Sprout Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Hey there peeps! I'm looking for a new desktop PC, possibly with a monitor, and would really appreciate it if you could lend me a hand. I know absolutely nothing about PC technical jargon, so sorry in advance for that. Looking in store yesterday I noticed this Acer Aspire M3100 for £419.99 (about £569.99 with this monitor in store). It looks decent, but after reading a little about AMD and how it compares not so well to Intel (thanks again Shorty), I kinda have my doubts. Running with the Acer theme, I also spotted this Acer Asp M3640 for £389.99 (£499.99 with this monitor), which uses an Intel Quad Core Q6600 processor thingy instead, but has a 640GB hard drive compared to the M3100's two 500GB hard drives (my brain hurts already...). Anywho, be sure to check out the spec pages and tell me which one would be more worth my money. Or if you have a better suggestion for a PC, I'm open to it. Just, err, go easy on my poor brain. =P Don't really wanna spend more than £600-£650 (inc. monitor) if possible, if that helps your searches, and knowing the parents I'm probably restricted to buying it in store, like PC World, Comet, etc. Oh, and you're not restricted to Acer, I just liked the name. =P Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheikah Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Will you be playing a lot of the latest games? If you're not going to use it for much of that then you don't need a high end machine and can save a lot of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoogleViper Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 I'd go with the M3640. Unless you spend every waking hour downloading and watching porn then 640GB is plenty big enough. Even if you do run out it's really cheap to buy another 500GB hard drive. And you save money from it. It's a good deal but I'm not sure about the graphics card. Does it have one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprout Posted September 5, 2008 Author Share Posted September 5, 2008 Will you be playing a lot of the latest games? If you're not going to use it for much of that then you don't need a high end machine and can save a lot of money. I'll admit I'm not a massive PC gamer, but I did play quite a few games before my old PC died on me. I also use things like Photoshop a lot, but that probably doesn't change much. =P I'd go with the M3640. Unless you spend every waking hour downloading and watching porn then 640GB is plenty big enough. Even if you do run out it's really cheap to buy another 500GB hard drive. And you save money from it. It's a good deal but I'm not sure about the graphics card. Does it have one? Hmm, no, don't think I'll be looking at any porn. =P As for a graphics card, umm... I don't know. Err, in this leaflet I picked up in store it says "NVIDIA GF8600 512MB dedicated graphics", but I'm not sure if that has anything to do with a graphics card... I could ask in store tomorrow though if it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoogleViper Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Yeah that's the graphics card. I'm not too sure but I don't think the 8600 if very good. If you intended to do much gaming you would probably need a better card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheikah Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 The 8600 isn't meant for hardcore gaming but if you don't play much it will probably do you. I have the 8800GTS which is a big step up from that, and can handle some good graphics games (although not Crysis very well). It's a shame you can't buy from online places, because they generally have much better systems for a smaller price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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