Dell desktops. What can I get for very little money?

tomstickland

I've been very impressed by the Dell laptop offers. However, being really tight and not needing a laptop, I've been aroused (financially) by their desktop offers. It looks like I can buy a pretty decent set up for around £300.

How "good" a machine can I buy for this sort of money? I only intend to run internerd explorer, word and excel on it. It looks like I can get around 2-2.5GHz processer clock rate for that money. I don't care about the screen size.

Worth it?

intel

That would be fine for what you want to use it for as long as you dont intend to play games as that will drain resources a bit, also they can be a pain to upgrade unlike a desktop, so be warned as an upgrade is nigh on impossible or if the monitor breaks on a laptop expect to shell out a few quid.

tomstickland

I think you've misread my post slightly. I want a desk top.

intel

tomstickland wrote:

I think you've misread my post slightly. I want a desk top.

Oh well reverse the first bit of the post then,
Yep good deal and the other stuff applies still.

tomstickland

Right, action plan is going to be, er, actioned when I can bring myself to spend the money.

I can't believe how cheap desktops are now.

beautifulgorgeous_2

I got a good spec machine on cube247 from their budget range. Been pleased with the machine and the advice. Delivery was less than a week from order. They do charge a creditcard suppliment but include delivery.

Viz_2

Go to Dell website and enter the e value code 305 d12511


Then change the 3 year basic warranty to 1 year. The price changes to £353 including VAT and delivery :cool:

The spec is .....

Dimension 5150
BaseIntel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 with HT technology (3.00GHz, 800MHz fsb, 2MB cache)
Microsoft Operating SystemGenuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2
Memory512MB Dual Channel DDR2 400MHz (2x256)
Dell Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Ire (QWERTY)
MonitorDell E156FP 15" Flat Panel Monitor - Midnight Grey
Hard Drive80GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cacheFloppy Drives
MouseDell USB 2Button Wheel Mouse
No Modem
CD/DVD Drives48x/32x/48x/16x CDRW/DVD-ROM combination Drive
No Speakers

Forgot to say you can also add a graphics card for extra money....
a 128mb is £35
a 256mb is £70

tomstickland

That's a good spec. 3GHZ and 512MB.
How long is that offer going to last?

alared

If you need speakers and a modem that`ll be another £25.
All Dell current offers are at this site and usually change on a Thursday.
https://www.wizmarkcomputers.co.uk

Myosin

that's the thing with dell, it's a good offer but add the things you need, like a modem, speakers, and dvd writer, that bumps the price up

mitchb

Try the small business section at dell, they allow individuals to buy from there and are cheaper than the main site.