lordharding

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found this good deal on www.nsysonline.co.uk

Memory 512MB DDR333 Crucial memory
Hard Drive 80GB 7200rpm hard drive
Optical 1 CDRW
Modem 56k internal modem
Floppy Drive 1.44MB Floppy Drive
Case Standard case, supplied with black matching drives.
Power Supply Standard 350W PSU
Input Devices Keyboard & Mouse (Blk/Silver)
Case Midi Tower ATX
Motherboard Mercury PVCLE266M-L
Chipset VIA CLE266 + VT8235
Frontside Bus 133MHz
Memory 2 x 184-pin DDR266 maximum 2048Mb
PCI 2 x PCI
USB 4 x USB 2.0 ports (2 on front of case)
Audio AC97 6 channel
Network 10/100M RJ45 Ethernet (broadband ready)
Additional Processor is VIA C3 Samual 2 Processor (VIA Cyrix 800MHz core)
Accessories Driver CD included

for £199 inc VAT

what do you think?

i find the price quite reasonable

_Meridian_

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For £200 it's fine. Just as long as you don't plan to play any game later than Pong on it. Or edit any photo bigger then 40x30 pixels. It might be below the minimum spec for any version of M$ Office later than 95 though.

And as it's a Cyrix it will get hot enough to heat your house.


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jowl

I wouldn't bother to be honest.

It's about 4 years old in tech terms for that motherboard etc.

You should be able to get a lot better spec for a bit more money. Or by from ebay.

Though I've never found the Cyrix that hot (cos it's not really fast enough to be hot!)

lordharding

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i will just be using it as a word processor and surfing the net.

So you recommend me not going for the Cyrix and going for a higher spec system?

bioforger

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Yeh I wouldnt touch a Cyrix system with a barge pole (stability issues) same applies to VIA chipsets to.

For 250 notes u can pickup a decent budget AMD box. Shop around.

jpor

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Have a look here: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...l_systems.html

_Meridian_

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Old joke: the Cyrixes that competed with the old AMD K2s got so hot you could cook breakfast on them.


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lightning101

If its just a cheap base - try this for £154 inc vat

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=89079

• Processor: Intel Celeron D 315 (2.26, 533, 256MB)
• Memory: 256MB DDR expandable to 2GB.
• Disk: 40GB 7200Rpm
• 52 X CD-Rom, additional slots available to add more optical drives.
• Modem/LAN 10/100
• ASROCK Intel 845GV chipset with built-in 64 MB Intel Extreme graphics
• Audio on board incl. Front Pannel Audio
• 6x USB 4 Rear - 2 front
• PARALEL Port
• SERIAL Port
• Game MIDI Port
• External bays: 2 x 3.5, 2 x 5.25
• Expansion slots: 2X PCI, 1XAMR
• PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse
• Stereo Speakers
• Mandrake Ver 9.2
• Open office included
• Warranty: 1 year Return to Base

jowl

^^^^^^

Now thats a better deal. I'd add another 256mb memory though = +£25ish (Get product code from Crucial, check ebuyer price)

Also, that one comes with Linux - so you'll need to add around..er..£60 for XP Home (OEM) from ebuyer. If you want windows that is.

Still a much better system than the original for a very similar price.

_Meridian_

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If he's surfing and WPing then there's no reason not to stay with Linux.


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FASTER MIKE!!

how about this john? slightly over your £200 budget but you migh get the VAT back though work quite good spec

mike