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Cheap quadcore desktop PC (base unit) £260
RussJK
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Spotted this nice looking PC base unit from ebuyer.
It's basically a very fast quadcore with 2gb memory and a big hard drive. If anyone wanted a decent unit at a budget price, then this is it. It also makes a good upgrade unit; add some more memory and a decent graphics card, and it'll be a gaming machine. The graphics on the system are nothing special, but it'll do anything other than video intensive stuff such as latest games or video editing.
Because its a base unit, you'll need your own keyboard/mouse and monitor as well as operating system.
It is better than buying a single core celeron at £170, or an Athlon II 245 at £230/240 (and I've not had much success finding much decent in between). There are a lot of Atom/Ion units at the 190-250 price point.
The description says only 4 USB, but looks like it has some extra on the front from the pictures.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/200748
Mesh Desktop PC
Mesh Micro ATX Case
Processor
You can check the q8300 processor here:
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php
On the ebuyer reviews, someone commented that they changed an apparently noisy fan. I guess you'd have to see if it bothered you.
It's basically a very fast quadcore with 2gb memory and a big hard drive. If anyone wanted a decent unit at a budget price, then this is it. It also makes a good upgrade unit; add some more memory and a decent graphics card, and it'll be a gaming machine. The graphics on the system are nothing special, but it'll do anything other than video intensive stuff such as latest games or video editing.
Because its a base unit, you'll need your own keyboard/mouse and monitor as well as operating system.
It is better than buying a single core celeron at £170, or an Athlon II 245 at £230/240 (and I've not had much success finding much decent in between). There are a lot of Atom/Ion units at the 190-250 price point.
The description says only 4 USB, but looks like it has some extra on the front from the pictures.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/200748
Mesh Desktop PC
Mesh Micro ATX Case
Processor
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 2.5GHz
- 4MB Cache,
- 1333MHz FSB
- 2GB DDR2 800MHz RAM
- Expandable to 8GB
- 2 x DIMM Slots (1 free)
- 500GB SATA HDD
- DVD Writer
- Operating System: None
- Monitor Not Included
- Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3100
- Pixel Shader 2.0, DirectX 9.0
- Max. shared memory 384MB
- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 60Hz
- 5.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (ALC662 / VIA® VT1708S Audio Codec)
- Mouse and Keyboard (Not Included)
- Realtek PCIE x1 LAN 8103EL / 8102EL
- Speed: 10/100 Ethernet
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Width 175 mm
- Depth 395 mm
- Height 365 mm
- 1 Set 5.1 Channel Audio Jacks (3 jacks)
- 1x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1x PS/2 Mouse Port
- 1x Serial Port
- 4x USB 2.0 Ports
- 1x RJ45 LAN Port
- 1x VGA Port
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
- 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
- 2 x PCI slots
- 1 Year Manufacturer Warranty
You can check the q8300 processor here:
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php
On the ebuyer reviews, someone commented that they changed an apparently noisy fan. I guess you'd have to see if it bothered you.
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