Decent desktop pc under £300?

chunkymunks

I need to buy a pc for under £300 and wondered if anyone had any recommendations.
It is mainly for browsing the internet and a bit of ms word so doesn't need a good graphics card, speakers etc. As much memory as poss and a decent (ish) hard drive. Any suggestions anyone?
Cheers.
x

Milko

Does it have to be a desktop ?
Reason I ask, is that whilst in Tescos today I noticed their £328 15" Windows 7 laptop with 3gb Ram, 160gb hd etc... T3000 Dual core processor (1.8 iirc)
another £30ish gets you the Tosh with a 320gb HD

Cracking value if you ask me

Alternatively http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176488

chunter

why post in ni forum, surely better chance of responnses in Techie forim

Benet

misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=373310&Tab=0&NoMapp=0&sourceid=3481&cm_mmc=Lyris-_-BC-_-BC3481-_-Q181781

Tiny little pc, with pretty impressive specs for it's size. Also, its a lot cheaper than you're budget leaving some cash for other things. Just to warn you though, it doesn't come with a monitor/keyboard/mouse.

CL

In Tesco last night I bought an E-Machines EL1200 for £224.10. 16" TFT monitor, 160GB hard drive, 2GB ram DVDWR, Windows Vista basic.

It isn't on the Tesco website though.

This link is to one on another website, but the one on Tesco is new - the link below is to a refurbished one.
http://www.acerdirect.co.uk/GRADE_A2_-_Acer_E-Machine_EL1200_Athlon_LE-1620_Desktop_A2-9V.YCE7Z.UFB/version.asp?PID=495

motorguy

Milko wrote: »

Does it have to be a desktop ?
Reason I ask, is that whilst in Tescos today I noticed their £328 15" Windows 7 laptop with 3gb Ram, 160gb hd etc... T3000 Dual core processor (1.8 iirc)
another £30ish gets you the Tosh with a 320gb HD

Cracking value if you ask me

Alternatively http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176488

from memory the T3000 is a relatively low spec Celeron variant.

If the O/P doesnt need a laptop, why pay more for less functionality?

motorguy

Try here for the latest and best dell deals...

http://www.dmxdimension.com/

OR www.dell.co.uk/outlet

Milko

pgilc1 wrote: »

If the O/P doesnt need a laptop, why pay more for less functionality?

Hence the ebuyer option

bribrian

pgilc1 wrote: »

from memory the T3000 is a relatively low spec Celeron variant.

If the O/P doesnt need a laptop, why pay more for less functionality?

It may be a Celeron but it's dual core & highly ranked in the mid range of processors, quite a capable cpu............
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=Celeron+Dual-Core+T3000+%40+1.80GHz