Buying dell computer!!

kremmen

JonG wrote:

Agree with Gizmo, Evesham are good and the £140 for the Dell warranty is not worth it.

MESH Computers are also very good with better motherboards than DELL (IMHO)

A good current MESH offer is here :-

http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?PAGE=PRODUCTVIEWPAGE&USG=PRODUCT&ENT=PRODUCT&KEY=56231

The following Dell 5150 offer is very good value for £470 (inc. VAT & delivery) but only lasts another few days (see top of page) :-

http://www.dmxcomputers.co.uk/content/blogcategory/15/64/

Neither will include fantastic software bundles though !

Thanks for the info...Can you advise on the AMD athlon as most people I talk to recommend Pentium 4?

Paul

JonG_3

I've got an AMD Athlon 64 and also a Pentium, and to be honest they are both fine for everyday general PC use.

I understand that Dell are soon to sell AMD Athlons as well as Pentiums, so it will be interesting to see how they compare pricewise and sales wise.

AMD are becoming more and more to the forefront now, they were the first to offer 64-bit, and the first to offer dual processors.

Unless you use your PC for a specific task (which may be quicker with a Pentium e.g. converting mp3 to wav or similar) I certainly would'nt dismiss an Athlon. In fact for general MS Office work I think the Athlon may be better (but don't quote me on that!), I'll let you do your own research

faz7875_2

Thanks for the info...Can you advise on the AMD athlon as most people I talk to recommend Pentium 4?

Paul

Athlons tend to be better for gaming and general use but pentiums are better when real number crunching comes into play (ie databases, networking etc) as they cany make better use of their higher cycle rate.