PC purchase scheme at work
20 January 2006, 03:26 PM
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PC purchase scheme at work
We’ve been offered to buy PC’s through a scheme at work. As I was thinking about replacing my PC anyhow I was trying to decide if this was a deal worth taking up.
I’ll type out the specification for the PC I was looking at and see if you guys think its good value for money.
CPU – Pentium 4 820 dual core
Mainboard – uATX Intel i945p PCIe
Memory – 2048mb (doesn’t say what brand)
HDD – 2x 160gb SATA (doesn’t say what brand)
Optical Drives – DVD-ROM and 16x DVD writer
Graphics – PCIe ATI Radeon X1300 256mb
Speakers and Subwoofer
Wireless keyboard and mouse
10/100 LAN
PCI Wireless G card
2x firewire
6x USB 2
19” TFT monitor
and a rake load of software.
The purchase plan is a 3 year scheme and it will work out to £33.80 a month and will have a £70 final payment at the end of the 3 years
So in total will work out to £1286.80 which will be taken directly out of my wages.
What you lot think??
I’ll type out the specification for the PC I was looking at and see if you guys think its good value for money.
CPU – Pentium 4 820 dual core
Mainboard – uATX Intel i945p PCIe
Memory – 2048mb (doesn’t say what brand)
HDD – 2x 160gb SATA (doesn’t say what brand)
Optical Drives – DVD-ROM and 16x DVD writer
Graphics – PCIe ATI Radeon X1300 256mb
Speakers and Subwoofer
Wireless keyboard and mouse
10/100 LAN
PCI Wireless G card
2x firewire
6x USB 2
19” TFT monitor
and a rake load of software.
The purchase plan is a 3 year scheme and it will work out to £33.80 a month and will have a £70 final payment at the end of the 3 years
So in total will work out to £1286.80 which will be taken directly out of my wages.
What you lot think??
20 January 2006, 04:05 PM
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The x1300 is an entry level card that replaces the 9200/9250 series.
The x1800 is the decent one.
I reckon including the monitor its worth about £900.
The x1800 is the decent one.
I reckon including the monitor its worth about £900.
20 January 2006, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by lightning101
I reckon including the monitor its worth about £900.
Tim -
What s/w though?
Have you looked at companies like www.meshcomputers.com etc..?
20 January 2006, 04:44 PM
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Windows XP Home SP2
MS Entertainment pack (what ever that is??)
MS Works 8.0
MS Autoroute
MS Encarta
MS picture it
Photoshop
Pinnacle Studio
Norton antivirus 2005
WinDVD
Nero
MS Entertainment pack (what ever that is??)
MS Works 8.0
MS Autoroute
MS Encarta
MS picture it
Photoshop
Pinnacle Studio
Norton antivirus 2005
WinDVD
Nero
20 January 2006, 04:49 PM
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Sounds expensive to me as well (you usually get all that software free anyway), and you'd likely want to upgrade that graphics card very soon. As already mentioned, have you looked at place like mesh, and even Dell. They both make some very good machines for a decent price...
20 January 2006, 05:08 PM
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Just FYI incase you are interested
Windows XP Home SP2
= OEM £60 ish
MS Entertainment pack (what ever that is??)
= not worth the CD it comes on...
MS Works 8.0
MS Autoroute
MS Encarta
MS picture it
= OEM £12 ish
Photoshop
= not sure, but bet its the 'Elements' version, which you can get for next to nothing from an e-tailor.
Pinnacle Studio
= usually free with a component
Norton antivirus 2005
= OEM £20
WinDVD
= this sort of stuff comes with motherboards
Nero
= OEM version is £3
Windows XP Home SP2
= OEM £60 ish
MS Entertainment pack (what ever that is??)
= not worth the CD it comes on...
MS Works 8.0
MS Autoroute
MS Encarta
MS picture it
= OEM £12 ish
Photoshop
= not sure, but bet its the 'Elements' version, which you can get for next to nothing from an e-tailor.
Pinnacle Studio
= usually free with a component
Norton antivirus 2005
= OEM £20
WinDVD
= this sort of stuff comes with motherboards
Nero
= OEM version is £3
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