PC Tower Needed

nickyt

Hi,

Was wondering if I could get some help please. I have posted this in wanted but thought I might get more help here. I am after a PC Tower (as already have all the other bits) from either Curry's, Pc World, Debenhams or Amazon. I have to use one of these as I have vouchers. I would like a good as possible spec for around the £500 mark. I only use it for office paperwork at home, web browsing, playing a few games mainly on facebook and for pictures and music.

Any help given would be great as the one I have is just about to give up on me. Would rather go slightly over £500 if I got something better rather than going cheaper and not having something as good.

Many thanks
Nicky

closed

how is it about to give up on you

you dont really need to spend £500 for those uses

nickyt

It's about 7 years old and really had it now, it's slow and struggles to do just about anything. Thought £500 was about the price I would have to pay now, but if I could get a great Tower for less I will.

Thanks

closed

that can be fixed

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2436849

new towers are available for half of your budget, along with many laptops

nickyt

has been fixed before and it just goes back to how it is now so would rather get a new one now thanks

closed

an hours effort will probably make it fast again, and there is no reason why it can't stay fast

nickyt

I sat for hours going through loads of things as told, but it only lasts a few weeks at the most. Plus it's having the time to keep sitting here going through that every few weeks. Really want to update to a better tower now.

closed

they dont go slow on their own - I did suggest a disk image backup when you fixed it last time.

look for an i3 or i5, 4GB ram or more on those sites you mention, but if you load the new one with bloat, you will end up at square one. You may want to try out Win8 first, it's not to everyones taste

Cisco001

I don't think PCworld/ amazon/ Debenhams are good place to buy gaming PC.
Anyway, I think this machine is OK.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/ADMI-AK7770-GAMING-Bulldozer-Vengeance/dp/B009T5HXZW/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1355136122&sr=1-1

And install OS yourself
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Windows-WN7-00403-English-Version/dp/B009HI2W66/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1355136476&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Windows-software-intended-builders/dp/B004Q0PT3I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1355136444&sr=8-1

nickyt

Thanks for the one you have given above but I don't really want a gaming machine, as said it's mainly facebook games that are used.

mroing

If you don't mind piecing it together yourself (it's as simple as playing with lego, really, the biggest obstacle is confidence!) my "cheap" rig design at the moment costs £220 and sources all its parts from ebuyer, but you could probably get a comparable price from amazon, plus shipping. Good enough for surfing the web and desktop publishing - I also made sure it could handle 1080p video a doddle.

Regardless of whether your current PC could be fixed or not, I would have to recommend upgrading. If nothing else, you could probably reduce your power consumption by at least 100w with newer components - you could save the cost of the upgrade over the life of the machine and it would be a lot more powerful and capable.

A significant part of the cost of buying a prefab tower would probably be the Windows license - you don't need to buy a new one, since you already have one.