Good P.C Or Not !!!!

Purdy_1

Can anyone tell me if this is a good p.c for the price or not !!
http://www.bigpockets.co.uk/product.php?lang=&gad=&photo=&product=RG-OFFER0036&session=7c6b8857ac820fb97a529c6f9b31951e.
Not sure if i done that right

divadee

It looks expensive to me but im not very techie so might be wrong

Shinds

It's not really bad - Just that the Processor it's using is a bit of 'diet' one.... which is known as 'Celeron' or 'Celeron D'. Now if u don't plan on doing any heavy-dury work like video editing or serious gaming etc... it'll probably be fine.

Have a look here: https://www.novatech.co.uk

Nobby_Nomates

Packard bell computers are a dog with fleas, avoid at all cost. They have put a fast Intel processor in it, and then skimped on the ram. The quality of the parts used in this computer is poor at best, especially the motherboard.


The hard drive is tiny by today’s standards. The difference in price between an 80 GB and a 160 GB are just a few pounds, but they have sought to cut cost to increase their profit margin.

Most computer shops will build you a faster better specified computer for around £100 less.

Look for quality parts such as Gigabyte mother boards, Maxtor hard drives, and Nvidia graphics cards. Try to aim for at least 512mb of DDR 400 ram. While most motherboards include a sound chip onboard, if you are into gaming look for a creative Audigy soundcard as well.

royalsteve

Purdy_1 wrote:

Can anyone tell me if this is a good p.c for the price or not !!
http://www.bigpockets.co.uk/product.php?lang=&gad=&photo=&product=RG-OFFER0036&session=7c6b8857ac820fb97a529c6f9b31951e.
Not sure if i done that right

thats expensive...im sure even pcworld could beat that price...its a celeron or rather a celery....about as useful...ugh.....the spec is ok for office work and internet.....for game though you will be looking at monopoly in 2d rather than doom3/half life2

Purdy_1

Thx Everyone for their advice...............

What about this one then;)
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/PCsextra.html?PC-0702T
Only a few more websites to go through....lol

Nobby_Nomates

Buy all the components and build your own, blue peter style

No Sticky backed plastic needed

AMD Athlon XP 3000 (333MHz)Retail inc. fan (3yr Warranty) £85.76

Gigabyte GA-7VT600-1394 VIA KT600 400FSB 8xAGP £46.94

Geil® 512MB PC3200 Dual Chan DDR Kit (2x256MB) High Speed £49.34

FX5500 256MB 8x AGP TV-out, DVI, Retail (3yr Warranty) £59.87

160 GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 SATA 7200rpm UDMA150 8MB £57.87

Colors IT 8024-BC Silver Midi tower 400W quiet PSU +USB +Audio ATX £25.85

Microsoft Multimedia keyboard (PS2) £11.16

Mitsumi Beige 1.44MB 3.5" FDD £ 5.88

Lite-on SOHW-832S Dual Layer 8.5GB 8x DVD+/- R/RW Retail Kit £48.76

Total £391.43 :eek:

A lot better than the mass market !!!!!!

Wot no monitor or speakers :rolleyes:

coolagarry

Purdy. I would recommend this one. I know it's more expensive but you get everything and its a really good make. (My daughter has one and is very pleased with mesh)
http://www.meshcomputers.com/updated/matrix_1_1.htm

royalsteve

coolagarry wrote:

Purdy. I would recommend this one. I know it's more expensive but you get everything and its a really good make. (My daughter has one and is very pleased with mesh)
http://www.meshcomputers.com/updated/matrix_1_1.htm

hmmm...only 256mb ram though which is very stingey even at this price....price isnt bad as you get a tft as well....hard drive also a bit small, but ok for most i guess

Purdy_1

Thx for all replys.
But i've been told by so many people to got p4 into my next pc, The pc's i have now 1 is Amd Athlon 2ghz and the other Intel Celeron 2.6 ghz, So you can see why i want to upgrade. I want to be able to play all latest games and stuff without things slowing down etc,etc,etc..

Purdy_1

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[*]3.0GHz Intel Pentium 4 800MHz FSB. 512MB PC3200 400MHz DDR RAM. 160GB 7200rpm Hard Drive. 128MB DDR GeForce FX5500 AGP Card. 8x Dual Layer +/- DVD Burner. 5.1 6-Channel Capable Sound. 1 x RJ45 Network Port (10/100). 56K Modem. £399.00