DAVE-W

Had my computer now for over 6 years with no upgrades and its time for an upgrade.

I have spoken to the company who supply our business machines and this is the deal....

Pentium 3 processor, 256Mb RAM, 30Gb Hard drive, 12x10x32 CD writer, keyboard, mouse, ATI 32Mb Radeon graphics card, 56.6k internal modem, 19" Hansol monitor and windows 2000 installed...

.......£750 quid all in.

I'm not really up to date with current prices but having gone through the PC World website it seems like a pretty good deal.

BUT IS IT???

Cheers in advance,

David

dsmith

What speed (ghz) Pentium III ?

Disk seems a bit small these days. You need to ask if its ATA66,100 or 133.

There are cheaper places than PC World

DAVE-W

933 gHz ... and whats this A66 100 133 business about??

In the immortal words of Manuel from Fawlty Towers...I know nothin!!

David

howardb

whilst 933ghz would be nice, i fear its only 933 mhz at best. to get a feel for cheap prices take a look at the today special on scan - www.scan.co.uk/today.htm, you can pick up high specced systems for good money.

Figment

You can get 2GHz for around a grand

dsmith

ATA66, ATA100 or ATA133 is the speed of the disk interface. It can make a surprising difference to how fast the PC "feels" in normal use.

ATA66 is to be honest a bit old hat now. It should be ATA100 but ATA133 would be nice

Deano

father_jack

Not the best deal - I got a Dell 1.7 P4 with a cd-writer and a 19'' monitor 4/5 months ago for 599 plus vat = 721 ish
loads of software included.

DAVE-W

LOL at me typing 933gHz ..... that would be tasty...

...the guy wants like an extra 100 quid to go pentium 4 so maybe i'll have a quick look at Dell machines etc.

Thanx for the info chaps.

David

DAVE-W

Just had a quick look at Dell's site.....closest match is around £1000 plus the vat so on that basis its a pretty good deal innit!

Still....I think i'll have a look around to make sure

If you see any good deals keep me posted

David

ChrisB

The new issue of PC Pro has a big of review of £999 PCs. This months winner:

Evesham Axis 1900+
Athlon XP 1900+ (1.6Ghz)
512MB DDR PC2100 RAM
80GB 7200rpm HD
ATI Radeon 8500 Graphics Card
Samsung 19" Monitor
Samsung 16 speed DVD-ROM
Samsung 24x10x40 CD Writer
Creative Audigy Player Sound Card with DTT2200 speakers
Windows XP Home

etc etc

IMO, buying a P3 based system is daft. They are effectively end of life now (for desktop machines).

Silent Monkey

David

Did you look at the Dell "factory outlet" The stock changes fairly quickly but as FJ says you can get P4's for around the same price, probably 17" monitor though. You still get full Dell warranty etc.

At a quick look P4 1.6, 256MB, CDRW, 40GB £650 inc vat but exc delivery, although you can normally persuade them to do free delivery.

You also still get the option to upgrade the specs, to a 19" monitor for example.

[Edited by Silent Monkey - 2/20/2002 12:04:42 AM]