.