TomN Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Alright I'm in need of a new PC as my current one is 5/6 years old and still running Windows 98 Ha. Any ways been looking on Dell and that looking for a decent PC but since I'm not in with these PC spec and that, I'm not fully sure what I'm looking for. But something with Dual core or something? Does anyone know any decent sites with a nice PC deal for about £500? Just wanting the PC to do a bit of everything really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikenipple Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Try This or This.They're not very good for graphics, but it won't cost you too much on top if you want a decent graphics card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Slightly related but can someone tell is it easy ish to add more ram to a laptop or am I better off giving it to a PC shop to do it. Bare in mind i've never opened up a computer before, but I have seen the demo's and pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Slightly related but can someone tell is it easy ish to add more ram to a laptop or am I better off giving it to a PC shop to do it. Bare in mind i've never opened up a computer before, but I have seen the demo's and pics Open the hatch slide the old ram out, slide the new one in. Turn it on.You might want to consider building up your own, but having said that if you don't seem to know much about computers it might be a bit much for you. Have a look on www.overclockers.co.uk they sell lots of individual components as well as full systems and i think they can build a system up for you as well.*As for a spec, for £500 you'd want to be looking at a dual core processor (it allows you to multi taks more efficiently, so copying a dvd won't slow down your computer for watching a movie at the same time)*A minimum of 1GB ram, 1GB should be plenty but if you find a pc with say 2GB then thats even better.*You'd want a decent amount of storage, say 250GB.*DVD Re-Writer*Average graphics card, 6600 or something will be more than ample for general pc use and video/picture editing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Jones Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Nice and easy this one. Get a Mac. You can run Windows and the best operating system in the world (Mac OSX) on the same computer! http://www.apple.com/ukJonny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Giggles at jonnys stupid request as if you can get a mac for £500 To be honest you wont get much for £500 if you require a monitor etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomN Posted July 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Don't have to have a monitor although i would like everything better then my current setup . Cheers spikenip and others.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBProductions Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 mac mini with the new duo chips will out do most pc's and you will have the advantage of owning a proper computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Williams! Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 5/6 yr old pc's for the win macs are wank too can you even upgrade them lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBProductions Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 (edited) 5/6 yr old pc's for the win macs are wank too can you even upgrade them lol YES , they also now run windows too , faster than the leading pc Edited July 14, 2006 by CBProductions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 My dads mac is a pain in the arse. I don't see why people think its acceptable for the damn thing to stop responding whenever it feels like it just because it looks pretty. I freely admit that my pc has it downsides, it sometimes does random things and has now stopped responding twice in the 15 months i've had it.But the mac.... It hates everything you try and do with it. It doesn't like itunes, it freezes if you minimise all the open windows, it has that stupid swirly colour wheel come on if it thinks about something then the damn thing never goes away... rendering the thing useless till it sorts itself out after 10 minutes of apparantly doing nothing. The object dock thing is useless, it pops up when the mouse pointer gets to within about an inch of the bottom of the screen so using scrollbars on other programs is practically impossible and if i think about turning it off i can never for the life of me remember where the programs are, i have to find the right bit of the right hard drive before i can even find out the file has become corrupt and no longer works. The keyboard is useless, though not a problem with the machine itself... just very hard to see what letter your typing in low light levels because some idiot thought they'd have black keys and tiny white letters. And the whole 1 button mouse lets minimise its versatility and not have several buttons on there despite people having 5 moveable objects on their hand that could quite capably press a button without falling off I do however like the pulsing white light on the front of the case when its in stand by mode.And as for people saying they're better for doing things in photoshop and video editing. How the f**k do you decide that? My pc totally pawns my dads mac for speed and my pc is hardly cutting edge. It applies filters to images in photoshop faster, encodes the same song into mp3 format using itunes faster than the mac (when the mac finally lets me use itunes) and it plays games as well... something the mac can't even manage with something like the original aliens vs predator game that came out god knows when.Bit of a ramble i know but i think the whole mac idea is a big load of hype. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomN Posted July 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 I find it arkward to use a Mac. Really hate the one button mouse lol old PC's anit for the win when these modern stuff are wanting Windows Me or higher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikenipple Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 (edited) If you wanted a PC built up for £500 you could get a nice spec, but Ebuyer (who currently have the lowest prices on almost everything) don't offer a building service for customers, hence the links to the pre-built computers.If you wanted to work something out with me then i'd be happy to build it for you, which should get you a much nicer spec than those pre-built computers Edit: Here the picture be![attachmentid=5998] Edited July 15, 2006 by Spikenipple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 Whilst on the subject of computers, can anyone recommend me some fairly cheap >256mb SDRAM that is reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikenipple Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 Merry Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 Merry Christmas Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 YES , they also now run windows too , faster than the leading pc Funny that to say they run the exact same hardware as proper pcs now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomN Posted July 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 What you guys think of CCL for prices? Compare to ebuyer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikenipple Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 CCL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 CCL are my local shop (Local as in 10-15min drive) and are usually great price wise and service wise.http://www.cclonline.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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