Looking for a new desktop pc

Simon_B_2

I'm looking for a new pc, to replace my current laptop. I've looked at the ones i know of Dell, Dabs and Ebuyer can you suggest any other online stores worth a look in the uk?
It's mostly for office 2007, spotify and itunes, considering a decent sized monitor separetly 22-24 inch as well.

Money_Grabber13579

PC World, but avoid Curry's with a bargepole even though they are in the same group! That's the only one I can think of right now.

GunJack

simon - with only wanting to do the things you listed, the next question is what is your budget/want-to-spend figure ?? Almost any new pc will do what you want, so really it's down to how much bang for your buck do you want

if you're looking at dell, look at their outlet store, similar for HP (thiers is on ebay)....good deals to be had on either...or how about a local specialist ?? or there's misco, dino, etc., etc.....

Marty_J

Keep an eye on the Apple refurb store for a refurbished Mac Mini or iMac. Or if you know any students, they could get you a nice discount.

You can get Spotify and Office for the Mac, and iTunes is a lot nicer on Mac OS X than it is on Windows.

Igol

Amazon.co.uk
Dabbs.com
Scan.co.uk

Amazon for the Haynes 'Build your own PC' book and all the bits from the other 2 when you realise just how cheap and how easy it is to build one for yourself.

Simon_B_2

Marty_J wrote: »

Keep an eye on the Apple refurb store for a refurbished Mac Mini or iMac. Or if you know any students, they could get you a nice discount.

You can get Spotify and Office for the Mac, and iTunes is a lot nicer on Mac OS X than it is on Windows.

Thanks, i'm actually a p/t student but can't really justify a Mac, even after discount. I've already bought word 2007 for about £40 through "ultimatesteal" for students. Just finishing off this years coursework on it this morning!

Budget would be upto £500 but the lower the better with a good enough spec, preferably at least dual core. That'll need to include a monitor (possibly bought separtely) and a decent graphics grade to run it at a high resolution, i've had enough of squinting at little screens so a 22-24 inch screen is my main driver.

DCFC79

Building 1 is easy to do, id try and get all the bits frm 1 site to cut down on postage or use 2 or 3 sites if the prices are cheaper, also make sure when you buy the m/board that it comes with sata cables (if its a sata hard drive you get ), aria have specials on so you could get some parts cheap but it might be a good idea to see if the same item or better is cheaper on another site

Simon_B_2

DCFC79 wrote: »

Building 1 is easy to do, id try and get all the bits frm 1 site to cut down on postage or use 2 or 3 sites if the prices are cheaper, also make sure when you buy the m/board that it comes with sata cables (if its a sata hard drive you get ), aria have specials on so you could get some parts cheap but it might be a good idea to see if the same item or better is cheaper on another site

Even after you've factored in a new operating system looking to run at least Vista Premium?

balloo_2

Try these People

http://www.palicomp.co.uk/

In Feb I bought a Base unit
off them from ebay they pester you for upgrades but if you refuse they come back with half price offers offers but you can still do a deal with them I had 2 case fans and an extra 2GB of RAM for £20. :T No OS tho but i had my own. They will install an operating system for an extra charge. Hope this is of help to you.

Athlon DUAL CORE AM2 5200+ 2GB/500GB & GeForce8100 GAL

Supports Above 1080P Resolution & Supports Blu-Ray DVD
They have this one ending soon
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/INTEL-QUAD-Q6700-10-6Ghz-4GB-500GB-nVidia-7100-GAL_W0QQitemZ350197254733QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_DesktopPCs?hash=item350197254733&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1690%7C66%3A4%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1308%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A200

Marty_J

Simon_B wrote: »

Thanks, i'm actually a p/t student but can't really justify a Mac, even after discount. I've already bought word 2007 for about £40 through "ultimatesteal" for students. Just finishing off this years coursework on it this morning!

Budget would be upto £500 but the lower the better with a good enough spec, preferably at least dual core. That'll need to include a monitor (possibly bought separtely) and a decent graphics grade to run it at a high resolution, i've had enough of squinting at little screens so a 22-24 inch screen is my main driver.

You could certainly get yourself a Mac Mini for less than £500 with a student discount, with enough money left to buy a monitor.

But, whatever works for you.

Jaffa.

Simon_B wrote:

Thanks, i'm actually a p/t student but can't really justify a Mac, even after discount. I've already bought word 2007 for about £40 through "ultimatesteal" for students. Just finishing off this years coursework on it this morning!

It's a good job you can register these student licenses on 2 computers isn't it

Argos sell computers, staples have a good deal (£300 i think) on an Acer desktop + monitor last time I looked, that was in store... Yeah check out Staples.

That eBay listing looks so tacky, copy and paste job, says it all.