Is this pc any good?

cit_k

JasX wrote: »

OP does really want a 64-bit operating system, now that 64-bit is becoming the standard why save up problems of incompatibilities throughout the life of the machine for the sake of some old cheap peripheral the OP may or may not have that might no longer work :cool:

Life of a PC, they are obsolete before you can sneeze, hence people having to have specs like that for browsing, word processing and simple games.....

Go 32 bit, more chance of needing to plug in something old, than of ever having problems not having a 64 bit operating system in the time that machine will be considered useful.

Or better yet, save a couple of hundred and get something lower spec, that will suit your needs just as well....

ih8stress

Iconic: thanks for the suggestion. I've previously looked at these desktops in a previous thread:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2218395&highlight=

I think I prefer the pentium processors as they seem to score better on the AnandTech link I was given.

cit_k: I'm all for saving a couple of hundred if possible. What sort of 'lower spec pc' are you referring to?
The only item I can think of that needs plugging into the new pc is my all in one scanner/printer. This is an Epson DX8450.

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cit_k wrote: »

Life of a PC, they are obsolete before you can sneeze, hence people having to have specs like that for browsing, word processing and simple games.....

Go 32 bit, more chance of needing to plug in something old, than of ever having problems not having a 64 bit operating system in the time that machine will be considered useful.

The 32 bit architecture is rapidly becoming obsolete due to it now being a performance bottleneck, not to mention being less secure than the 64 bit counterpart.

There's very little reason to use 32 bit anymore.

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ih8stress wrote: »

The only item I can think of that needs plugging into the new pc is my all in one scanner/printer. This is an Epson DX8450.

Epson have drivers available for 64 bit versions of Windows for that device.

jaydeeuk1

ddoris wrote: »

32 bit os's - esp. XP are going to be around for many ,many years.
Maybe more relevant is the very poor choice of a 64 bit os with a m/b that can only handle 4GB max ram. What other poor mixes are in this box? Power supply?

Since when is pairing a 64bit OS a poor choice with a PC that supports 4gb ram (regardless of max supported)? Strangest comment I've read on here for a while...