is the £300 special offer pc world pc any good?

before_hollywood

i've pretty much summed up the thread question in the title, basically pc world are selling a desktop pc for £300 online, but is it worth the money or can better be had elsewhere?
this is it
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/918224

i don't need anything flash as all i want is something i can use for the net/hooking up a few digital cameras to/burning cds on etc, the pc i have got at the moment is old and v unreliable, all help appreciated

System

TBH that is a pretty good spec for the price. As long as you are not planning on playing games then it should do.
One bit of advice if you get it is get an extra 1Gb of RAM to put in it (not from PC World though)

System

aknot wrote: »

Maybe a daft question but does it deffo come with the monitor, I may of missed that.

Yes it does, an Advent 17". You need to look at the detailed spec to find this, I missed it first time.

chuckles1066

before_hollywood wrote: »

i've pretty much summed up the thread question in the title, basically pc world are selling a desktop pc for £300 online, but is it worth the money or can better be had elsewhere?
this is it
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/918224

i don't need anything flash as all i want is something i can use for the net/hooking up a few digital cameras to/burning cds on etc, the pc i have got at the moment is old and v unreliable, all help appreciated

That won't run Vista particularly well at all........1GB of RAM and a 1.6Ghz cpu together with shared graphics memory.

You'll need to spend £100 to get performance upto a reasonable speed.

chuckles1066

aknot wrote: »

I have to disagree, 1gb of ram is fine so is 1.6cpu as Premium has to have the lowest spec of 512mb RAM and 800mhz cpu.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

That's just Microsoft PR crap!

I'd pay to watch a pc @ 800mhz with 512mb ram run Vista!

mjr600

Dell Vostro 200ST
Better CPU
Twice the memory
Twice the Hard Drive
19" LCD Monitor
Choice of Vista Business or XP Pro
After 5% Quidco £312

Buy it and not the Compaq, you won't regret spending the extra few £

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukbsdt1&l=en&oc=D03S019&dgc=AF&cid=5212&lid=122756

fortune87

mjr600 wrote: »

Dell Vostro 200ST
Better CPU
Twice the memory
Twice the Hard Drive
19" LCD Monitor
Choice of Vista Business or XP Pro
After 5% Quidco £312

Buy it and not the Compaq, you won't regret spending the extra few £

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukbsdt1&l=en&oc=D03S019&dgc=AF&cid=5212&lid=122756

great find. Might buy one myself.

Jaxer

Saw this one posted on one of the other Boards here. Seems to have a better spec but the downside is a 3 month warranty. It comes without a monitor but they also have a 19" Phillips TFT on the site for £99.99 so the overall price is better.

http://www.bigpockets.co.uk/product.php?lang=&product_id=24759&session=b6efc5127199d81368104dceb99d6d89

bookduck

I would not buy the Compaq. Have a dell with a 1.6G cpu in it xp sp1will run well, sp2 is OK and Vista - I would not even try.

I do like Jaxer's recomendation. Browntoa also recommended it yesterday too on another post. It's got more of everything, except a years warranty, screen, and vista cd