New desktop PC advice

closed

http://www.filehippo.com/download_hijackthis/ (by far the cheapest option)

or

http://www.dmxdimension.com/dell-uk/inspiron-660-deals/ http://www.topcashback.co.uk/dell/

Maddy25

hubb wrote: »

Dino PC have just quoted me this set up from my requirements:


C PU: Intel C ore i3 2120 (2072x) Included
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (11014x) Included
Motherboard: NEW! Asus P8H61-MX USB3 (4153x) Included
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1333mhz (2x 4GB) (5039) £18.70
Hard Drive: 1TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s (6028) £15.70
Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA (7003x) Included
Graphics card: NEW! NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1GB (8074) £31.79
Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio (10001x) Included
C ase: NEW! EZC ool Mesh ATX (17045x) Included
PSU: 500W PSU (18027x) Included
Warranty: 3 Year SureC are Warranty (sc-1) Included

Total: £381.19 (not including £25 fee for postage)

This is ok but changing the i3 to i5 as its much better so last longer. And getting a slightly better motherboard. And last, but definitely not least, upgrade the PSU to Xigmatek 400W or better yet pay an extra £5 for the 500W Xigmatek which will let you upgrade without replacing PSU if you want to in the future.

Seismo i3 2120 (seismo2120)

Customizations:
CPU: 2083 - NEW! Intel Core i5 3450
Operating System: No Operating System - I will install my own
Motherboard: NEW! Asus P8B75-M LX
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1333mhz (2x 4GB)
Hard Drive: 1TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics card: NEW! NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1GB
Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio
Case: NEW! EZCool Mesh ATX
PSU: 500W Xigmatek
Warranty: 3 Year SureCare Warranty
£411.69
And £5 discount by email if you register and wait a day so £406.69



So a top spec computer which will last a very long time. :money:

hubb

Maddy25 wrote: »

This is ok but changing the i3 to i5 as its much better so last longer. And getting a slightly better motherboard. And last, but definitely not least, upgrade the PSU to Xigmatek 400W or better yet pay an extra £5 for the 500W Xigmatek which will let you upgrade without replacing PSU if you want to in the future.

Seismo i3 2120 (seismo2120)

Customizations:
CPU: 2083 - NEW! Intel Core i5 3450
Operating System: No Operating System - I will install my own
Motherboard: NEW! Asus P8B75-M LX
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1333mhz (2x 4GB)
Hard Drive: 1TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics card: NEW! NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1GB
Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio
Case: NEW! EZCool Mesh ATX
PSU: 500W Xigmatek
Warranty: 3 Year SureCare Warranty
£411.69
And £5 discount by email if you register and wait a day so £406.69



So a top spec computer which will last a very long time. :money:

Would you be able to install Windows XP on this machine ?

I am also not sure what you mean by a £5 discount. I can't see anything about it on the site.

hubb

I still can't find anything about £5 off for registering.

hubb

I still can't find anything about £5 off for registering.

Maddy25

hubb wrote: »

Would you be able to install Windows XP on this machine ?

I am also not sure what you mean by a £5 discount. I can't see anything about it on the site.

Sorry for not replying sooner, I had an exam so haven't been online:(

Yeah you should be able to install XP but just to be 100% sure email them at contact@dinopc.com. And about the £5 discount, what I did was saved the PC(customised to your preference) to the "Saved Shopping Cart" or "Saved Products". I'm not too sure which I did but after about 12 hours(received email exactly midnight) they sent an email saying something along the lines:
"We have noticed that you have recently registerd an account at https://www.dinopc.com but have not completed an order. We would like to offer you a one-off £5 discount if you place an order for any of our PC systems"

I have read online that apparently a lot if people get this £5 discount. So I'm guessing you will to.

Hope that helps:)

hubb

Cheers for that.

hubb

The trouble is, adding £25 postage AND the operating system will push it to near £500 :-(

Maddy25

hubb wrote: »

The trouble is, adding £25 postage AND the operating system will push it to near £500 :-(

Also you mentioned in your first post "500GB and 4/6GB RAM". So, why not downgrade for now and maybe upgrade in the future when you can afford to? But personally I wouldn't do that as your only saving about £34.

hubb

If it is something to do with not paying for the official software I am afraid I am not into that kind of thing. I like to keep everything legal.