Best PC for <£500 with flatscreen monitor + printer?

lellie

Mesh have some very good offers.. the spec of their pcs are generally better than most people - they actually know what they're doing.

Backbiter

I would always advise against a celeron, from personal experience.

I've always had excellent experience with Compaq PCs (now part of HP), and the only UK outlets for these seem to be PCW, Currys and Dixons, though Morgan Computers and HP's Ebay outlet offer refurbished ones. I've never had a problem with Compaq in 6 years, so I can't comment on PCW's after sales service. They were fine at supplying it (online purchase) and their price was very competitive for the spec.

I've also had poor experience of Dell PCs and laptops.

Ted_Hutchinson

lellie wrote:

Mesh have some very good offers.. the spec of their pcs are generally better than most people - they actually know what they're doing.

MESH OFFER
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home
512MB PC3200 DDR Memory
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]128MB GeForce 6100 Graphics[/font]
17" TFT Flat Panel Monitor £499 inc vat

• [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]MD Athlon 64 3200+ Processor[/font]
• [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition[/font]
• [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]512MB DDR400 RAM (PC3200) Memory[/font]
• [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]160GB Serial ATA (150Mb/s) Ultra Fast Hard Drive[/font]
• [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]128MB GeForce 6100 PCI-X On-board Graphics (SMA)[/font]
• [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]17" TFT Flat Panel LCD Analogue Monitor[/font]
• [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]SONY 52x CD RW & 16x DVD-ROM Drive (Combo)[/font]
• [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]5.1 Surround Sound - 6 channel audio[/font]
• [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Network Ready integrated 10/100 Ethernet Adaptor[/font]
• [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Logitech Desktop Keyboard & Optical Mouse[/font]
• [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]FREE Microsoft Works 8.5[/font]
• [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]FREE CyberLink Video Editing Software (oem)[/font]
• [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Classic Warranty - 3 Yr Parts & Labour (Back-to-base)[/font]
• [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Black Mini Tower Case/4 USBs + Additional Features[/font]

Standard UK Mainland Delivery + £39 exc VAT.

It's a bit over the initial budget and you would still need a printer but it is a much better spec.

non.basic

Poppy9 wrote:

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I would but I might get sued:p
My main problem with them is they fill their machines with dirt cheap parts and dirt cheap isnt always the best value for money!
I would say they overcharge for whats actually inside them.

I worked for Dell before and theyre actually pretty good. Mostly the things I was getting called out for werethings that go wrong with every computer and put right with one vist. Yeah there were some horror stories and the Indian call center, well...

once you do get your pc leave this program running on it at least overnight and if it comes up with any errors get it sorted.
Memtest 86+
Its a good test for the main bits in your pc, Motherboard CPU and memory