Desktop under £500?

flossy_splodge

Any info on a good machine for this price please?

jaydeeuk1

To do what? Do you need a monitor, keyboard mouse, does it need windows?

flossy_splodge

The person I was posting for is about to come on and give more details.
Apparently there are a couple of manufacturers they are particularly interested in getting feedback for.
Thanks for replying so quickly.:p

Merlin_Magii

The OP was asking on my behalf - thank you. :T

I am interested in knowing any supplier who offers very competitive packages such as: ....... e.g.

Mainboard: Gigabyte H81M-H mATX
CPU: Intel dual core i3 4150 (2 X 3,6 GHz)
RAM: 2 X 2GB DDR3 1333 MHz
HDD: SATA 500 GB
Misc: 22X DVDRW
Graphics: Onboard
Sound: Realtek ALC 887
PSU: 500W
LAN: Onboard
Gigabyte Kybd + Mouse
Monitor: BENQ 21.5 Full HD-LED
OS: Win 8.1 (EWWWWWWWW !!!!!!!!)

I have found the above deal at a whisker under £400

Any leads other than DinoPC, CCL, Quiet PC, GoGo digital, Ginger6, Gladiator ....... will be much appreciated.
Thank You :beer:

PenguinJim

What's wrong with Win 8.1? Could you be mistaking it for Windows 8? (EWWWWWW !!!!!!!)

That doesn't seem like a bad price, considering it includes a monitor. You may prefer to have them take the monitor out of the package and source a better one yourself, though?

Can you build by yourself? Do you have any parts/Windows Licenses WINK that you can use already?

jaydeeuk1

For £400 I'd want an SSD too, even the cheap £20 40gb one on ebuyer will be a massive improvement over using a HD as your OS drive.

I'd probably go for an intel pentium g3258 and an asrock motherboard like this
http://www.ebuyer.com/553595-asrock-h81m-hds-socket-1150-dvi-hdmi-5-1-channel-hd-audio-micro-atx-h81m-hds

and overclock it. Will be a hell of a lot quicker than the i3 and cheaper to boot.

Where are you based?

Merlin_Magii

Thank you for your suggestions.

I COULD build one myself but I don't have time. I really am looking for a decent complete package.

NiftyDigits

An option, would be this Medion Akoya E4061 for £304

AMD quad-core A8-6500 Accelerated Processor

3.4 GHz up to 4.1 GHz with AMD Turbo Core technology,
and internal AMD Radeon™ HD 8570D DirectX®11 Graphics

Windows 8.1

AMD Radeon™ HD 8570D Graphics

8 GB DDR3 SDRAM memory

1 TB (1,000 GB) hard disk

MEDION ® Data Port 3 with USB 3.0
The MEDION® Data Port 3 for the super-speed HDDrive2go.
Straight forward connection of the ultra-fast external HDDrive2go hard drive directly
to your PC – with no messy connection cables.

Multiformat DVD/CD Burner
supports all the usual DVD/CD standards,
including dual layer DVD-R and DVD+R.

Wireless LAN
IEEE 802.11 n-standard technology

Network Controller Gigabit LAN
10/100/1000 Mbit/s.

8 Channel High-Definition-Audio

PS/2 keyboard and optical USB Mouse

Connections
Front:
1 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x Microphone,1 x Headphone
Rear:
2 x USB 3.0,4 x USB 2.0, 2 x PS/2, 1 x LAN (RJ-45)
Audio:
1 x Line in, 1 x Front line out,
1 x Subwoofer/Center out,
1 x Back Surround out,
1 x Side Surround out,
1 x SPDIF opt out


Software
Windows 8.1
Microsoft Office 365
A free 30-day trial version of Office 365 is installed on this PC.
Buy Microsoft Office in order to activate the full range of Office software after the trial period.
Windows®Essentials
Cyberlink Power2Go
Cyberlink PowerDVD


Dimensions (W x H x D)/weight:approx. 180 x 375 x 415 mm/approx. 9 kg

You could pair it with a Hanns-G HS241HPB 24" HDMI LED IPS Monitor for £105 or go mad with a HannsG HS271HPB 27" Ultra Wide Screen HDMI LED IPS Monitor for £160

flossy_splodge

:j:j "bump" :j:j

Chrishazle

Have a look at Gladiator machines on aria.co.uk, also at ebuyer.com and overclockers.co.uk. BIL just bought a Gladiator machine from Aria for £250 - AMD quad core processor, 8 gig RAM, 1TB Sata3 HDD, no OS (win7 home premium is £70).

maas

Merlin_Magii wrote: »

The OP was asking on my behalf - thank you. :T

I am interested in knowing any supplier who offers very competitive packages such as: ....... e.g.

Mainboard: Gigabyte H81M-H mATX
CPU: Intel dual core i3 4150 (2 X 3,6 GHz)
RAM: 2 X 2GB DDR3 1333 MHz
HDD: SATA 500 GB
Misc: 22X DVDRW
Graphics: Onboard
Sound: Realtek ALC 887
PSU: 500W
LAN: Onboard
Gigabyte Kybd + Mouse
Monitor: BENQ 21.5 Full HD-LED
OS: Win 8.1 (EWWWWWWWW !!!!!!!!)

I have found the above deal at a whisker under £400

Any leads other than DinoPC, CCL, Quiet PC, GoGo digital, Ginger6, Gladiator ....... will be much appreciated.
Thank You :beer:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5089796.htm#pdpFullProductInformation
You could get this HP desktop, on sale at Argos for £269.99. Similar to the spec above but with a better processor. And then you can buy your own monitor/keyb/mouse all for well under £400.

And as jaydeeuk1 says, you could then buy an SSD to use as your boot drive which will massively speed up the computer, you'd only need a small 128GB one and they're as cheap as £40 now.