New PC

[Gazzer]

Looking at getting a new PC. Same old questions though...which one.
Not into gaming, so more for music and internet stuff. Anyone seen any good deals....oh and just the tower needed really

 

[DHTiling]

have you looked into windows 8 ... not all like it..

 

[Gazzer]

Nope havent seen it .

 

[Mr T]

my brother has a masters in building them if your interested Neale...

 

[DHTiling]

A new PC will more than likely be loaded with windows 8 ... it has had a few glitches it seems... there will be vids on Utube..

 

[Mr T]

and windows 8 is rubbish its my laptop has it and look like Microsoft are going down the same road as mac with all the copywrite bull cant install anything much unless you buy it in disc form.

 

[Gazzer]

Got a local shop that would build to my requirement inc win 7 or what ever. Just need to know what requirements they are.

 

[Mr T]

well you don't need to much as its not for gaming its when your gaming it costs as the ram and graphics need to be a high spec mate

 

[DHTiling]

Got a local shop that would build to my requirement inc win 7 or what ever. Just need to know what requirements they are.

Windows 7 can be loaded to any pc that can run it basically.. have a look on the Dell site , they do some smart machines..

 

[Mr T]

I would get one built mate you can even browse ebay for the tower of choice lol.

 

[johnryan]

try to put your own together. all mine are homemade, and built to what i need. much easier than you think to do (plenty of tutorials on the net), and also the advantage of not having all the bloatware that they pile onto new systems. just run linux on it, it's free and a superior OS to any of the windows OSs' IMO.many different choices of linux too.

 

[Mr T]

if he pays 70 quid for a ram that doesn't fit the mother board hes already lost out lol... its easy to put the bits together its just knowing what you need and what fits together.... don't jump into it Neale as me with tiling... you will learn the hard way lmao

 

[BoldreChris]

I generally buy small HP units from Misco with Windows 7 pre-loaded. Avoid Windows 8 unless you've got a proper touchscreen. Try to get at least a Core-i3 processor, Core-i5 preferably so that it will remain good enough to use for at least 5 years. No need for any special graphics cards if you don't game or stream HD movies.

Load Firefox as your internet browser (unless you prefer another one) and AVG Free as your anti-virus. Then you're good to go. Oh, and if you're already running Windows XP or later, you can use the "transfer my PC" utility to move all your personal stuff onto the new one (Internet bookmarks, passwords, emails, etc...).

Here's an example of what I supply to my customers...

HP Pro 4300 Small Form Factor PC / Intel Core i5-3470S / 4GB / 500GB / Windows 7 Professional / 3 Year Warranty - www.misco.co.uk

Very reliable, not stupidly expensive and good enough for most home and small business uses. 3 year warranty is a must with any new PC, in my opinion.

 

[steve187]

what are the specs of your current machine?

 

[Gazzer]

what are the specs of your current machine?

Pentium dual core E5200 2.50GHz
Ram 3gb

 

[steve187]

if you are up to a bit of tinkering why not reuse your case, harddrive etc. and buy a motherboard bundle, which consists of a motherboard, processor and memory. ie i3 asus motherboard with onboard graphics, processor and 8gb memory from £130 at maplins, an i5 bundle from £280, a fresh install of windows 7 may well be needed

the i3 bundle would give your computer a big boost from a cpu passmark of 1488 ( old machine ) to 3618 ( higher is better) and a ranking of 323 against your old machine of 816 ( lower is better)

the i5 would raise those figures to 6613 and 111

other companies do the bundles

all the best