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Advice on buying a new Desktop PC
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Come mid November my HP Desktop windows 7 PC will be 4 years old.
It still works 97%/98% fine.
I will be looking for a new Desktop PC to replace it and giving the one I using the now to my sister as it should hopefully have another year or so life left in it.
I been told my two people to avoid Accer.
I would like a desktop PC that still has a CD/DVD drive if I could. As I see some desktop PCs now longer come with this.
I would also like to have more then 4 USB ports. The HP desktop PC I have the now has 7 USB ports and has a 650GB hard drive and 2GB ram.
I manly use the desktop PC for browsing in web. Emails, Listening to my music,. Watching Youtube and now and again downloading music and typing a letter.
I have also in the past made up music CDs or download an music album so my sister can listen to it in her car.
I don't want to be spending over £600 on a PC as would also be thinking about taking out a 3 year warranty to cover for any minor problems.
Darren
It still works 97%/98% fine.
I will be looking for a new Desktop PC to replace it and giving the one I using the now to my sister as it should hopefully have another year or so life left in it.
I been told my two people to avoid Accer.
I would like a desktop PC that still has a CD/DVD drive if I could. As I see some desktop PCs now longer come with this.
I would also like to have more then 4 USB ports. The HP desktop PC I have the now has 7 USB ports and has a 650GB hard drive and 2GB ram.
I manly use the desktop PC for browsing in web. Emails, Listening to my music,. Watching Youtube and now and again downloading music and typing a letter.
I have also in the past made up music CDs or download an music album so my sister can listen to it in her car.
I don't want to be spending over £600 on a PC as would also be thinking about taking out a 3 year warranty to cover for any minor problems.
Darren
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This seems a fair PC for under £300.00. Plenty more on the site too.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-378-OK&groupid=43&catid=2476
Or this one for £5000.00
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-449-OE
I did take a sort of look on the Currys website the other week.
Darren
Darren
Do you still want Windows 7? If so, Novatech sell their own brand PCs with Windows 7 installed and with Microsoft Office if you want it. Allow for the cost of a monitor and you'd get a decent PC for your budget.
I built my last PC in 2011 from parts sourced from Novatech and it's been absolutely trouble free.
personally i'd save the money so when the machine does die you can buy the 4-500 quid's worth of whats available at the time so it'll be of a better spec and as for warranties theres not much point but if its a freebie then thats fine but i normally find they have so many escape clauses that its worthless especially if its software related
I not sure if I would go for windows 7 or just upgrade to windows 8.1 when I get a new desktop PC.
Darren
If the monitor is going to the sister as well then maybe consider a bigger monitor, 24" say.
As for DVD/CD burning, you can get external ones for about £20
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-SE-208DB-TSBS-Portable-External/dp/B008X0TX0W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411488647&sr=8-1&keywords=external+dvd+burner
I do have a 5 year old windows 7 32bit Compaq laptop that I now only use now and again since I got the Nexus 7 tablet about 2 years ago.
The speakers im using the now are from my last desktop PC that was a Dell. As the HP desktop im using the now never came with speakers.
Im going to have a good look round but I do want a new desktop PC before Christmas and for under £600
Darren
If its just for general purpose computing, you can put together for less than £300
I could I guess build my own but would be easier to just buy one.
Yes I guess the desktop PC would just be for general use as you call it as I don't really use it for gamming.
Darren
You'll learn more if you put it together yourself and as I mentioned you'll be able to cherry pick the components rather than relying on somebody who is going to put together the cheapest PC possible.
How much do you want to spend ?
Does that include new monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers ?
I would not need a new Keyboard or mouse but would need a new monitor and may be speakers. Anything under £600 im willing to pay.
Darren
Depending on size of screen, £120 should get you a decent quality 24" screen, £30 for 2+1 speakers leaving around £450 for the computer.
http://www.ebuyer.com/616192-lg-24mp55hq-p-24-led-full-hd-ips-hdmi-monitor-24mp55hq-p