Can someone help me with pc spec

silkyuk9

BillTrac wrote: »

If you want new with the relevant warranty etc, then you can get 'barebones' system which are the case, motherboard, processor, memory, and leads. You then use your existing monitor, keyboard drives and mouse. Or if it fits get a new motherboard and processor. Novatech have quite a range of both types. Only using them as an example as they are close to me, but I daresay there are a multitude of suppliers

Thats a great idea and something i going to explore.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/barebones/bb-a4340b.html

This pc here, I guess all I need is a hard drive and a graphics card. Will this pc take my GForce 6200 AGP card? I have several harddrives and one is 150 gig so thats ok. I also have some spare 1 gig memory sticks too.

BillTrac

This already comes with 4gb of DDR3 memory. I doubt any memory sticks you already have will be DDR3.

I doubt the AGP card will work as it only specifies PCI sockets. Click on the spec tab for the various options. And your hard drive will need to be SATA. (Or USB!!)

NiftyDigits

The integrated graphics are better than your nVidia card anyway.

I beginning to wonder as to whether you have rocks in your head. The EBuyer Zoostorm machine has a DVD writer and HDD, but yet you would be prepared to pay more for less??

silkyuk9

NiftyDigits wrote: »

The integrated graphics are better than your nVidia card anyway.

I beginning to wonder as to whether you have rocks in your head. The EBuyer Zoostorm machine has a DVD writer and HDD, but yet you would be prepared to pay more for less??

Thanks for your input. I have several bits of hardware I can use so im trying to make the best of everything.

NiftyDigits

silkyuk9 wrote: »

Thanks for your input. I have several bits of hardware I can use so im trying to make the best of everything.

I understand, but your Graphics card is old hat.
NVIDIA GeForce 6200: Average G3D Mark 43
Radeon HD 6410D: Average G3D Mark 395

You may have to install a bit more RAM to get the best from it, but it's a world ahead of your AGP card.

silkyuk9

NiftyDigits wrote: »

I understand, but your Graphics card is old hat.
NVIDIA GeForce 6200: Average G3D Mark 43
Radeon HD 6410D: Average G3D Mark 395

You may have to install a bit more RAM to get the best from it, but it's a world ahead of your AGP card.

Thanks, Im not really hardware literate, im more online literate.

The ebuyer one looks good enough for me and I will proberly buy that at some point in the near future.

How can I get the windows 8 for 15 quid, and can i download it and burn it to dvd-r

NiftyDigits

silkyuk9 wrote: »

Thanks, Im not really hardware literate, im more online literate.

The ebuyer one looks good enough for me and I will proberly buy that at some point in the near future.

How can I get the windows 8 for 15 quid, and can i download it and burn it to dvd-r

Don't worry, I'm only teasing.
You run the Windows 8 Upgrade Advisor on your current PC, enter a Promo Code, pay and choose to save to USB or DVD for you to install on your new PC.
Without the code, it is £25.

tombruton87

dell optiplex all the way. pretty reliable this one you can put 8 gig of ram in and has a quad core processor bit above your budget but these are workhorses. you can pick them up cheaper just keep your eyes open

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DELL-OPTIPLEX-760-CORE-2-QUAD-PC-3-0GHZ-4GB-250GB-DVD-RW-DRIVE-VISTA-CD-/140876429995?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item20cce3baab