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Core 2 Duo refurb at pcworld £214.99

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  • System
    System Posts: 178,374 Community Admin
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    cheekly little number that PC nice find :)
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  • greatkingbowser
    greatkingbowser Posts: 141 Forumite
    Anyone know what kind of RAM this takes and how much it would cost to put another gig in?
  • martint123
    martint123 Posts: 334 Forumite
    I was tempted, but one free PCI slot is a killer for me
  • thommo
    thommo Posts: 183 Forumite
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    martint123 wrote: »
    I was tempted, but one free PCI slot is a killer for me

    Yea,thats the only down side for me
  • tr3mor
    tr3mor Posts: 2,325 Forumite
    thommo wrote: »
    Yea,thats the only down side for me

    The price is still good even if you chuck the motherboard on ebay and get a new one.

    I can't be sure, but I'd imagine it had some 1x PCI-E slots too. Lots more add-ons are starting to appear on this as well as PCI.
  • biglugs
    biglugs Posts: 2,945 Forumite
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    Presumably this is a real graphics card sitting in a PCI-E slot, rather than shared graphics, because this machine only has one spare PCI slot?
    Since it has no built-in wireless you will not be able to install both a PCI TV card and a PCI wireless network card in the same box, but with 6 USB slots this shouldn't be too bad.
    Overall this is a fantastic price if it is in a decent condition when you get it - add a 17" monitor for about £100 and you have a pretty good starter machine.

    EDIT: By the way this same PC is on sale at Currys website with a 19" TFT monitor for £649.99, which values this base unit somewhere in the region of about £450-£500.
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  • ohreally
    ohreally Posts: 7,525 Forumite
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    martint123 wrote: »
    I was tempted, but one free PCI slot is a killer for me

    I was seriously considering this until i noticed that in the specs....dead in the water now.
    Don’t be a can’t, be a can.
  • Donnie
    Donnie Posts: 9,862 Forumite
    It's 540 with 19" TFT on the PCWorld site. http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/933561
  • papito
    papito Posts: 365 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    there is a packard Bell but with XP
    PACKARD BELL IMEDI2569 RECONDITIONED INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6300 PROCESSOR @ 264.99.....does any one recomend this??
    I heard about Vista been a bit problematic sometimes.
  • R6Armadillo
    R6Armadillo Posts: 3 Newbie
    Vista does still have a few problems, especially with graphics drivers. I was running Vista but have now setup a dual boot with XP for gaming as Vista was giving alot of memoy errors.

    For general use and web browsing Vista has been fine.
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