which tesco pc

nutty1

hi, i have some tesco gift vouchers that i'm using towards a pc, could someone please look on tesco direct for me to see which would be best to get. i'm looking at the ones that are £300-£349. if you look form lowest price theres about 4 different ones, but i'm unsure which to get,would be grateful for some advice if anyone has time, thanks

Dave101t

oh god please no, do not buy a pc from tesco you will thank me one day!
not even a branded one, just go to pcworld or dell direct.

DCFC79

What would you use it for, i personnally wouldnt buy from tesco or even pc world,

4743hudsonj

well if theyre vouchers they dont have much of a choice do they?


http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.206-1256.aspx

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.206-6603.aspx

the first seems to have hdmi and although it says dual core, im 99% certain its single core... as far as im aware any ways

the second has better specs all round nearly, dual core processor, more ram, bigger hdd etc no hdmi is a bummer so is vista but you have the windows 7 upgrade offer

i know both of these are more than you specified but they are most certainly worth it

nutty1

4743hudsonj wrote: »

well if theyre vouchers they dont have much of a choice do they?


http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.206-1256.aspx

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.206-6603.aspx

the first seems to have hdmi and although it says dual core, im 99% certain its single core... as far as im aware any ways

the second has better specs all round nearly, dual core processor, more ram, bigger hdd etc no hdmi is a bummer so is vista but you have the windows 7 upgrade offer

i know both of these are more than you specified but they are most certainly worth it

thanks but i want one with atower and monitor

nutty1

Dave101t wrote: »

oh god please no, do not buy a pc from tesco you will thank me one day!
not even a branded one, just go to pcworld or dell direct.

why whats wrong

LeeSouthEast

You'd go to PC World over Tesco?!

4743hudsonj

sorry dont get many tower requests

usually for laptops so it was my first thought.

do you need a monitor or not?



http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.207-7141.aspx

thats the best without a monitor (the £79.99 acer is better presuming it allows a windows 7 update but this compaq is quite good for the money and fits the budget)


as for the bundles, im going to stick my neck out and say this

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.206-5251.aspx


but this closely follows

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.206-8767.aspx


the second having a quad core processor rather than dual core but the first does have a higher clock, dedicated graphics memory and double the HDD space and an extra gig of ram.

so yeh the first is better as the quad core offers very little performance bump for normal computing tasks whereas the benefits in the first pc will be far better at normal pc usage levels.



its worth a mention that there is a printer bundle in there

and id avoid it


its ok but you be better off sourcing another printer that wont cost the earth to buy cartridges for. if you need a printer that is.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Spend the vouchers on food & use the money saved to buy a PC elsewhere...