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Old 08 May 2011, 08:39 PM
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Default Buying a budget PC Tower, advice please.

Currently use a couple of years old Hp dv6000 laptop for work & at home. But need a cheapish Pc tower for home that the Mrs can use & 4 year old daughter can learn on. Hence don't want to spend too much on it in case its broken by the little one!! Dont need to do gaming on it (PS3 does that ), just basic use with photo storage & some editing on e.g Photoshop Elements & Lightroom. Already got a fairly new 24inch widescreen HP monitor ready to use.

Got these few in mind, any opinions:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/251310

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/249997

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/255997

Or any others??

Thanks

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Ricky I have an old one sat under the stairs if you want to give that a go, can dig it out when I get back this week and cleanse it of all the unwanted software - can even throw in an old Photoshop CS2 (iirc)

Got an 80GB and a 120GB hard drives on it - if it doesn't work for you, you've lost nothing
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Dont you need it John??
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We replaced it a while back with something better as the kids needed more processing power. As long as you keep it simple it'll be okay - it had a new motherboard and some extra RAM about 4-5 years ago - like I say give it a try if it's just for the little'un to break
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PS - got an old tramploline if she wants that too - I'll give you a bell when I get home Thurs/Fri sometime
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Hi Ricky have look at this bundle
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/barebones.html


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Originally Posted by rickya
Currently use a couple of years old Hp dv6000 laptop for work & at home. But need a cheapish Pc tower for home that the Mrs can use & 4 year old daughter can learn on. Hence don't want to spend too much on it in case its broken by the little one!! Dont need to do gaming on it (PS3 does that ), just basic use with photo storage & some editing on e.g Photoshop Elements & Lightroom. Already got a fairly new 24inch widescreen HP monitor ready to use.

Got these few in mind, any opinions:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/251310

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/249997

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/255997

Or any others??

Thanks


Ricky too much money for out dated PC's with outdated CPU.
Have look at this bundle

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/barebones.html


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Thanks for the offer mate
But Iv got a feeling the Mrs wants a new one, as she's already calling it "her new pc"!!! Went to see a few today in Best Buy Hayes, so I think she thinks she's getting a new shiny pc! lol
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Bloody hell Jura, they look good & great prices too
Which one do you reckon?
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Originally Posted by rickya
Bloody hell Jura, they look good & great prices too
Which one do you reckon?
Hi Ricky depends for what you want,for Photoshop and Lightroom,these PC will be OK,these are without the HDD,you must buy yourself HDD,but 1TB HDD cost just £41

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...BB-I32100.html

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...BB-8404GN.html



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Jura with the Barebone Bundle all I would need to get in addition would be a Hard Drive, DVD drive, keyboard & mouse. Or is there anything else I would need as well?

What about this one?
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/257318

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Originally Posted by rickya
Jura with the Barebone Bundle all I would need to get in addition would be a Hard Drive, DVD drive, keyboard & mouse. Or is there anything else I would need as well?


No everything you have,on board graphic card will be OK for you.But if you want you can buy graphic card

But Ricky this PC have onboard graphic card

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...BB-8404GN.html

And this no(and on this you will need extra Graphic card)

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...BB-I32100.html


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Originally Posted by rickya
Jura with the Barebone Bundle all I would need to get in addition would be a Hard Drive, DVD drive, keyboard & mouse. Or is there anything else I would need as well?

What about this one?
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/257318
Ricky depend how much you want spend,here is few from this company

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/pc/range/iflame.html

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...iflamepro.html


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If buying this one:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...BB-8404GN.html

(Ex Vat prices)

Tower £187.49
1TB HDD £36.65
Sata cable £2.54
Keyboard & mouse £9.35
Delivery £5
Total £241
Vat £48.21
Total £289.23

I already have a DVD RW drive lying around so just need Windows 7 which I'm sure i can get hold of from somehwere!
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Originally Posted by rickya
If buying this one:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...BB-8404GN.html

(Ex Vat prices)

Tower £187.49
1TB HDD £36.65
Sata cable £2.54
Keyboard & mouse £9.35
Delivery £5
Total £241
Vat £48.21
Total £289.23

I already have a DVD RW drive lying around so just need Windows 7 which I'm sure i can get hold of from somehwere!


This bundle looking like good buy
But you can also collect from shop in Reading if you want

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Stop with the ugly, I've just bought a few of these

http://www.cclonline.com/product/431...sktop/SYS1396/
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But half of one is useless.

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Originally Posted by JackClark
Stop with the ugly, I've just bought a few of these

http://www.cclonline.com/product/431...sktop/SYS1396/
jaysus Jack, nice n all but £500 dabs? you pay a lot for looking nice. not much machine for your money.
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What about something like this;

http://3xs.scan.co.uk/ShowSystem.asp?SystemID=1179
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Originally Posted by CREWJ
Still too much for nothing,E5500 and 2GB DDR2 for £395




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