Help... I Need a new CPU (but not a dell)

Miss_Cakey_Bun

Thank you to those that offered me help and suggestions I have read and taken on board your suggestions. :beer:

For those people that so kindly commented I was rude and ungrateful for a, not replying and B, not wanting to buy a dell......

I have been extremely busy in the last 36 hours as my ex husband had a heart-attack and was rushed to Harefield hospital for emergency surgery...I thought that dealing with my children was slightly more important than a reply here and reading what you had to say.

I did say "I really need some advice on what to look for I have read and read the stuff on dozens of threads but it is all a total foreign language to me" It is a foreign language to me and after asking advice from the Computer support guys at work I obviously misunderstood what it was I needed....I need the tower unit, not the CPU. Sorry for not speaking the same language as you but I did say it was a mystery to me.

and my final words in my initial post were these....."However I just cant get to grips with any of the jargon....I am not daft but its incredibly confusing if anyone can offer suggestions (in idiot proof language) on what I need to look for or even off actual items and places to get them I would be very grateful

Thank you all in advance for any help"

If that’s not clever or polite enough for you well don’t reply......

and thanks for the comment from MJR600 " What a rude and ungrateful woman.

Anyway, she should learn a little more about computing, which is a surprisingly easy subject to understand with only an hours research, or buy a new base unit from DELL with 4.5% cashback from Quidco"

I did ask and all I got was the sort of reply that means nothing to me like I said I am not stupid, I asked for help after reading lots of information else where, as a librarian I do get the opportunity to do research and I did read what I could. I guess I learnt what to do which is not to ask for help here....unless I want to be told I am stupid and should just buy something I don’t want and if I am not prepared to do that to just accept your abuse....have fun just remember to pick up your toys when you get out of your pram.

espresso

Ignore list.

:rolleyes:

Donnie

What a genuinely nasty woman. Good riddance.

mjr600

I suspect I may know why he is an ex.

itm2

I'd like to endorse the earlier recommendation of Komplett, and also endorse the negative comments re. Dell. Main reason for the Dell jibe (part from those already quoted) is their continued insistence on using non-standard components. Even the apparently "standard" parts are often customised on "enhanced" in some way which causes all sorts of problems if you ever need to repair or upgrade.

To get an idea of how/why this is a problem, phone around your local PC repair shops and tell them you've got a problem with a Dell motherboard or power supply and you'd like them to take a look. Check how many of them either (a) refuse or (b) quote higher prices purely because it's a Dell.

PistonBroke_2

Mrs_Hornsey wrote: »

For those people that so kindly commented I was rude and ungrateful for a, not replying and B, not wanting to buy a dell.

You left out C, for my totally ungrateful & rude reply to Albatross!

toasterman

I thought as a PC IT guy I might just post some answers here to Mrs Hornsey.

For what you want, most modern pcs should suffice. You don't want Dell and that's fine. I don't like Ford cars.. its not that they're all rubbish - it's just not my personal preference.

I do support for mostly offices, and offices tend to buy either Dell or HP machines. They're both similarly spec'd and similarly priced. From my personal experience, HP support is slightly more consistent (you might have a 20minute wait on the phone, but it'll be 20minutes most times.. whereas Dell go from some weeks being helpful and answering in seconds, to sometimes making you wait an hour, before they actually transfer you to the right department).
HP also has the advantage that the components are slightly more standard, and you can pick one up in shops, have a play with it first..etc.

There's no reason to avoid PC World. Price wise, they have ups and downs, but if you're buying a Toshiba/HP/Acer/Sony computer from them, it'll be the same one you buy from anyone else and probably similarly priced. Just don't ask them for advice, because regardless of what they say - they have no idea.
Also, you most definitely do not need 10 years of mastercare cover, or some instance replacement warranty at a cost of £100+.

Personally, I'd say to stick to computers with an Intel processor, and get one with at least 1gb of ram (most will have this). Other than that, theres not much to go wrong with getting an off-the-shelf one from Tesco (or anywhere else). At the end of the day they all have 12-month warranties - and if anything, I've found some stores like Tesco, Sainsburys, etc, a lot easier on returns of electronic products if you need to, than dedicated computer/electronic retailers.


Before you rush out and buy a new computer though, it might be worth trying this -> http://windows.about.com/od/troubleshooting/ss/defrag.htm
It may help with it running slowly.