Desktop Advice

dmc84

Hi guys,

I have been looking around for a good desktop deal. I came across a refurbished desktop on ebay (sorry I cant post the link as I'm a new user! If you search "hp xw8200 dual xeon 3.6 tower pc" you will find it)

I know some basics about what to look for but not entirely sure about processors. Would 2 x Intel 64-bit Xeon HT 3.6Ghz be any good?

I use various programmes for work and my existing desktop cannot keep up anymore! I'm on a budget, hence why I was considering a refurbished desktop with a 3 year warranty.

Thanks

spakkker

Only the hard drive has 3 yr warranty.
The cpu's score only 1219 here - http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=%5BDual+CPU%5D+Intel+Xeon+3.60GHz

Less than the cpu in this for £249 -score 1697 - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/255251

s_b

spakkker wrote: »

Only the hard drive has 3 yr warranty.
The cpu's score only 1219 here - http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=%5BDual+CPU%5D+Intel+Xeon+3.60GHz

Less than the cpu in this for £249 -score 1697 - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/255251

dont laugh
but
would windows 7 home premium be better than xp Professional ?

stilltheone

or the 2586 of this Acer Aspire M3400...

spakkker

LOL !!! -I don't know ! It's a more modern OS and most often shipped OS with new laptops/pc's.
I'm still using XP pro


Edit - ACER M3400
That is a good deal
- isn't the 2.7 amd athlon II x3 the 425 model ??
I'm sure an Argos refurbed will be better nick than an old ebay tower.

stilltheone

s_b wrote: »

dont laugh
but
would windows 7 home premium be better than xp Professional ?

XP is due to be phased out in the next few years. Some people prefer to use it, but many people are happy with Windows 7.

Home Premium is fine.

olddemdike

thats an old number-crunching business machine designed for large spreadsheets, databases and CAD-CAM work
if your thing is gaming, then its eh wrong purchase. The graphics card is optimised for OpenGL rendering, not DirectX
By modern standards it compares badly to a consumer machine with multi-core Core processor

stilltheone

spakkker wrote: »

LOL !!! -I don't know ! It's a more modern OS and most often shipped OS with new laptops/pc's.
I'm still using XP pro


Edit - ACER M3400
That is a good deal
- isn't the 2.7 amd athlon II x3 the 425 model ??
I'm sure an Argos refurbed will be better nick than an old ebay tower.

Yes, click on the 2586 link above....or here.

dmc84

Thanks for the advice everyone. I'll have to reconsider,back to the drawing board!