2nd hand desktop

mercman1969

anybody have or point me in the best direction to buy a 2nd hand desktop please

looking for something that can handle graphic rich content but at the same time be able to connect to a normal crt television

ideally would like it to be able to connect wirelessly to the net also
budget isnt massive <£100

dont require a monitor of other items such as keyboard/mouse unless it comes complete with wireless items

thanks for your help....got myself confused with ebay as sooo many listed

superjaggybunnet

https://www.europc.co.uk

SurferDan

Hi mercman

I have my sons old desktop that you can have for less than £100 ( a lot less) if you are prepared to pick it up. I am in Doncaster so not far from Mansfield. Don't have the spec to hand at the moment and I would need to clean the HD's. If you are interested post a reply and I will list the spec for you.

Regards

mercman1969

SurferDan wrote: »

Hi mercman

I have my sons old desktop that you can have for less than £100 ( a lot less) if you are prepared to pick it up. I am in Doncaster so not far from Mansfield. Don't have the spec to hand at the moment and I would need to clean the HD's. If you are interested post a reply and I will list the spec for you.

Regards

Certainly interested in it....especially if its "alot less than £100"
Its only for our daughter to use...must be able to connect it to a normal tv

SurferDan

Hi mercman
Give me 24 hrs to check the spec for you
What do you mean by normal tv? is it CRT or LCD, what connectors does it have?

regards

mercman1969

SurferDan wrote: »

Hi mercman
Give me 24 hrs to check the spec for you
What do you mean by normal tv? is it CRT or LCD, what connectors does it have?

regards

Afraid it is still a CRT
Think it has Scart / S-Video & RGB

SurferDan

Hi Mercman

Not sure if this is any good for you

Processor Athlon XP running at 1.15 GHz
46.1 GB hard drive
Floppy drive
1 x CD ROM
1 x CD RW
MS Win XP Professional
383 MB RAM - yes not a lot to run Windows XP Prof'
Full tower case - bit dirty been in storage a while
Dates from 2001
Motherboard is an IWill XP333-R which apparently was an overclockers dream at when it first came out. Thats probably why it has 4 (yes 4) fans in the case!!!
I guess it will need a memory upgrade and a bigger hard drive to do what you require
Let me know what you think

mercman1969

Thanks...not for me I'm afraid.....wont run what i need it to run

davester

what programs you need to run and their system specs, Then we can work from there

mercman1969

davester wrote: »

what programs you need to run and their system specs, Then we can work from there

Need to run something along the lines of Corel Draw
Also ideally would like to view home movies aswell as edit them

Fifer

Why do you want to connect it to a normal TV? That's seriously going to limit your options, resolution and I suspect, give any user eye strain and bad headaches. I don't believe a normal TV would even be capable of supporting 640*480 graphics. It's not suitable for 'graphics rich content'.

I'm pretty sure you'd be able to pick up a crt monitor for next to nothing (or free on freecycle).