| Highbury Eagle |
Hello
I'm thinking of buying a new PC for my new flat. I'm currently looking at a Dell. The Specs are;
Intel® Processor Q6600 Quad Core™ (2.40GHz, 1066Mhz FSB, 8MB cache), 4gb Memory, 750gb Hard drive, 20 inch wide screen monitor, 256mb graphics card, Wifi compatable....
Price is £807 inc which includes delivery.
Is this a good deal or can i get a better elsewhere?
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| Cake and Eat It |
Look on Dell Outlet for a better deal.
Plus, consider what you are using your PC for... a Quad Core isnt that much use to you at the moment. |
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| Scroatey |
| Are you a gamer? |
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| jx2384 |
You can get better at www.pcspecialist.co.uk. I got a very similar spec
Q6600
4GB RAM
250GB Hard Drive
8800GT Graphics card (a very good card plays all the latest games at high spec)
Wifi
And a very flashy 19" widescreen LG monitor (very impressed with it)
for £770 inc postage and delivery
Only downside maybe is that the case is quite large |
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| Highbury Eagle |
Cheers for the advice so far.
I'm not a gamer. I'll be using it for internet, sorting out my music collection and using photoshop on it. |
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| WorthingEagle |
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Originally posted by Highbury Eagle
Cheers for the advice so far.
I'm not a gamer. I'll be using it for internet, sorting out my music collection and using photoshop on it.
Then you don't really need to spend £800....you can get a PC for £300-400 that will do those jobs. |
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| Brumie Allan |
| Only buy a Dell if you are not into upgrading as when it is out of date or broke you will have to buy a new one. Build your own it's more fun. |
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| Isle of Wight |
quote:
Originally posted by Highbury Eagle
Cheers for the advice so far.
I'm not a gamer. I'll be using it for internet, sorting out my music collection and using photoshop on it.
Get an Imac :p |
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| Highbury Eagle |
quote:
Originally posted by Isle of Wight
Get an Imac :p
:D
I have actually looked at the Imac. It's a lot of money for not a high spec machine. Am i wrong? |
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| Pidster |
quote:
Originally posted by Highbury Eagle
:D
I have actually looked at the Imac. It's a lot of money for not a high spec machine. Am i wrong?
They are fan-fecking-tastic. Imagine a world where you can install a new software package ( in seconds) and nothing breaks. |
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| Dave |
quote:
Originally posted by Pidster
They are fan-fecking-tastic. Imagine a world where you can install a new software package ( in seconds) and nothing breaks.
www.ubuntu.com |
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| jx2384 |
quote:
Originally posted by Highbury Eagle
Cheers for the advice so far.
I'm not a gamer. I'll be using it for internet, sorting out my music collection and using photoshop on it.
You won't be needing a flashy graphics card or even a quad core then. If you want to save a bit of money go for a Dual Core which is still very powerful. I have the Revometer up on the quadcore and even with multiple proccesor heavy programmes and windows running I have never seen it go over 40%. You could get somethin that will run everything you need like a charm for £500-600 |
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| delboy01 |
unless it's going to be a server for 30 users thats way ott.
Dell as someone else said. The software needs to be written to use quad core and at the moment very little is. |
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| Isle of Wight |
quote:
Originally posted by Highbury Eagle
:D
I have actually looked at the Imac. It's a lot of money for not a high spec machine. Am i wrong?
Takes a while to get your head around it but you don't need all the Giga this and super flop that. For example a number of companies I know are moving to macs ( and still running windows !!) as they are faster for normal use. Why i have no idea. better quality components maybe. As you are not gaming you dont need all that grunt. Also you dont end up with all that "clutter" you get with PC's. Loads of arguments for and against but in simple terms they work they perform & ilife is great. You just drag and drop all over the place. I wouldn't go back now. |
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| Stavros 69 |
| What's a decent PC these days for the £300 - 400 mark ?? |
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| jx2384 |
quote:
Originally posted by Highbury Eagle
Cheers for the advice so far.
I'm not a gamer. I'll be using it for internet, sorting out my music collection and using photoshop on it.
This is a nice set up that would suit your needs, nice flashy monitor aswell!
www.pcspecialist.co.uk
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™2 Duo E4700 (2 X 2.60GHz) 800MHz FSB/2MB L2 Cache
Memory (RAM)
4GB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x2GB)
Operating System
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium 64-bit Edition + SP1, CD (£59)
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
320GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
Graphics Card
Integrated NVIDIA® GeForce 7050 CineFX 3.0 Graphics
Network Facilities
WIRELESS 54Mbps NETWORK CARD (£12)
Monitor
LG L196WTQ 19 inch Wide: HDCP/DVI/2MS/1440 x 900
Keyboard & Mouse
Logitech® Internet Keyboard + Hotkeys (Black) (£6)
Mouse
Black Logitech® Premium Optical Mouse (£4)
Speakers
LOGITECH S220 2.1 SILVER/BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£12)
£582 inc VAT and Delivery.
You can always upgrade the odd little bit further down the line should you feel you need to. I.E, Another hard drive, better graphics card, new speakers. I bought these speakers seperatly off Amazon, they are fantasic for the price
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-X-...7778&sr=8-4
seems like they have gone up in price, they were £26 when i ordered them! |
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| Zimmer |
Have at a look at the clearance section at PCWorld.co.uk. Always a few quad cores available.
Just seen a Packard Bell with these specs for £290:
* Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor
* (2.4GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache)
* Genuine Windows Vista (R) Home Premium
* 3GB Memory
* 320GB Hard Drive
* Multi-Format Dual Layer DVD Re-Writer Dr
* 256MB nVidia GeForce 7050 Graphics
* 8-In-1 Card Reader
* 6 USB Connections
Pretty good value. Just add a monitor and you're sorted. |
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| Stavros 69 |
quote:
Originally posted by Zimmer
Have at a look at the clearance section at PCWorld.co.uk. Always a few quad cores available.
Just seen a Packard Bell with these specs for £290:
* Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor
* (2.4GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache)
* Genuine Windows Vista (R) Home Premium
* 3GB Memory
* 320GB Hard Drive
* Multi-Format Dual Layer DVD Re-Writer Dr
* 256MB nVidia GeForce 7050 Graphics
* 8-In-1 Card Reader
* 6 USB Connections
Pretty good value. Just add a monitor and you're sorted.
I have a monitor and i usally run it though my TV anyway. |
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| jx2384 |
quote:
Originally posted by Zimmer
Have at a look at the clearance section at PCWorld.co.uk. Always a few quad cores available.
Just seen a Packard Bell with these specs for £290:
* Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor
* (2.4GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache)
* Genuine Windows Vista (R) Home Premium
* 3GB Memory
* 320GB Hard Drive
* Multi-Format Dual Layer DVD Re-Writer Dr
* 256MB nVidia GeForce 7050 Graphics
* 8-In-1 Card Reader
* 6 USB Connections
Pretty good value. Just add a monitor and you're sorted.
bargain, loads of power there |
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| Highbury Eagle |
| Thanks for all the advice. In the end after much investigation and getting 'hands on' experience i've brought an Imac. First impressions :love: |
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| jx2384 |
quote:
Originally posted by Highbury Eagle
Thanks for all the advice. In the end after much investigation and getting 'hands on' experience i've brought an Imac. First impressions :love:
They are beauts! I think I'm going to switch to mac on my next upgrade. |
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| The Omen |
I'm looking to get a new laptop. Need it for a bit of programming, video editing, photoshop editing etc. Not planning to play games on it, but I know video processing can require a bit of power.
Any recommendations? Ideally, don't want to spend over £500. |
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| RichieG |
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Originally posted by Brumie Allan
Build your own it's more fun.
How hard is this? I've never done more than upgrade a memory chip before, but I'm more than capable of following instructions - is there a good website with a step-by step guide? |
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| mrsilly |
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Originally posted by RichieG
How hard is this? I've never done more than upgrade a memory chip before, but I'm more than capable of following instructions - is there a good website with a step-by step guide?
Pretty straight forward, mostly just plugging things in, if you can read a manual you will be fine. Take care when installing the processor but apart from that nothing is particularly fragile. |
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| TopKnot |
| The actual building is pretty simple, the tricky bit is buying all the parts that will actually work together in the way you want. Eg how many PCI-E slots on the motherboard? IDE or SATA? What memory speed, how many channels? If you want to overclock, will the stock cooler be enough? Will the CPU fit into a socket 775 motherboard? Is a 300w PSU enough? Is there physically enough room in the case for the GFX card you want? Is the motherboard RAID compatible? And so on. |
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| Finbar |
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Originally posted by Cake and Eat It
Look on Dell Outlet for a better deal.
Disagree, just bought a Dell laptop, the outlet looks great but bearing in mind what you're getting isn't strictly brand new their prices are pre VAT and they charge £60 for delivery the end price is as high as just getting it brand new (after you negotiate price)
I rang the actual Dell people and haggled them down on an XPS 1530 laptop from £780 to £650 delivered (and brand new of course), had a good spec as well. As soon as I mentioned the outlet store he dropped the price
This was my spec if it's of any help (outlet spec was same apart from 2.5Ghz processor and ended up at £730 delivered)
210-20595 XPS M1530 CORE 2 DUO T8100 2.10GHz,800,3M 1 553.19 553.19 S
200-55228 N08X5304 1 S
230-10143 Display 15.4" WXGA+ Widescreen (1440x900) TFT with Truelife 1 S
214-10030 Fingerprint Reader Biometric with BLACK accent 1 S
239-11745 Save £120 (ex VAT) 1 S
320-10174 CCFL backcover black & 2.0mp camera 1 S
340-14929 Resource DVD XPS M1530 - (Diagnostics & Drivers) 1 S
340-14931 Documentation English XPS M1530 1 S
340-15221 Ship Accessories UK XPS M1530 - Power Cord 3 PIN 1 S
370-12386 Memory Dual Channel 4.0GB (2x2048) 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM 1 S
400-14158 Hard Drive 320GB SATA (5400rpm) 1 S
429-12854 8xDVD+/-RW Slim Slot-Load Drive, including SW 1 S
450-10999 AC Adapter 90W - 3 Pin 1 S
451-10506 Battery XPS Primary 6-cell 56WHr Li-Ion 1 S
460-10041 Not Included Carry Case 1 S
490-10755 Graphics Card 128MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8400M GS 1 S
506-10024 Dell Travel Remote control 1 S
530-11691 Modem Not Included 1 S
555-11014 Dell™ Wireless 1490 802.11a/b/g Mini-PCI Card EUR 1 S
555-11135 European - Dell TrueMobile 355 internal Bluetooth Module 1 S
583-11745 Internal Keyboard Uk/Irish (QWERTY) 1 S
619-12692 Operating System : English Genuine Windows Vista SP1 Home Premium including Media 1 S
630-11001 English Microsoft Works 9.0 (Word Processor, Database) with Recovery CD 1 S
640-10280 UK Internet Service Provider - Tiscali 1 S
640-10395 English - Adobe Reader 8.1 1 S
640-10551 Dell Support Center 2.0 1 S |
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