advice on buying a new computer

paul4798

Hello people,

I currently have an old computer.

Compaq presario
AuthenicAMD, AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor
56.0mb ram

As you can see very old.

I have £300 max to spend on a new computer any reccommendations would be appreciated.

I use it for interenet and only play games like football manager games but want a decent spec well anthing would be better than i have now.

Thank you

Paul

paul4798

sorry guys forgot to say it has a cdrw.

would like an dvdrw but cdrw will do if one not available at £300

thanks

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If it includes monitor you may struggle unless you can one of those cheap Dell deals that often appear on the Quick Grab it While You Can forum. Adding a dvd writer is relatively cheap these days. You can certainly get a base unit for that price even on the high street.

paul4798

thanks for that i only want the base my monitor is good enough at present i get 1024 x 768.

thanks

Paul

hollie.weimeraner

PC World are getting rid of some reconditioned stock at the moment which include monitors and CDRW

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2113954373.1105302439@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjadddhfjimfjcflgceggdhhmdfhm.0&page=Product&sku=106024&category_oid=-15245&fm=0&sm=0&tm=undefined

It's a pretty basic system but compared to your old one it's a rocket ship.  It's ideal for browsing the internet and running office applications AND it's right on your budget

If you do decide to go for this I would check out whether you are able to upgrade the RAM without invalidating the warranty as it could really do with an extra 128mb.

Hintza

Try morgan auctions

coolagarry

This is about your pricerange and its not a bad spec. Obviously another £100 woud get you a better processor or more memory, a bigger hard drive etc
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1392680706.1105348766@@@@&BV_EngineID=cceiadddhidglfjcflgceggdhhmdgmh.0&page=Product&sku=090184&category_oid=-15247&fm=0&sm=0&tm=1

coolagarry

Oops sorry. It's temporarily out of stock