P4 2.6Ghz PC System,1024MbDDR RAM,40 GigHDD,DVD/CDRW,XPPro Lic,15" Mon@£199.99 inc

Steve_Handbag

Just saw this posted on the DVD Forum.

Gone for one and i do not even need another PC. But £199 :money:

Quote:

Hi Guys
We have the Deal of the Century for you, but dont delay these definitely wont last forever. :thumbs:

Manufacturer RM SFF Desktop PC System
CPU Intel Pentium 4 2.6Ghz Processor
HDD 40GB Hard Drive 5,400rpm
Memory 1024Mb DDR 400 RAM
Optical Drive DVD/CDRW Drive
Sound Card 16 Bit On Board Sound, with Audio (line in, line out and microphone) Ports
Graphics MX440-8X 64Mb Graphics Card with SVideo and TV Ports
Network Card 10/100 Ethernet Port
Other Devices 4 x USB Rear, Serial Port, Parallel Port, Small Form Factor Space Saving Design Case, 3 Spare half height PCI Slots, 1 AGP Port(in use)
Screen Matching RM 15 inch TFT Monitor
Operating System Windows XP Pro COA License Sticker only (Windows XP is preloaded but no OS disc is provided, please note we do not offer support on Software).
£199.99 Inc VAT and Delivery
http://www.bigpockets.co.uk/product.php?lang=&product_id=10145

Clasics

Decent price but this is used and if I'm not mistaken RM machines tend to be used in schools, so may have had a lot of use by kids. Just a thought.

Tils

Well its ok if you dont have a pc or need a cheap one for your kid or rarely use a PC and just want for internet stuff ...but for 200 quid I guess you get a complete computer which works.

..just dont buy that imho if you want to play games or do some serious things with your computer

andrewmoorcroft

Item Number: RG-OFFER1047
Pack Size: 1
Condition: Used
Warranty: Yes: 30 Days RTB
Despatch Time: Usually ships 2 to 3 working days
Availability: IN STOCK

please note these are used!

Clasics

andrewmoorcroft wrote:

Item Number: RG-OFFER1047
Pack Size: 1
Condition: Used
Warranty: Yes: 30 Days RTB
Despatch Time: Usually ships 2 to 3 working days
Availability: IN STOCK

please note these are used!

I already note that in post 2.

Broke_Student

I am also currently looking for budget TV deal. You may be interested in my thread from the techie forum:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=258763

There is a significantly better NEW dell for £349 (plus quidco).

real1314

Broke_Student wrote:

I am also currently looking for budget TV deal. You may be interested in my thread from the techie forum:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=258763

There is a significantly better NEW dell for £349 (plus quidco).

It's not significantly better :-

Dell has a P4 3.0Ghz against a P4 2.6Ghz, ok, that's 1 up to Dell
Dell has 512MB Ram against 1024MB - 1 up to the RM Machine
Dell has integrated graphics against MX440 8 x AGP with 64MB Graphice Ram - Dell is now behind the RM machine
Dell has 80GB HDD vs 40GB HDD - back to even stevens...


but £199 (ok, another £6 for a keyboard mouse etc) against £349????

On a money saving site???

The RM machine will be faster through the memory and graphics, the Dell has a slightly faster processor and a bigger hard drive.

And once you take the Dell machine out of the box it's 2nd hand and worth about the same as the RM machine.

paul.carter

This is a superb bargain. School machines are used a maximum of 5 hours a day for 39 weeks a year, though this is a maximum which would rarely be met, most schools would use them for about half this time. The spec suggests that they would have been part of a school's computer suite where there would be total supervision, good virus protection and no drinks, food allowed and the machines would have been maintained to a high standard. Spec also suggests that they would be no older than 2 years (3 at a push).

Compare this to home use where the pc could have been running 24/7.

We have no need for a further machine at home yet I'm finding it hard to resist reaching for the credit card. Proper bargain.

jinkssick

a definite bargain, no doubt

cafenervosa_2

Great price for anyone who needs a good pc. P4 2.6 Ghz is the real deal, not that cheap slow celeron.

dannytoffee

paul.carter wrote:

This is a superb bargain. School machines are used a maximum of 5 hours a day for 39 weeks a year, though this is a maximum which would rarely be met, most schools would use them for about half this time. The spec suggests that they would have been part of a school's computer suite where there would be total supervision, good virus protection and no drinks, food allowed and the machines would have been maintained to a high standard. Spec also suggests that they would be no older than 2 years (3 at a push).

Compare this to home use where the pc could have been running 24/7.

We have no need for a further machine at home yet I'm finding it hard to resist reaching for the credit card. Proper bargain.

Trust me, with the best supervision in the world school computers still get trashed in record time :rotfl:

However, I would kill to work in any school which is throwing out computers of this spec! I suspect they come from elsewhere :T