New PC advice please

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You are over speccing (unless some of those CD games require it). Any pc will you can buy will be fast, your old one probably could be too if you reinstall windows and keep it clean -

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2436849

it doesn't sound dead, either a windows reinstall, os possibly a new hard disk costing £30 would cure it.

Resident, virus scanners don't really need to do scans, they run all the time, scans are only of use to pick something up that they missed, and they would catch it on access anyway.

http://www.dmxdimension.com/

spakkker

£255 delivered windows 7 ready to go.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/239770

I have now put the correct link.

JasX

GT60 wrote: »

So are they good and do i click buy?

Thanks

I'd suggest anything dual core and above suitable for what you describe,[STRIKE] probably prefer the £345 one as you're not getting a huge amount more for your extra £120 on the more expensive one.[/STRIKE]

On second thoughts just speccing a basic 560 model from the main site from £299 inc VAT and shipping is probably just as good / a better option. Perhaps add a bit more RAM but anything else you might want can be added separately later if you find you actually need it (thinking bigger HDD or separate graphics card but you'll probably probably not need one).

Problem with the £255 ebuyer one is no operating system which you'd need to buy separately and spend alot of time faffing with drivers etc. The dell one would come working out the box and you could call dell up for support.

Definitely avoid extended warranties like the plague, for £100 you've pretty much bought 1/3 of a replacement PC, also posting on here and buying the parts yourself for the most common faults will likely cost you less than £100.

JasX

GT60 wrote: »

I don't see why you want a quad core cpu ? Do you have a reason ?
No i dont even know what it is or does i just know i want it to be faster than what we have.

Dual core is definitely a noticable improvement for general 'day to day' computing as you can flick seemlessly between doing more than one thing and your PC won't grind to a halt. more than 2 you probably won't make huge use of

spakkker

The £255 ebuyer one does have win 7 home premium.

The £176 one does not

edit Err when I use the correct link http://www.ebuyer.com/product/239770

JasX

spakkker wrote: »

The £255 ebuyer one does have win 7 home premium.

The £176 one does not

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/239770

This one?

yes that might be an option.... processor looks pushing it a little on the lightweight side of things, p[STRIKE]ersonally I'd probably spend the extra £50-80 on the basic dell (gut feel before I look up benchmarks for the E3400 vs E5700)[/STRIKE]

meh, looked it up and the E3400 isn't too bad (about 70% the power of the E5700).... you're getting what you pay for

GT60

JasX wrote: »

I'd suggest anything dual core and above suitable for what you describe,[STRIKE] probably prefer the £345 one as you're not getting a huge amount more for your extra £120 on the more expensive one.[/STRIKE]

On second thoughts just speccing a basic 560 model from the main site from £299 inc VAT and shipping is probably just as good / a better option. Perhaps add a bit more RAM but anything else you might want can be added separately later if you find you actually need it (thinking bigger HDD or separate graphics card but you'll probably probably not need one).


Definitely avoid extended warranties like the plague, for £100 you've pretty much bought 1/3 of a replacement PC, also posting on here and buying the parts yourself for the most common faults will likely cost you less than £100.

about to order the same spec as above but a new one Many thanks for all your help you are a star thank you again:):j:T:A