Cube Posted October 12, 2007 Posted October 12, 2007 Right...I have £500 to spend on a computer for someone else (preferable £400, though). I don't want to build one (I don't trust myself with not messing it up), so a package would be nice. A widescreen monitor (19", 1440x900 will do), keyboard and mouse are needed. It doesn't need to be too powerful. At the moment, I'm looking at: Acer T180 AMD Athlon 64 4000+ -2.4GHz 1GB RAM 250GB HDD Vista Home Premium 19" Widescreen monitor £399.61. Can anyone recommend anything better? Thanks in advance.
Ant-Shimmin Posted October 12, 2007 Posted October 12, 2007 Acer have really bad rep... I really do reccomend getting a Dell, I am sure you will find a good deal on their for the same price
The fish Posted October 12, 2007 Posted October 12, 2007 At the moment, I'm looking at: Acer T180 AMD Athlon 64 4000+ -2.4GHz 1GB RAM 250GB HDD Vista Home Premium 19" Widescreen monitor £399.61. Can anyone recommend anything better? Thanks in advance. Ooh, where is that beastie from? I'm getting a laptop for that price with an equivalent processor (technically faster, but it's Intel, so they're equal), same RAM, 80Gb HDD (I can get a 320Gb external one for £58, though :heh), same OS, 15.4" monitor, no dedicated graphics chip (taking a monitor and 360 for games to Uni). However, it's a sexy looking laptop.
Cube Posted October 12, 2007 Author Posted October 12, 2007 Ooh, where is that beastie from? ebuyer. Acer have really bad rep... That's the one thing putting me off. Dell...hmm *Checks Dell site* Inspiron 531 AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ 1GB RAM 160GB HDD GeForce 8300GS (oh, the acer one has a Geforce 6100) Vista Home Premium 19" Widescreen Monitor Internal Wireless Card £414.00 inc. shipping (the other one didn't include shipping) Sounds rather good.
McPhee Posted October 12, 2007 Posted October 12, 2007 Games a yes or a no? I come up with this on the Dell site: AMD Athlon X2 5000+ Vista Home Premium 2GB RAM 160GB Hard Drive Integrated nVidia GeForce 6150 £282.12 If games are going to be played on it (and by that i mean 3D games, rather than Windows games and browser games) then i'd either spend the extra for an 8600GT or install a seperate card when it arrives (a 7600GS would serve you well and can be had for under £60) Then you just need a monitor + speakers. The bundled monitor isn't great, especially at £170 and the speaker choice is pretty crappy. You can get reasonably good 19" monitors for £120 and a set of Logitech X-230 speakers will only set you back £24 (Amazon)
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