Lookign for a new PC around £500-£600
 

Hi

Currently I have a Dell Dimension 3100 (P4, 2Gig, 80hd +320Gig HDD), I've had this machine for about 4 years now and thought it maybe time to upgrade as I have maxed out the specs.

I'm not a gamer(well not on PC I prefer my xbox) but do like to do a bit of photo/video editing, emails,surfing etc.

Any recommendations.

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Could you recomend some sites its been a while. I checked Dell and quiet like the Dell Zino machines. I also checking out ebuyer but not sure if there are btter ones out there.

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You could try these, depends on who you ask depends if they like them or not, bit like Dell really lol, dude at work has had 2 from them with no issues.

http://www.meshcomputers.com/

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Mesh builds 'can' be quite good, just pray to God that you never get a problem with it. Personally because of the amount of stress and hassle I've had from them, I'd say avoid like the plague.

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Image is too large and doesn't help much as it's in $ :)

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Aldi have got a bloody nice computer in on Thursday for £429.99, if I was in the market for a new computer I know I'd buy it :) http://aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/spe...uys3_14867.htm

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So? Its roughly the same price over here as parts are more expensive and the exchange rate from $>£ has changed from 2-1

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I'm happy with my mesh I got a few years ago, a hard drive went wrong after a bit less than a year and they couriered me a new one when i sent them the faulty one.

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you want an i5 based system for that money 4 gig of ram decent gfx card and a big hdd or 2

you could try www.askzingtobuildmeone.com lol

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http://www.burn-blue.com/image/view/A62zepBy/done.png
oops seems that i selected the 512mb version of the 5770. get the 1gb version

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you can save 50 quid to go towards your OS;) by using a 5670 instead of the 5770 ;) as a none gamer that will do nicely

You would also be better off with a modular PSU to aid in cable management

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what do you guys think of http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/home...=ukdhs1&~ck=mn

I'm looking at the £449 and £549 ones

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are you mad ?? lol

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why?

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price for the spec

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I quiet like the small form factor pc. any advise on those.

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well the Dell ones are over priced and underspecced. Machines like the revo are also to underpowered for photo editing etc. Builds with good hardware run to hot in small cramped cases

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Ask Zing, he might build you the system you want for a lot cheaper. What do you charge for the build Zing?

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depends on if I like ya or not lol

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Yeah come on zingy baby how much, our PC has been given its last rights today so will shortly need a replacment

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I can build it. I just need advise on what parts etc.

I did my a+ way back in 2003 and normally strip my machien and give it a good clean. but I'm a bit worried about what kit is compatible with each other etc.ideally I would like windows 7 premium.

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if you buy a pc off it it comes with a warranty off me so obviously the mark up is higher to cover responsability. I also do a build for a fee where as you order all the bits and I chuck it together set it up and everything but if something fails you have to deal with the retailers

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in which case build a tower do not build a small form factor

If you like AMD Ebuyer do bundles that should work together

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/222510

chuck it in a case add HDDs Optical GFX and a PSU and your well away. The above bundle is well balanced

Or go with the posted basket but look at the revisions I mention below it if ya fancy i5. You could also save a few quid on a different mobo

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If your quick Aria have a pc that only need's a hdd, os and a DVD for £470 and with 2 hdd's and a dvd and win 7 home premium it come's to £647.62, but you could always drop a hdd to get it to around £600.

Beauty about it is that it is overclocked and comes with a warranty for the overclock aswell, in a good case etc then at a later date if you wanted just upgrade the graphic's card if needed and your cooking on gas.

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Actually scrap that just noticed it's only a core i3 dual core thought it was a core i5 my mistake.

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in general terms how do you rate the intel and AMD chips liek I remember P1 266 being quicker than P1 133 and celeron being a cheaper slower option. HOw does Amd work?

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Well the Intel i7 are the best the i5 next then I would say the 6 core AMD cpus the i3 on par with the phenom II quads also probably close to the Q9 Intel cpus then