Cheap Desktop Computer required...

[Cliotoby]

After a cheap desktop computer for me mam.

£300-400 give or take.

Needs to be able to send emails but at the same time she will use it for the might hard task of writing word documents.

I would like to think I could find an Intel i3 based system for that, something which will actually load stuff pretty quick.

Acer seem expensive for what they offer. Dell are good but a smaller, more compact desktop would be useful. Dell did some earlier this year which my grandparents bought and its awesome but they seem to have stopped doing them now.

After some ideas to consider so please chuck them about.

I have an old 80GB raptor hard drive so might bang that in for the write speeds.

 

[Al_G]

ASUS netbook?

 

[sbridgey]

ASUS netbook?

ewwwwww

in before anyone else, old macbook?

 

[GiT]

Easy get a decent one for that cash... get on Scan.co.uk

I take it Base unit, Keyboard, mouse and monitor?

 

[Cliotoby]

Just the tower sorry.

Got all the other bits so I can give her my spare stuff.

Ill check Scan out ta. Looking at HP now

Cheers all

 

[GiT]

[SIZE=+1]Deals so incredibly cheap you've got to be crazy not to buy one![/SIZE]
Intel Core i5 4670K Combo

• 1TB Seagate ST1000DM003 Barracuda 7200.14 SATA 6Gb/s 7200rpm 64mb Cache 8ms NCQ OEM
• 500W Cooler Master Elite RS500 120mm Quiet Fan EPS 12V, Fan, ATX v2.3, PSU
• 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black Low Profile, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.5V
• Fractal Design Define R3 USB 3.0 Black Pearl, Mid Tower Performance Case NEW Cable Routing Noise Absorbing w/o PSU
• Intel Core i5 4670K, S 1150, Haswell, Quad Core, 3.4GHz, 3.8GHz Turbo, 1200MHz GPU, 34x Ratio, Retail
• MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate, Intel Z87, S 1150, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, SATA RAID, PCIe 3.0 (x16), D-Sub (VGA) DVI-D HDMI, ATX

[SIZE=+1]Please Note:[/SIZE][SIZE=+1] this combo is not supplied pre-assembled, but as individual components.

£425.99 [/SIZE]

 

[Cliotoby]

Thats pretty good actially GiT. Might be on the pricey side for her though. I can build it for her.

I like the "look" of this especially with its i3:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00DVK2UW2/?tag=cliospnet01-21

Got a card reader and s**t. Could spend some extra cash on an SSD and have a fast hard drive too.

 

[GiT]

Whip out the i5 and bob in an i3 - 1TB down to a 500GB or SSD and you're giggling. £350-£400 with W7 Home 64Bit easily in reach.

I've spent a small fortune with them in the last 4 months... but worth every penny.

 

[Cliotoby]

Wheres the link to that separately they come to £480 ?

 

[Cliotoby]

ASUS netbook?

Well she has an old crappy asus laptop now and she wants a desktop. The laptop is properly b****cks now though. s**t slow even after a format.

 

[H4RRY]

Check if Lenovo have any deals on, sometime have some great cash back offers and normally come with 3 years warranty.

 

[Designn]

Just build one. Much cheaper than a ready made tower even taking int he cost of getting someone else to build it. mine was £480 and i have an i5 with 16GB of RAM so no need to upgrade for a while.

 

[Darius]

Pm phuzion

 

[Dink]

just spend £100 on a old dell optiplex off ebay with a high end C2D cpu

i just spent £58 on one plus an upgrade cpu (2.93Ghz C2D)for my mum to replace my old pc (removed the RAM to give the new one a boost)

running ubuntu 13.04 and it runs like a dream

i was thinking something like this

 

[Martin_172]

as above less than £100 for an OptiPlex with a core2duo and stick 2gb of ram in it that's what ive been doing recently for people looking for systems works out much cheaper than building with current new budget kit

 

[GiT]

Wheres the link to that separately they come to £480 ?

Go to scan.co.uk and go to "Today Only".

 

[Gav_r26]

Ebuyer zoostorm? The old an brought an i5 for £300 odd quid and i'm suprisingly impressed with it!

 

[ThomasBrentnall]

Ebuyer zoostorm? The old an brought an i5 for £300 odd quid and i'm suprisingly impressed with it!

I was just about to post this. Zoostorm are a brilliant company. Effectively they by the parts, assemble them then sell the pc. We use them alot at work

 

[Paul H1]

I reccomend Ebuyer for price and service, great company.

 

[deansmylie1993]

After a cheap desktop computer for me mam.

£300-400 give or take.

Needs to be able to send emails but at the same time she will use it for the might hard task of writing word documents.

I would like to think I could find an Intel i3 based system for that, something which will actually load stuff pretty quick.

Acer seem expensive for what they offer. Dell are good but a smaller, more compact desktop would be useful. Dell did some earlier this year which my grandparents bought and its awesome but they seem to have stopped doing them now.

After some ideas to consider so please chuck them about.

I have an old 80GB raptor hard drive so might bang that in for the write speeds.

For your price range you could have a decent computer build yourself .

 

[GiT]

I reccomend Ebuyer for price and service, great company.

I bought a GFX Card off them along with a few other things, the totally wrong one came, took 3 weeks to get the one I ordered through as they wouldn't send it till I posted the wrong one back. They then wouldn't refund me the postage for their screw up.

Made several complaints and calls and they didn't honour it. Bunch of cowboys I'[ll never use again.

 

[ThomasBrentnall]

I bought a GFX Card off them along with a few other things, the totally wrong one came, took 3 weeks to get the one I ordered through as they wouldn't send it till I posted the wrong one back. They then wouldn't refund me the postage for their screw up.

Made several complaints and calls and they didn't honour it. Bunch of cowboys I'[ll never use again.

They're a brilliant company, you've just had a bad experience with them.

We use them pretty much every week.

 

[Gareth]

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?717067-Lenovo-Thinkcentre-Edge-72 ?

 

[GiT]

They're a brilliant company, you've just had a bad experience with them.

We use them pretty much every week.

I'll never touch them again. Their error but wouldn't sort it for me.