New Computer - Mesh ?

venomx

Looking for a new PC for browsing and listening to music.
Brand new, not refurb.

Budget of £500


Mesh and Novatech have some excellent looking machines, are they any good ?

that

I know you state brand new, but you are turning down some excellent refurb dell optiplex and hp pro's that cost about 50% to 70% less that will do exactly what you want, and you could be a fairly decent set of speakers with that money, or an ok graphics card, or storage.

Just do not be swayed by poor components in a pretty box.

Come back to us with some models

My friend got her 386 from Mesh and they gave her great support at the time.

Neil_Jones

You don't need an all singing and all dancing machine for internet use and playing music. In fact you probably don't even need a PC, could you get away with a a laptop instead?

They aren't as powerful as a desktop, granted, but you get portability and they use less power.

venomx

Thanks guys.
I get on better with desktops.


I've checked trustpilot for Novatech and they have top reviews.


I'm not buying one just yet, it'll be around christmas.

venomx

that wrote: »

Just do not be swayed by poor components in a pretty box.

Come back to us with some models

https://www.novatech.co.uk/pc/range/novatechlifenti348.html


https://www.novatech.co.uk/pc/range/novatechpronsi43.html


https://www.novatech.co.uk/pc/range/novatechpronti347.html


Some of them don't come with a DVD drive, why is this ?

20aday

Some desktops and laptops forego the CD/DVD drive these days because more people tend to stream/download music, films etc.

venomx

20aday wrote: »

Some desktops and laptops forego the CD/DVD drive these days because more people tend to stream/download music, films etc.

Ok great.
I have Linux Ubuntu on a USB which I used to install the OS on my current ( old ) computer.


DO most modern PCs come with the ability to boot from USB ( even if it means messing with the bios )

Neil_Jones

Every computer made in the last 15 years or so can boot from USB

Cisco001

What is the spec of your current PC?
Have you consider upgrading?

Would you consider used PC? £200 - 300 used PC on ebay can do the job.

venomx

Cisco001 wrote: »

What is the spec of your current PC?
Have you consider upgrading?

Would you consider used PC? £200 - 300 used PC on ebay can do the job.

Its a 2007 Dell Inspiron ( which i have alreay upgraded the Ram and the GPU )
3GB Ram
160GB HDD
Ati 5450
AMD Athlon 64 processor.

I'd like

• brand new,
• PSU minimum of 400w ,
• not slimline ( Want a full sized tower )
• HDMi Out

And preferably with a DVD drive just incase I need it in future

Neil_Jones wrote: »

Every computer made in the last 15 years or so can boot from USB

I know, but on my sisters laptop I couldn't get it to recognise the USB stick on the boot manager screen when pressing F12 and had to use a DVD to install linux on it.
We couldn't however, get into the BIOS which might have something to do with it ( we forgot the bios password lol )

mksysb

If you have already added ram and a GPU to you old machine, it wouldn't be a large step up to build your own machine. It'll then be the exact spec you want with quality parts. Plenty of videos on your tube showing you exactly how to do it.