Decent Cheap PC Anywhere?

waterman3

Hey folks!

I'm looking for a PC at the moment (around £300). I only use it for surfing the web. The most important thing for me is the processor speed. I don't do any gaming or any other fancy stuff like that.

I just wondered if anybody had seen any bargains around recently.

I'd be grateful for any help.

Cheers

isofa

Best Dell deals listed here https://www.dmxdimension.com

McKneff

Morrisons - £249 great bargain

surfsister

anniehanlon wrote: »

Morrisons - £249 great bargain

any more details please? I'm looking for a cheap lap top for kids for uni! lol

sjpkgp

Waterman, Provided you like XP rather than VISTA, I have just taken delivery of this from aria (this morning) http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/Fujitsu+E600+Intel+P4+3.0GHz+Slimline+PC+?productId=33791&rqcType=new#rqc if you want an ultra-cheap PC. Bought this after months of trouble with my old one, and the motherboard finally fried this week. It costs £69 ex VAT. We also have one of the aria £59 ones in the house, and it has been running about a year with no problems. I only use my PC for surfing the net and doing normal MS Office type work. I am was only intending to use it temporarily while I spec'd myself a new one, but I am very happy with it (and will wait to see "how it does" - bear in mind that all my files are (luckily) backed up to a external maxtor hard drive, and as such I may be in a honeymoon period. Pros: briliant price, delivered within 24 hours, seems nippy enough, pre-loaded with XP Home , it has a small footprint if you stand it on it's end (not sure it is designed for this, but it seems to be coping OK - it seems to have all the slots I need - 6 USB slots etc.. but best of all, it is silent - there is a "whoosh" as it starts up, then it goes deadly silent. Cons: there is only a 30 day guarantee (although as mentioned, our £59 one has been running nicely for a year now with no absolutely no bother). If you are into appearance, or are worried about it going boom after 30 days, this, nor the £59 are not for you. The PC itself looks "old fashioned" (it is off white) but it is slimmer than most and under my desk, so I can't even see it. It has got 512 of RAM and only 40g of memory but a spare slot, so I am going to up this. These are also reconditioned units, and when I first took delivery of the £59 one I thought "this looks old fashioned/been about", but cannot fault its reliability or performance for the price.

I am sure for £300 you are wanting something much higher spec, and newer looking, but for anyone with a sub £100 budget, I would say that the two I have had from Aria have proved their worth.

Sal x