Is this Desktop PC any good?

Norman-B

I have seen this PC for sale on Gumtree and wondered if it was good spec. Can anyone please advise me?

Thank you.

DESKTOP PC

Desktop PC 500GB HDD 2GB RAM Intel® Dual-Core

Great Value at only £249

Plus! some great free gifts to go with it too

FREE Usb Keyboard and Optical Mouse Worth £14.99
FREE 2 complete Multimedia speakers Worth £09.99

Ready to be dispatched from U.K (No Waiting to assemble after you have ordered)


Intel Dual Core E5200 Processor

Intel 950 Graphics Media Acclerator

2GB High Speed DDR2 667 Mhz PC 5300

MAXTOR SATA II 500 GB 7200 RPM 32mb cache

CD/DVD +RW

All in One Memory Card Reader

5.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec)

10/100 Fast Ethernet LAN

4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports

1 x RJ-45 LAN Port

OPERATING SYSTEM NOT INCLUDED

hotkee

Kind of depends on the processor speed which you have not mentioned and what brand is it?

Although, if it aint got an OS, its not worth £250 when you get decent brand Dell machines with near similar specs and with an OS and a 1 year warranty (can get extended if you pay). And a monitor.

Jaffa.

I would wait until the release of windows 7 anyway, the spec you've stated above doesn't come with an OS so your looking for about £100 for that, bringing it to £350, unless your running Linux on it? Is there no monitor with it? if not thats another £150, I mean, you can get something for less than £500 with monitor and os and a better spec

You really want 3GB+ at 800MHz otherwise your going to notice a bottleneck in your system when it comes to futureproofing with new programs.

Baldur

hotkee wrote: »

Kind of depends on the processor speed which you have not mentioned

The E5200 runs at 2.5GHz as standard.

Norman-B

Thank you all for the replies. It looked 'cheap' at £249 but as you add OS and monitor, well perhaps not.

Jaffa.

Have a look in Staples, they have a good deal on an Acer with monitor and Vista Business, it had 1GB of ram but you could just put this in it and you'd have a great little comp, £299 the pc cost.

spud17

Just to compare, similar spec, smaller HD, but includes OS.

2nd one down.

http://www.dmxdimension.com/dell-uk/vostro-deal-comparison/