New PC - £300 to spend (1 Viewer)

[Marty]

In need of a PC as mine has just about given up now. I want something fast maybe 4-6GB RAM, need no more then a 100GB HDD at most (i don't keep my photos/music on my PC). I want another AMD though, Have about £300 to spend, can anybody recommend anything??

Cant find anything at the main retairs (Comet, PCworld etc).

 

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[We'll_live_and_die]

I wanna sell my small format HP. don't know the spec until I get home but it's 18 months old.

 

[Marty]

Whats a small format PC?? I want to avoid buying second hand if possible.

 

[Nick]

Have you tried ebuyer?

 

[Cov 4 Prem]

Acer Aspire 7736Z-444G32MN

4GB Standard Memory
8GB Maximum Memory
HD Screen
17'3 inch screen
Windows 7 Professional
4 USB Ports

Brand new and in box, will meet you to exchange or give me a call - Just PM for email.

Worth £500

http://www.okobe.co.uk/ws/product/A...ows+7+Professional+64bit/1000021260?ref=1q4bs

 

[Marty]

Acer Aspire 7736Z-444G32MN

4GB Standard Memory
8GB Maximum Memory
HD Screen
17'3 inch screen
Windows 7 Professional
4 USB Ports

Brand new and in box, will meet you to exchange or give me a call - Just PM for email.

Worth £500

http://www.okobe.co.uk/ws/product/A...ows+7+Professional+64bit/1000021260?ref=1q4bs

Thanks for the offer, but i'm only after a desktop, forgot to mention it in my post. :facepalm:

I've never heard of ebuyer, are they any good??

 

[Danceswithhorses]

I've never heard of ebuyer, are they any good??

Massive company..have used them for years

 

[Danceswithhorses]

That budget is a bit tight for a 'fast' pc.
Cheapest pc at ebuyer with AMD, that fits your remit is
http://www.ebuyer.com/274483-hp-pro-3305-mt-desktop-lh050ea-abu
only 3gb of ram, but easily expandable
Any reason for wanting an AMD ?

 

[sky_blue_up_north]

How do you fancy building one, easy to do save a few bob, could try http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/default.aspx then you pick the spec you want. Based in St Nicholas St Cov

 

[BenInTurin]

I've never heard of ebuyer, are they any good??

dabs is quite good as well, I normally compare the two to find the best deal.

 

[Marty]

That budget is a bit tight for a 'fast' pc.
Cheapest pc at ebuyer with AMD, that fits your remit is
http://www.ebuyer.com/274483-hp-pro-3305-mt-desktop-lh050ea-abu
only 3gb of ram, but easily expandable
Any reason for wanting an AMD ?

The best PC's i've had have all been AMD, Had an intel PC once and it was terrible.

Currently got 4GB Ram in my current PC, bout month ago i had a problem with my PC, then it worked fine for maybe a week, and since then it's slow as hell, takes like a minute just to load up a webpage.


Sky Blue Up North - i use to work near Eclipse, but i've only heard bad things about them, how they try to pass off refurb stuff as brand new. I wouldn't like to do it myself anyway, i have a rough idea of the bits and bobs, but i know it would take me ageas and i would get frustrated with it and just end up chucking it after being sat in my attic for a few years half built.

I've heard of Dabs, but forgot about them, will have a look,

Thanks everyone for the suggestions.

 

[Trond Egil Soltvedt]

have you ever thought of building one? im no expert but pretty sure you could keep your tower and just replace componants? keep the price down a bit, after all its all plug and play.

 

[cornoccfc]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....780315&clk_rvr_id=266661090959#ht_2321wt_1199

This iem ended but the Currys PC World outlet has great deals on refurb stuff, with 12 months warranty, so worth keeping an eye out for what they are selling.

My desktop came from there a few months back, bought it and a monitor all under £300 and specs are fine for normal pc usage.