PC Wanted, Advice please.

[(RIP) Boxertools]

I need to buy a new PC and have no idea what to buy.
I dont need a monitor.
I dont need to play games

I do need to store lots of photos and music.
Listen to the music and sort and store the photos.
I do need to word process.
I do need to use it for Broad band.

All for under £300

Any ideas?

Mike.

 

[mikepg]

If you have a John Lewis Store near to you, have a look there.

They don't bundle in stuff you don't need (like a monitor) and you get a two year warranty. They often have rigs under £300 (normally last seasons perfectly good kit).

Online - try http://www.spotonuk.com/ - they are a really good store in Manchester and their mail order is spot on!

 

[(RIP) Boxertools]

If you have a John Lewis Store near to you, have a look there.

They don't bundle in stuff you don't need (like a monitor) and you get a two year warranty. They often have rigs under £300 (normally last seasons perfectly good kit).

Online - try http://www.spotonuk.com/ - they are a really good store in Manchester and their mail order is spot on!

Thanks Mike,
I looked on that site, but all the specs mean nothing to me.
I could do with advice on what spec to buy

M

 

[mikepg]

Hiya!

This is fine if you don't need all of the whistles and bells. If you want to uggrade later - then you can.

if you want better sounds - buy a dedicated sound card as well ( and I think if you like music, don;t rely on the on-board chipset! - this one is fine: http://www.spotonuk.com/Srchinfo.as...ound+card&Make=Creative&ModelNo=30SB057000000
If you want to spend a wee bit more, the next one up is good too.


http://www.spotonuk.com/info~Itemcd...or)~Make~Dell~ModelNo~Vostro+200+XP+Pro#2.htm



Have at John Lewis - worth it if you have time.

 

[Blackal]

Try Novatech

They've been around for a good while.

Novatech here..........

I don't know which to recommend, but their monitors are optional.

I take it you have a TFT monitor already ?, cos you don't want to be using a CRT these days

Anway - see what you think.

Oh - FFS don't get Windows Vista installed - go for Windows XP

Al

 

[Sir James]

Tunned sorted me one from Dell

160 Gig .

Vista .

DVD Rewriter .

8 USB thingys .

Lots of other plugs .

Card reader .

Using it for what you specified .

£178 ..............

 

[Blackal]

Tunned sorted me one from Dell


Vista .



£178 ..............

Problem with Dell is that they tend to use the latest op system only..............

I don't think anyone can recommend Vista for a budget machine?

Al

 

[wessie]

Try Novatech

They've been around for a good while.

Novatech here..........

I don't know which to recommend, but their monitors are optional.

I take it you have a TFT monitor already ?, cos you don't want to be using a CRT these days

Anway - see what you think.

Oh - FFS don't get Windows Vista installed - go for Windows XP

The Icon Elite is within budget, £280 with WinXP. It has a decent AMD dual core processor, 1GB of memory, a DVD writer and a 250GB hard disk. http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?PC-1094

 

[Clive]

Problem with Dell is that they tend to use the latest op system only..............

Got a new dell a few months ago - XP was a no cost option

 

[wessie]

The Icon Elite is within budget, £280 with WinXP. It has a decent AMD dual core processor, 1GB of memory, a DVD writer and a 250GB hard disk. http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?PC-1094

I've just noticed that system doesn't come with word processing software that you want. However, if you like the rest of the system then you can download a copy of Open Office, which is free and will open documents created in MS Office.
http://www.openoffice.org/

 

[(RIP) Boxertools]

Thank you all for your help.
I will digest.

Mike.

 

[Bigtwin]

Used G4 Imac - all problems solved.