which would you choose any why?

Nicksky

hi i have a 350 budget to get a new pc no more, i can office and an OS for free as a perk from my employer as well as Kaspersky AV.
im after a quad core pc

which of the two here is preferable?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Intel-Core-2-Quad-Q8200-PC-Computer-4GB-500GB-HD-9500GT_W0QQitemZ360186477312QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_DesktopPCs?hash=item53dcc97b00&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 PC Computer,4GB,500GB HD,9500GT graphics card as rock g31m-s motherboard £325




or
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167289
Zoostorm Advanced Premium Desktop PC, Core 2 Quad Q8200, 4GB DDR2, 500GB SATA HDD, DVDRW, Vista Home Premium with a foxcon31mx motherboard £350
or am i just chucking money away and should get this?



http://www.ebuyer.com/product/164667
Extra Value Desktop PC, Intel Dual Core E5300, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, DVDRW, NO OS £219


G31mx-K motherboard which appears to be the same as the more expensive ebuyer pc so i guess i could upgrade the chip at a later stage if i need it?

Thanks for your time guys.

bob_a_builder

I chose the 3rd option some week ago . (but then I wasn't aware of your other options)
Overclocks very simply, running @ 3.2GHz no probs
plenty of other happy customer reviews on ebuyer site
if you have any specific Q's ?

Nicksky

Thanks for that yes the cheaper pc is well reviewed, i just dont know if i need more power as i do a lot of picture and video work as well as downloads and more.

jaydeeuk1

Nicksky wrote: »

Thanks for that yes the cheaper pc is well reviewed, i just dont know if i need more power as i do a lot of picture and video work as well as downloads and more.

If you do a lot of video / photo work, then go for one of the quad core PC's (assuming you're using a package that takes advantage of all 4 cores, such as adobe premiere).
Otherwise, the ebuyer one is great value for money.

Is any 3d work required or purely 2d?

Nicksky

well if im honest i want to play 3d games too, so that leaves the ebay one looking better at this stage, dont know what the mobo is like?

jaydeeuk1

Nicksky wrote: »

well if im honest i want to play 3d games too, so that leaves the ebay one looking better at this stage, dont know what the mobo is like?

The 9500GT is a bit crap TBH and not really a gaming card.

All the PC's will have cheapo power supplys, not good enough to power a decent midrange card like a 4850. Saying that, you *might* get away with a 4770. Ask the ebay one how much to upgrade.

Unless you build a PC yourself, you'll be struggling to find somewhere that will offer a quad core PC, with a decent graphics card PSU, 4gb ram and a good sized HD for under £350.

How comfortable are you with building PC's?

Nicksky

Well i have taken them apart to strip and clean them , installed op systems added hd's, changed memory, added dvd drives added formatted and partitioned hd's that kind of stuff, do you reckon id need to know more? are we talking much cheaper?
thanks about the graphics card tip, too. ill email him now.

jaydeeuk1

Nicksky wrote: »

Well i have taken them apart to strip and clean them , installed op systems added hd's, changed memory, added dvd drives added formatted and partitioned hd's that kind of stuff, do you reckon id need to know more? are we talking much cheaper?
thanks about the graphics card tip, too. ill email him now.

If you're ok doing that, then building from scratch is pretty straight forward. Especially with a decent case.

I've just priced up a system with a quad core q8200, 4gb ram, 500gb hd, artic cooler PSU and an ati 4770 and could sell for £350 and still make a decent enough profit to make it worthwhile to an ebay seller. Price difference between a 9500gt and a 4770 is about £35 at most.

Nicksky

Wow, how, where? would you be happy to share the info? does that include a case?

Thanks.

jaydeeuk1

Nicksky wrote: »

Wow, how, where? would you be happy to share the info? does that include a case?

Thanks.

Includes a case. Cheapest, nastiest one I could find mind you, but a case nontheless
I just priced up parts from ebuyer other than the CPU (I can get at cost), and no doubt you can buy parts individually elsewhere for less. Try scan or aria. Even so, the total comes to £345 inc delivery even if buying the CPU from ebuyer.

Item codes

164568
138750
143844
124228
132129
124922
148933
148094

Nicksky

so buy the time i get a fan for the cpu heat sink compound and case and cables for the drives, theres not too much in it i guess. ill see what the ebay bloke offers then decide thanks for your time mate.