Help needed Choosing a new computer!(correct forum???)

sox_3

Hi,

Time to get a new computer i think, this ones getting real slowwwwww....

Anyway, basically open for suggestions, should preferably have a TFT monitor. Want to spend approx £500

Found the following two offers, seem to be cheap for what they are:

1) Dell Dimension 3000 (D02306c)

Processor
Intel® Celeron® D Processor 340 (2.93GHz, 533fsb, 256k cache)

Operating system
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition

Free Double Memory
512MB DDR RAM (From 256MB RAM)

Monitor
17" Analogue Flat Panel Monitor (17.0" v.i.s)

Harddrive
80GB Hard Drive (7200 RPM)

Optical Drive
16x DVD+/-RW Drive

Graphic Card
Integrated Intel® Extreme Graphics

Service
1 Year Collect and Return (CAR) service

£493 inc shipping

2) PC World - EMACHINES INTEL PENTIUM 4 RECONDITIONED PC +15"TFT

Intel Pentium 4 Processor

2.8 GHz Processor

400 MHz Front Side Bus

512 MB Cache

Windows XP Home Operating System

256 Mb Ram Memory, 80 Gb Hard Drive

Intel Extreme 64 MB Graphics

DVD/ ReWriter Drives

15" TFT

One Years Free Onsite Warranty
£410(approx, inc shipping)

* What do you think of the above offers?
* Any other good deals around?

Cheers

trafalgar_2

I'm moving this over to the 'I wanna' board ...............they may be able to advice ,find what you want

sox_3

anyone?

MimiJane

sox wrote:

Hi,

Time to get a new computer i think, this ones getting real slowwwwww....

Anyway, basically open for suggestions, should preferably have a TFT monitor. Want to spend approx £500

Found the following two offers, seem to be cheap for what they are:

1) Dell Dimension 3000 (D02306c)

Processor
Intel® Celeron® D Processor 340 (2.93GHz, 533fsb, 256k cache)

Operating system
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition

Free Double Memory
512MB DDR RAM (From 256MB RAM)

Monitor
17" Analogue Flat Panel Monitor (17.0" v.i.s)

Harddrive
80GB Hard Drive (7200 RPM)

Optical Drive
16x DVD+/-RW Drive

Graphic Card
Integrated Intel® Extreme Graphics

Service
1 Year Collect and Return (CAR) service

£493 inc shipping

2) PC World - EMACHINES INTEL PENTIUM 4 RECONDITIONED PC +15"TFT

Intel Pentium 4 Processor

2.8 GHz Processor

400 MHz Front Side Bus

512 MB Cache

Windows XP Home Operating System

256 Mb Ram Memory, 80 Gb Hard Drive

Intel Extreme 64 MB Graphics

DVD/ ReWriter Drives

15" TFT

One Years Free Onsite Warranty
£410(approx, inc shipping)

* What do you think of the above offers?
* Any other good deals around?

Cheers

Have you tried the "Techie" Board? I feel sure you'd get some replies there.

splat1

try https://www.meshcomputers.co.uk I bought a PC from them recently, they are well priced and the pre/post sales service was excellent.

jo_samways

warning
hi, i have just failed to buy a mac laptop using the dealtime.com web site. I was fooled into buying a laptop batterry instead, although i had free postage back, i am still gutted.