New desktop PC advice

hubb

I need something pretty fast for my office and photo editing work. At the moment I have an aged Medion that is slow and about 8 years old from Aldi. I need something around 4-6 gb ram and around 500 GB drive. Up to now I have been advised by a friend that Ebuyer have the best deals out there. I have seen this but if anyone knows of a better deal (with cashback and or vouchers) I wouldbe very grateful.

This is what I have seen up to now as I wish to spend no more than £400

http://www.ebuyer.com/342319-medion-desktop-pc-pc8275

m5rcc

Why not get this instead and put 16GB on it for £250 all in

stevd

m5rcc wrote: »

Why not get this and put 16GB on it for £250 all in

Looks good but there is no OS, if you have a non OEM OS disk than this is an ideal piece as M5RCC says.

m5rcc

stevd wrote: »

Looks good but there is no OS, if you have a non OEM OS disk than this is an ideal piece as M5RCC says.

Ways round that of course, but even if the OP 'buys' a licence, still cheaper than the original suggestion.

hubb

Yep, I will go for this on Ebuyer. Will also get some cashback via Quidco :-)

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BlueC

m5rcc wrote: »

Why not get this instead and put 16GB on it for £250 all in

The one linked by the OP has a much better CPU and chipset. Factor in the £100 to buy Windows 7 Premium and there isn't much to choose between the two in terms of cost. Personally I'd go for the better CPU and lash some more RAM in it for good measure.

m5rcc

BlueC wrote: »

The one linked by the OP has a much better CPU and chipset. Factor in the £100 to buy Windows 7 Premium and there isn't much to choose between the two in terms of cost. Personally I'd go for the better CPU and lash some more RAM in it for good measure.

£100 for Windows?

BlueC

m5rcc wrote: »

£100 for Windows?

I was thinking retail, but yes OEM it is cheaper.

hubb

This is far superior http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/Duke-AMD-4100-93p1200.htm and you get Windows too (but I could get the software on Ebuyer) The Dino PC has a 500w PSU as opposed to the inferior Zoostorm's 300w. The latter's fan is very noisy too. All in all there is only a few quid between them.

m5rcc

hubb wrote: »

This is far superior http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/Duke-AMD-4100-93p1200.htm and you get Windows too (but I could get the software on Ebuyer) The Dino PC has a 500w PSU as opposed to the inferior Zoostorm's 300w. The latter's fan is very noisy too. All in all there is only a few quid between them.

DinoPC are very good. Great customer service.