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dMw Chit Chat => The Beer Bar => Technology Section => Topic started by: sheepy on January 24, 2009, 09:10:40 PM

Title: Looking @ a new pc
Post by: sheepy on January 24, 2009, 09:10:40 PM
im looking for a complete "box"

i have no idea whats good and whats not, or what goes with what anymore!

I want something thats going to last for 18+ months really.

Im not really fussed about being able to run everything in max settings just being able to be a reliable computer thats going to run everything that it needs to for the forseable future.

Im looking for maybe in the range of £300-£450 depending on how long its going to last.

I could do with the OS included in that so i know it tightens the budget some what as my old copy of xp could do with being replaced

any help is apreciated
Title: Looking @ a new pc
Post by: T-Bag on January 25, 2009, 12:56:21 AM
Quad core, 4870, 2-4GB of DDR 2 ram. Faster the processor the longer it will last (but the more it will cost)
Title: Looking @ a new pc
Post by: Le Rouge on January 25, 2009, 12:22:40 PM
Mine is a dual core 8400, 4850 GFX (of Gigabyte) and 2GB; bought 2-3 months ago.
Runs STALKER and FC2 easily.
I reckon it will easily last a year. Can't guarantee 18 months :-)
 
The need for 4870 depends mostly on the screen ur using. For my 17" ASUS (size of a 19"), there was no use buying the 4870.
Title: Looking @ a new pc
Post by: Penfold on January 25, 2009, 02:10:29 PM
If you can stand the derision of your peers at the LAN then you could do worse than buy an off-the-shelf Dell. Can't say I've ever had any problems with mine and unless you're going to build your own then they give you more bang for the buck than anything else imho.

For example

PROCESSOR:   Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E7300 processor (2.66GHz, 1066MHz, 3MB cache)edit (http://javascript%3cb%3e%3c/b%3E:to_page_mod%281,%201,%20_Action%29;)
OPERATING SYSTEM:   Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 - English
HARDWARE SUPPORT:    1 Year Limited Warranty -  Collect & Return
MEMORY:   2048MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
HARD DRIVE:   320GB (7200rpm) SATA Hard Drive
GRAPHICS CARD:   512MB nVidia GeForce 9800GT graphics card
OPTICAL DRIVEDVD+/-RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD)
KEYBOARDDell Multimedia USB Keyboard Black - UK/Irish
MOUSEDell 2 Button USB Scroll Optical Mouse - Black


Comes in at £460.

OK so you could up the ram if you wanted and go for dual core but it's not bad for the price.

PEN
Title: Looking @ a new pc
Post by: lionheart on January 25, 2009, 02:30:21 PM
Mr Sheep
As I recall you live fairly close to me, I'll build and configure any system you want to buy for the princely sum of 1 pint.  You'll just need to come to March to pick it up.
Title: Looking @ a new pc
Post by: King85 on January 27, 2009, 02:31:28 PM
http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?PAGE=PRODUCTVIEWPAGE&USG=PRODUCT&ENT=PRODUCT&KEY=451769

Minus the screen and its around £440 not a bad deal imo
Title: Looking @ a new pc
Post by: Lexander on January 27, 2009, 02:48:51 PM
I would go with the old xp and save the money from buying vista to get better hardware, and thats like 100-200e. And wait for Windows 7.
Title: Looking @ a new pc
Post by: Anonymous on January 27, 2009, 02:56:15 PM
Quote from: King85;260532http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?PAGE=PRODUCTVIEWPAGE&USG=PRODUCT&ENT=PRODUCT&KEY=451769

Minus the screen and its around £440 not a bad deal imo

Never ever buy from Mesh - you have been warned!
Title: Looking @ a new pc
Post by: BrotherTobious on January 27, 2009, 02:57:35 PM
:withstupid:
Title: Looking @ a new pc
Post by: suicidal_monkey on January 27, 2009, 06:25:58 PM
not sure how this compares to the Dell... but scan have the following on today only's super savers for £350. As far as I can tell it's only missing a decent graphics card and apparently you can have that installed for the cost of a pint :rolleyes:


Title: Looking @ a new pc
Post by: King85 on January 27, 2009, 06:54:24 PM
Quote from: BlueBall;260535Never ever buy from Mesh - you have been warned!

Really? I'd heard good things although I do like hearing horror stories about companies so what did they do?
Title: Looking @ a new pc
Post by: Anonymous on January 27, 2009, 07:04:22 PM
Quote from: King85;260572Really? I'd heard good things although I do like hearing horror stories about companies so what did they do?

They used to have their support forums over on hexus.net but that disappeared a few months ago. The reading was particularly scary.
Title: Looking @ a new pc
Post by: kregoron on January 29, 2009, 09:44:07 AM
Quote from: BlueBall;260574They used to have their support forums over on hexus.net but that disappeared a few months ago. The reading was particularly scary.

I actually remember that section, often referred to as the YGP section :) (YouGotPwned)
Title: Looking @ a new pc
Post by: [BIG]magnus on January 30, 2009, 12:44:23 PM
Quote from: blueball;260535never ever buy from mesh - you have been warned!

+1

just don't do it!!!! You will regret it!!!
Title: Looking @ a new pc
Post by: [BIG]magnus on January 30, 2009, 12:47:50 PM
Quote from: King85;260572Really? I'd heard good things although I do like hearing horror stories about companies so what did they do?

As the guys said.... It is just one list of horror stories from customer services that hang up after telling you to stick it where the sun don't shine to getting old equipment to replace RMA stuff.  The hexus forums must have been used by a lot of other system builders to sell their systems.
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