Core 2 Duo E6420 @ Littlewoods

fuzzgun19

Thinking of getting this PC

http://www.littlewoods.com/rf/navigation/product.do?categoryId=6674246&spreadId=6567354&linkId=6567355

Would this include a wireless card do you think, as it doesn't say?

I have an AMD 3000 at the moment, would this Core 2 Duo E6420 be any better? ie quicker etc?

Anyone got this PC, and what do you think of it?

banger9365

price looks right with a moniter put this is nearly the same with out monitor http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=15016&category_id=429&manufacturer_id=0&tid=92.jme7l.u7m and a good moniter for about £100 http://www.cclonline.com/product-categories.asp?category_id=40 it will be a lot better than a amd 64 3000, so far about £100 cheaper

you could always upgrade what you have AMD 4800 duel core for @£70
montherboard for @the same
and ram 2GB of good stuff for again the same ,
and a nvidia 8600 gt for again for the same @£70 and a new windows (vista)if you want for @£70 may be less
work out cheaper than a new full box

Lavendyr

That PC is *not* worth £800. Please don't waste your money on it!

To start with, on the page they say "There's a really powerful graphics card for advanced gaming." This is absolute rubbish. The 7300 (of any variety) is widely acknowledged to be a poor card, and this is a particularly poor specimen as it makes use of shared memory. Talk about misadvertising.

Have a look at the current cost of each of these components below if you were to buy them separately:

Core 2 Duo E6420: £115.00
2Gb DDR2 RAM: £50
320Gb hard drive: £45
19in widescreen LCD flat panel monitor with 8ms response rate: £120
18 DVD+/-RW double-layer. £20
512Mb shared (256mb local) nVidia GeForce 7300GS graphics: £32
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium: £64
Cheap case: £30
Keyboard & mouse: £10

Total if you were to buy those components: £422

Plus a PSU which would cost about £40, a motherboard for about £50, and a PCI wireless card which costs about £11 = still far less than the cost of that computer you're looking at.

Someone posted about an Aldi computer on offer for £399 earlier today, which is much better value than this one (though comes without the monitor - but even buying the monitor on top would only cost you around £520 - still a massive saving compared to this one), have a look at their website for more info. Dell can also do pretty decent deals.

GoofyGAT

fuzzgun19, you don't say what you'll be using the PC for, & your budget.

Yep, the £399 Aldi/Medion PC is quite good (not for modernish games though), & Dell PCs are great value too. E.g. check out their value Vostro 200, & Dimension 530 ranges (change warranty to 1 year for the best price). You'll have to purchase a better graphics card (but not from them) if you want to play modernish games.

Yeah, I agree with the others about the Littlewoods PC being very poor value for the components. Lavendyr was quite generous with some of the components' prices. I realise they were more as an example & to show just how poor value it really is - anyway this is what I've come up with...

Arguably better 19" monitor for £90. The case+PSU won't be worth more than £40 & motherboard no more than £30. So grand total = ~£500 (L's estimate is £587). G

Lavendyr

Yeah, you're right, I was quite generous with some of them. I looked up some of the parts at Scan, but didn't look too closely into PSU and motherboard. Also allowed a bit extra for the 19" monitor - you can get a decent one for under £100 these days.

littlegerts

forget it dont buy any pc froml ittlewoods they are overpriced and unreliable, as i found out to my cost,ist one woundnt switch on,returned...,the 2nd one kept overheating,returned...,got it back they had cleaned the fan,it still overheats and most of the onboards have packed in and the pc is only over a year old