Which desktop pc is better?

Trillionaire

I'm going to update out desktop pc soon and am considering the following:

1. Zoostorm 7877-0096 Premium PC (Intel Core i5-2320, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, DVDRW, nVidia 1GB GTS450 Graphics Card, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit)

2. Asus ET2210ENTS-B008​C 21.5 inch All-In-One Desktop PC (Intel Pentium G620, 500GB HDD, 4GB DDR3, 1GB Nvidia GT520M, Windows 7 Home Premium, FreeView TV Tuner)

3. Lenovo K410 Desktop PC - Silver (Intel Core i5 2320 3.3GHz, 8Gb, 2Tb HDD, DVD, LAN, WLAN, AMD Graphics, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit)

4. Zoostorm 7877-0093 Advanced PC (Pentium Dual Core G840, 8GB RAM, 500GB HDD, DVDRW, nVidia GT430 Graphics, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit)

5. Zoostorm 7877-0095 Premium PC (Intel Core i5-2320, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, DVDRW, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit)

I wouldn't normally consider a Lenovo but - wow - the usb & other connections are at the top front of the tower (instead of the bottom) - how convenient is that.:j

Graphics are important to me but only because I my son wants to play Minecraft without any loading problems.

I would, ideally, like to add a firewire so that I can transfer my mini DVs from my camcorder to the pc and write them to DVD.

I watch 'catchuptv' on my Dell Dimension 3000 and there is hardly any buffering (wish I could say the same for the laptop).

Microsft Excel & wordprocessing capabilities are a must.

So, could I have your thoughts please?:)

silkcutblue

I quite like the look of #1.
Processing delays on a laptop can be solved by eBooster/readyboost and a USB key/SD card.

almillar

Excel and Word? Don't worry about that! The Asus is a completely different type of computer from the rest, so you need to decide whether you want an all in one or a traditional desktop computer. I would take the Lenovo. I've used a couple and they've got great build quality TBH, and you've got the best spec there. You've left out the prices, and these are all Win 7 and not Win 8.

Cisco001

first one.

If you are not overclocking, you can consider this.
http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=1570

Customizations:
CPU: NEW! Intel Core i5 3470
Included
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 8 Standard 64-bit
Included
Motherboard: NEW! Asus P8B75-M LX
£8.80
RAM: 8GB Corsair 1600mhz Vengeance (2x4GB)
£21.50
Hard Drive: 120GB SSD S-ATAII 3.0Gb/s
£12.30
Additional Storage: 500GB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
£42.39
Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Included
Graphics card: NEW! AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB
£7.90
Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio
Included
Case: NEW! Xigmatek Asgard Pro
£8.90
PSU: NEW! 550W Corsair VX
£17.90
Warranty: 3 Year SureCare Warranty
Included

Product Subtotal: £598.69

Chrishazle

Have a look at overclockers.co.uk - mate of mine just bought a superb desktop from them for £300 - which included the upgrade to 16Gig of RAM!

silvasava

I bought a Lenovo Idea Centre a few months ago - very pleased with it. I installed freeware (Avaast, Open Office & Thunderbird) rather than pay out to Microsoft.
I like the fact that I havn't got a jumble of cables any more - screen is good & clear. I dont particularly download but havn't had any problems with watching TV programs & buffering.
One happy bunny!

atrixblue.-MFR-.

you get buffering from connection speed or a conflicting graphics/sound driver, or lack of virtual memory.

a GTS card is OK. but if you son is into online games and want as much detail and pretty graphics as possible he really needs sonething that give him that experience without causing whats known as internal lagging (where the processing power of the card exceeds its limits and cant produce the frame rate required at those settings).

what you want is something that is designed around media use.

i take it you max budget is about £700? going by the prices of the above?

Trillionaire

My maximum budget is £700 but that has to include a new monitor as I believe the monitor that came with my Dell Dimension 3000 isn't upto showing higher definition quality.

Yeh, I do have a problem with virtual memory though, to be fair, tvcatchup.com shows better on my Dell pc than it did on my Samsung 550P5C latop which was continually buffering despite being new!

I just want a desktop pc which will L.A.S.T at least 7 years (if not more, and is upgradeable).

Thanks for all your feedback guys/girls,:beer: I'm going to wait until the sales before I purchase one. I admit to liking the Lenovo (surprise, surprise - I'm not a Lenovo fan) and the Zoomstorm (no.1).

I'm not bothered if it's Windows 7 or 8.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/11971467/art/samsung/syncmaster-s24b350h-24-fu.html nice screen have one is full HD @60hz when connected via HDMI does have DVI aswell. there are cheaper option than this though, but your looking for something that says fullhd in the description.

something with a GTX500-600 series graphics card should see you sitting tight for a few good years worth of games compatability.

i5 processor.

4gb plus of memory.


your expectations of a pc lasting 7 years and be upgradable is unrealistic.

i built mine 5 years ago. i have sata 2 3gb/s there now sata 3 6gb/s.
i have core 2 duo processor @3.5ghz theres now i8 i7 i5 i3 second gen processors that are more powerfull than mine at entry level base.

i have ddr2 memory theres now ddr3 at faster speeds than mine are and are cheaper than mine per stick of ram for their equivellants.

at one time the max you could get of memory on a 64bit OS was 16gb you can now get a max of 32gb onboard memory.

highspeed 2.0 usb slots theres now usb 3.0 highspeed slots that work quicker than 2.0!.

bluetooth wasnt even thought of being introduced to computing when i bought my mobo now you have bluetooth communication devices onboard the mobo so you can wirelessly connect phone tablet etc to use thorugh you PC.
solid state drives were £300 for a 32gb when i built my pc, now i can pick one up 256GB for less than £120 and only then will it be at half its copacity due to it being a sata iii not a sata 2.
blueray optical drives were just introduced at £250 for non dvdrw drive even higher was the price for blurrayRW/dvdRW/cdrw 22x now manufacturers are putting them out there at low prices making your PC a true HD home theatre system.

its fair enough to say that technology moves on rapidly in PC's circle of life, when you think you have the latest next week there'll be something bigger and better for PC's.

andy213

get option 1 because none of the four answer all your questions but option 1 comes close, pull out the graphics, sell that on ebay, add circa £30 to price on ebay , see what higher Nvidia you can get, in conjunction with your existing system the result would be dynamite

atrixblue.-MFR-.

the zoostorm would be my option because it has an i5 and 8gb memory.

i would be inclined to make the 1tb HDD a storage device and buy a solid state drive of 256gb, run games from the solid state but install them to the 1TB on a custom file path. install a 560 or possible a 660 GTX gfx card, but that spenditure would be around £591+£9.00 delivered + £120 (ssd) + £185 (gfx) go on the microsoft website and take advantage of an offer for windows 8 OEM for around £25 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows/buy