Cheap but fairly decent pc needed.

KirstyTL · Jun 20, 2006

Need a pc for mostly graphic design work, photo editing and the internet... anyone know where I should look online? My budget is about £400. If anyone could help me out pm me.

Was told macs would be good for my arty stuff but haven't a clue how to use them so if anyone knows about them as well pm me.

Tried computer shops but most of their ok packages are 500 plus.

Seraph · Jun 20, 2006

KirstyTL said:
Need a pc for mostly graphic design work, photo editing and the internet... anyone know where I should look online? My budget is about £400. If anyone could help me out pm me.

Was told macs would be good for my arty stuff but haven't a clue how to use them so if anyone knows about them as well pm me.

Tried computer shops but most of their ok packages are 500 plus.

Mac's are great for arty stuff, but you're not gonna get one at 400.

To be fair you should be able to pick up a fairly capable pc for that price.. I know i'll get flame for this, but dell do some really good packages.

custard · Jun 20, 2006

http://www.meshcomputers.com/Defaul...AGE&USG=APPLICATION&ENT=APPLICATION&KEY=52478

custard · Jun 20, 2006

Seraph said:
Mac's are great for arty stuff, but you're not gonna get one at 400.

To be fair you should be able to pick up a fairly capable pc for that price.. I know i'll get flame for this, but dell do some really good packages.

Seraph · Jun 20, 2006

mesh customer service is toss.

beau · Jun 20, 2006

dell dimension 3100

i bought one last week, there good

Stu DemonD · Jun 20, 2006

Dell :O

Will you want a decent monitor included for that price as well?

Stu DemonD · Jun 20, 2006

beau_4076 said:
dell dimension 3100 i bought one last week, there good

PMSL - just don't mention the warranty, or lack of

herpsuk · Jun 20, 2006

noo not dell :bang:

H2DaE · Jun 20, 2006

Ben, is there a forum modification that will let us ban Beau from posting in any thread containing the words/phrase "Computer", "PC" or "What should I Do To My Car?"?

Si · Jun 20, 2006

If your after a monitor and have a budget, sorry but Dell is prob the only option

If your just after a system unit, then check out overclockers, prehaps ebuyer / dabs / microdirect and see what they are shifting.

Si · Jun 20, 2006

H2DaE said:
Ben, is there a forum modification that will let us ban Beau from posting in any thread containing the words/phrase "Computer", "PC" or "What should I Do To My Car?"?

Even better idea!

Create a new section "Beau's Naughty Corner" or something similar where he can only create threads in there. Then of course usercp on all members to be modified so we can chose to exclude all new posts in that section

serin · Jun 20, 2006

ive got an i-mac you can have cheap

beau · Jun 20, 2006

my dell 3100 with 19" lcd, 512mb ram, 80gig hdd, and 2.8ghz celeron processor was £430

charlieboy · Jun 20, 2006

beau_4076 said:
my dell 3100 with 19" lcd, 512mb ram, 80gig hdd, and 2.8ghz celeron processor was £430

might get me one of them, will do for uni

custard · Jun 20, 2006

theres plenty out there with the same spec and price range.
in the mesh link i posted theres a few from £340 ish.
depends what oyu want

beau · Jun 20, 2006

charlieboy said:
might get me one of them, will do for uni

there also 160gig hdd at the moment

custard · Jun 20, 2006

oh just to add on HDs.i recently had a local supplier offering a 16mb cache 250gb HD for £50

StoneNewt · Jun 20, 2006

If you've got your heart set on an Apple a second hand G4 mac mini can be had for <200£ from an Apple specialist (DO NOT get an Intel mini yet, anything heavy hitting is still on 'PPC binaries' and it hits the machine hard in its if you have two of them running). Sure it's not a real power house but it'll outperform most other Mac alternatives at that price point.

Stu DemonD · Jun 20, 2006

beau_4076 said:
my dell 3100 with 19" lcd, 512mb ram, 80gig hdd, and 2.8ghz celeron processor was £430

So not great then

Case - £10
512Mb RAM - £20
Deceleron 2.8 - 3p
80Gb HDD - can you still buy those? :chin:
19" LCD - about £100
Mobo - £50 or so

Self-build is so much better - I got 5 HDDs in mine now

and 10 fans whirring away

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