[Setenza]

I need a basic base unit.

The hard drive does not have to be that big. I want a dual core processor (any brand) and 1 or 2 GB of RAM. Tower unit preferably.

All others factors are secondary.

I don't want to spend over £250 and want new rather than refurbished.

Recommendations please.

Thanks,

XoD.

[Crocodile]

Dell's Outlet is probably as good a place to start as any.

[Dave Weystoner]

I'd concur: I bought a Dell Inspiron 531 processor unit last year for around that sort of money, and it's been as good as gold apart from the dreaded Vista. My previous unit was from Evesham, who might be worth trying, but it was hellish noisy, something that doesn't show up in the specs and was a bit of a disappointment.

Dave

[Setenza]

Dell are simply to expensive for my budget.

[Rich]

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/stor...ory_oid=-26387


Any good?

[funkyspider]

Keep an eye on HotUKDeals website, quite often some good Dell deals. I think someone at work bought a base for 150 recently.

Any good ?
Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core E2180 Processor (2.00GHz,800MHz,1MB cache)
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium with Service Pack 1, 32-bit - English
17in E178WFP WIDESCREEN UK/Irish Black (1440 x 900) TCO99
1024MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x512]
250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator X3100
48x CDRW/DVD Combo Drive
Dell™ Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Dell 2 Button USB Optical Mouse

Subtotal £179.00 Ex. VAT & Shipping
But look out for codes etc to get free shipping and possibly more off.
http://configure.euro.dell.com/dells...=D062023&s=bsd


Alternatively build your own from the classifieds on this site. If it's just web browsing and general office applications an old P4 or socket 939 AMD will do you fine, I've often seen motherboard/cpu bundles being sold as people upgrade.

[Rich]

I've just realized you said not refurbished, try Ebuyer, I'm not sure you'll get a new one for £250 with 1gb of ram and dual core.

[Setenza]

Originally Posted by ⓡⓘⓒⓗⓐⓡⓓ

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/stor...ory_oid=-26387


Any good?

I saw this today during the course of my search, but it's refurbished and I'm frankly cautious about these.

[Singh400]

Originally Posted by Xusia Of Delos

Dell are simply to expensive for my budget.

Just threw this together on dell.co.uk...

[unique]

after years of building my own for myself and friends, the last few pc's i've bought for myself or friends have all been dell's. the trick is to check the bargain/deal websites and look out for the best offers. i've never found the outlet side of dell to have better deals than the normal side

getting a box without monitor isn't as easy to get, but it is possible. you need to wait until they offer free shipping and you can configure without monitor and remove the extended warranty type stuff and you can get boxes for sub £200. as for dual core exactly, that's something that's never bothered me, but i'm sure with a budget of £250 you should be able to get one easily

sometimes it's cheaper to upgrade parts like HD and ram seperately. i got a dell laptop for £345 the other week and they wanted £45+vat to upgrade from 1gig(2x500mb) to 2gig ram, but i got a 2gig stick from play for £22 (with £2 off voucher), i had to remove one 500mb stick, but now i got 2.5gig for less than half the price of dells upgrade. they are usually pretty expensive on HD upgrades. i also managed to get XP, which runs faster than vista on a lower spec machine

dell normally update offers on thursdays so see whats available then

[Dony]

I bought my desk top PC from here

Insight

I was recommended them by a friend and they were very easy to deal with.

[unique]

http://ecomm.euro.dell.com/dellstore...1-e33fb98369a2

i'm not sure if that link will work, but that's a quickly configured box for £172 inc delivery and vat etc - it's £96 exc vat, but with £60 delivery and vat it's £172, and it's dual core

[Setenza]

Originally Posted by unique

http://ecomm.euro.dell.com/dellstore...1-e33fb98369a2

i'm not sure if that link will work, but that's a quickly configured box for £172 inc delivery and vat etc - it's £96 exc vat, but with £60 delivery and vat it's £172, and it's dual core

Originally Posted by Singh400

Just threw this together on dell.co.uk...

Gentelmen, you are both right. I spent a little more time digging around on the Dell site and dumping the aspects I didn't want, so came up with a suitable solution.

Thank you.

[Sonic67]

Originally Posted by Xusia Of Delos

I need a basic base unit.

The hard drive does not have to be that big. I want a dual core processor (any brand) and 1 or 2 GB of RAM. Tower unit preferably.

All others factors are secondary.

I don't want to spend over £250 and want new rather than refurbished.

Recommendations please.

Thanks,

XoD.

www.yoyotech.co.uk

http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/pc_systems...8ee48f06b7b854

www.advancetec.co.uk

http://www.advancetec.co.uk/acatalog...t_Systems.html

www.powerc.com

http://www.powerc.com/uk/gp/goto/1//...t.custom_srch/

You may need to add a bit for an OS but they can all do a base unit for under £250.

[Crocodile]

Did you see the Outlet offer of free shipping & £55 discount until tomorrow night?

[SeanT]

http://www.aria.co.uk/Systems/Specia...roductId=31455 - they have a few others too, plus their super specials turns up some good stuff - oh and if you really trawl their site (and ebuyer's for that matter) you can find some cracking bargains with stock level of 1 or 2 left, like my brother's brand new dell laptop that I got for £250 last year.

[DVD-Man]

Starts at £140

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/barebones.html

Liam