New Desktop around £700

robmar0se

Then I think you are looking at a Shuttle (eg SZ68R), you can buy them made up, or get someone to put one together for you.

Perhaps now peeps will give an idea of the spec you want, in the model posted above, it has the box, power supply and motherboard: You need additionally

CPU maybe an I3 2100
RAM DDR3 6-8gb
!TB SATA II hdd
DVDRW
8 channel sound is on board which I believe should be good enough, otherwise a Creative Audigy board
Graphics eg AMD HD 6850

Empty_pockets

Try CCL.

They have a good website where you can add what you require.

They have good customer service, may be easier to ring.
i5 processor - Top end graphics card - 8GB RAM - 1TB HD - Windows 7

• Intel Core i5-2500 3.3GHz Quad Core Processor
• Corsair XMS3 8192MB (2x4096MB) Memory Module Kit
• Gigabyte GA-H61MA-D2V Motherboard
• Seagate Barracuda© SATA 6Gb/s 1TB Hard Drive
• Asus EAH6850 DC/2DIS/1GD5 Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Card 1024MB
• Samsung SH-222A 22x SATA DVD Writer (Black)
• Foxconn TLM C01 mATX Tower Case
• XFX Pro 450W Power Supply Unit (Core Edition)
• CarePack - 2 Year Return to Base
• TP-Link TL-WN781ND 150Mbps Wireless Lite N PCI Express Adaptor
• Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (SP1)

£670.79 inc VAT
£558.99 ex VAT
fully assembled and tested

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laptop ?????????

robmar0se

Empty_pockets wrote: »

Try CCL.

They have a good website where you can add what you require.

They have good customer service, may be easier to ring.
i5 processor - Top end graphics card - 8GB RAM - 1TB HD - Windows 7

• Intel Core i5-2500 3.3GHz Quad Core Processor
• Corsair XMS3 8192MB (2x4096MB) Memory Module Kit
• Gigabyte GA-H61MA-D2V Motherboard
• Seagate Barracuda© SATA 6Gb/s 1TB Hard Drive
• Asus EAH6850 DC/2DIS/1GD5 Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Card 1024MB
• Samsung SH-222A 22x SATA DVD Writer (Black)
• Foxconn TLM C01 mATX Tower Case
• XFX Pro 450W Power Supply Unit (Core Edition)
• CarePack - 2 Year Return to Base
• TP-Link TL-WN781ND 150Mbps Wireless Lite N PCI Express Adaptor
• Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (SP1)

Won't work as case is 50cm, OPs max is 35x35cm..........

Closed wrote:

laptop ?????????

Good idea but is unlikely to meet OP's graphics/sound objectives, unless you know of a model that would do the job?

getmore4less

If the primary use will be movies then something cheaper will do the job.

You don't need fancy graphics, cards 5 years old are perfectly capable of full HD and better.
some onboard these days will be morethan good enough

my £220 dell outlet with a £10 end of range card does movies fine.

Future proofing is expensive and the extra when you realy need it will be 1/2 the cost)or less) as an upgrade.


The trick with dell used to be buy with the shortest warrenty and they phone up and offer 3 years at 1/2 price


How old and whats wrong with the PC's you have?

socrates

getmore4less wrote: »

If the primary use will be movies then something cheaper will do the job.

You don't need fancy graphics, cards 5 years old are perfectly capable of full HD and better.
some onboard these days will be more than good enough

my £220 dell outlet with a £10 end of range card does movies fine.

Future proofing is expensive and the extra when you really need it will be 1/2 the cost)or less) as an upgrade.


The trick with dell used to be buy with the shortest warranty and they phone up and offer 3 years at 1/2 price


How old and whats wrong with the PC's you have?

The PC is moving to different location so I need another one to replicate its job - I did upgrade the the sound and graphics cards when I changed my monitor but the HD is smallish 320GB and it has already had 2 new HD's under warranty as well as a power supply

Sound and graphics are very important to me and I noticed that my present one does have times when I am busy that the fan is very noisy for say a minute or two

I do not mind spending less I just do not want to end up with something that frustrates me because of its performance

I suppose what I really want is to get a good deal from Dells site or possibly 2nd hand from eBay and as you say negotiate a cheaper 3 year warranty down the line - possibly a previous generation that is high spec but no good to the present buyers who are interested in gaming

paddyrg

I know it isn't what you asked for per se, but...

How about you get a standalone hard disk media player with DVD drive and network connectivity (maybe one you can feed an external USB hard drive too), then also get a cheapo tablet for emails etc.

More form factors available and you might save a few quids instead of a gaming-spec machine with a media player form factor?

getmore4less

do the cards need to move to the new location.

perhaps look at silent fans for some of the budget

what requirements for the PC in the new location, would a cheap new one do for that and selective updrades to the current one.

I think with focused selections you will save money from the budget for the next one.

It is easy to overspend on computers.

socrates

getmore4less wrote: »

do the cards need to move to the new location.

perhaps look at silent fans for some of the budget

what requirements for the PC in the new location, would a cheap new one do for that and selective updrades to the current one.

I think with focused selections you will save money from the budget for the next one.

It is easy to overspend on computers.

This PC (as it is) HAS to move - the new one needs to be a fresh start but with better capabilities

socrates

I have seen this machine for sale 2nd hand with 4 months warranty left

I have contacted Dell who say I can perform a transfer of ownership and upgrade any warranties now or later

Any thoughts?


Pristine condition. (Protective films still on)

Intel Core i5-2500 Processor(3.30GHz,6MB)
1.25GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Card 1 S
English Docs with UK/Irish Power Cord
6144MB (2x2048 + 2x1024) 1333MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
2TB Dual Hard Drive Raid 0 "Stripe" (2x1TB - 7200RPM)
6X Blu-Ray ROM Combo (Blu-Ray read only, DVD, CD read & write) Drive
Dell Wireless 1520 (802.11n) Half Mini Card
Dell Laser USB (6 buttons scroll) Black Mouse
Dell Keyboard USB Black
English Genuine Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium (64 BIT)
Microsoft Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word & Excel w/ads. No PowerPoint or Outlook

No monitor.

£580 OVNO. Pick up only.