Desktop PC @ £246 (15"TFT/512MB/80GB/CELERON D 2.66GHz/DVD+CDRW) [CLOSED]

nickinoo

Help! I'm being thick & can't seem to work out which PC is on offer, does anyone have a direct link? Thanks.

Flimber

nickinoo wrote:

Help! I'm being thick & can't seem to work out which PC is on offer, does anyone have a direct link? Thanks.

Put the e-value code into the bit where it says "shop by evalue code" on the Home and Home Office page.

Mike.

Ace

Great Find Flimber Cheers Boss :beer:

plumb1_2

another good pc for the price £380-2.5%
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=44662

Intel® Pentium® 4 processor with HT technology (3.0GHz, 800fsb, 1MB cache)
1 Year Collect and Return Service
Save £50 Ex Vat Special Offer
512MB Dual Channel DDR400 (2x256MB)
80GB IDE (7,200rpm) Hard Drive
FP / MG 17in (E173FP) TCO99 Value Midnight Grey Flat Panel Special Offer
Dell Picture Studio - Paint Shop Pro 8.0 (60 Day Trial)
Dell v92 Data/Fax modem
Dell QuietKey Keyboard
Dell PS/2 Scroll Mouse
use code 305-d04302b

hobo28

Yeah, the thing as silkcutblue has already mentioned is that this machine does not come with an AGP slot so you may have difficulties playing the latest games on it. Its no problems if you just want a machine to surf the web etc. I already have one and its whisper quiet and really quick. It really is a good bargain as long as you don't need to play games on it.

bhushanvaidya

I was just about to order one of these but the sales person told me that unless you ask for a modem from Dell at the time of ordering (for £25), you wont be able to add one later as they won't include a free PCI slot.

Does this sound right?

tonyg_2

Howdie wrote:

True... but I just placed an order and asked for it and it was included in my deal even though my system wasnt listed

Howdie - did you get teh free printer or a free optical mouse may I ask? And which machine did you order - the £246 one?
Thanks

AlanS

Here's the spec of the Dell Dimension 3000

from
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/dimen_3000?c=uk&cs=ukbsdt1&l=en&s=bsd&~tab=specstab#tabtop

amongst other things, you'll see that it has 3 PCI slots.

Since the graphics, sound & network are all onboard, I'd expect all these slots to be free, so you'll be able to add a modem afterwards.

Flimber

bhushanvaidya wrote:

I was just about to order one of these but the sales person told me that unless you ask for a modem from Dell at the time of ordering (for £25), you wont be able to add one later as they won't include a free PCI slot.

Does this sound right?

No, it doesn't. Adding a modem takes about 30 seconds. I put one in an identical machine last week for a friend. XP recognised it on bootup and it was ready for use straight away without even asking for drivers.

Mike.

Paul123_2

Just ordered one for SWMBO's Dad, any idea how long Dell take for delivery normally?