What you think?

[clocker]

12 months interest free, buy now pay in 12 months or similar, THAT'S my problem, I have no credit cards or cash or cheques or Direct Debit options.

Then DON'T buy anything until you can work with better options.
You'll just be digging a deeper hole and carrying a PC that you will certainly end up hating down with you.
The machine you are looking at will not satisfy your needs and paying it off will only delay the acquisition of the PC you really want.

Forgive me....I am channeling your mother.

[Jon L. Obscene]

Have you got a link to the one you're looking at so we could look it over properly?

http://www.savastore.com/productinfo...10277556&pid=0

It's an upgrade your own, so if you are willing to, you have to upgrade to my above stats

- only 512MB memory & speed not listed (although you can obviously buy more)

Yeah I did think that, from what I can see that upgrade from 512 to 1gb is the pricey bit

Jonno

[Jon L. Obscene]

Then DON'T buy anything until you can work with better options.
You'll just be digging a deeper hole and carrying a PC that you will certainly end up hating down with you.
The machine you are looking at will not satisfy your needs and paying it off will only delay the acquisition of the PC you really want.

I realise that, but this one is dying rapidly
It was second hand when I got it and was major fecked, took several days to get it working right, but it's just not powerful enough and short of a format it's gonna die.
Then you lot wont have me to talk to anymore (stop cheering )

Forgive me....I am channeling your mother.

No dude, my mother would just shout at me and prolly hit me with a book

Jonno

[clocker]

OK then.

Are there any small, independent computer stores near you?
Perhaps you could work a barter deal with one- your building skills for a used PC or something.
I have made the same mistake you are contemplating...you will regret it in the end, trust me.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Sempron chips are essentially crippled XPs...smaller L2 caches and slower operating speeds. Try going for a XP...maybe a 2500?

I agree! What is that amount in USDs?

[Smurfette]

How about this:

Crucial Technology 512MB 184Pin DIMM PC2100 DDR RAM Non-Parity CL2.5
87 in stock now
17BJWS x2
£95.30

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 80GB SATA150
310 in stock now
259XWS x1
£36.59

AMD Athlon 64 2800+ S754 512KB Box
85 in stock now
36LDWS x1
£78.29

Asustek nForce3 Socket 754 ATX Audio/LAN/RAID
10 in stock now
37ZZWS x1
£69.78

DabsValue Midi Tower 400W Silent-Silver & Neon front Lights
0 in stock now
39MZWS x1
£25.52

NEC DVD+-R/RW 16x Dual Layer IDE - Drive Only
63 in stock now
39NGWS x1
£37.44

Sapphire Technology Radeon 9250 128MB AGP DVI-I VIVO
50 in stock now
3H2SWS x1
£34.89


delivery (13.234Kg) £5.11 standard delivery for this order
subtotal £382.92 the subtotal price excludes vat
vat £66.98
total £449.90 your order qualifies for online finance
pay £16.99 for 36 months
pay £13.83 for 48 months

Use your existing monitor, kb, mouse & speakers.

edit: oops forgot the link: Dabs

[Smurfette]

Bollox! I just noticed that the RAM is PC2100, which is odd cos I distinctly remember filtering only PC3200.
NVM, you get the idea.

[Virtualbody1234]

... the dvd burner was a bit of a shit considering they only do the dual layer (which again I can't afford).

I think you are confused about this. Dual Layer DVD burners are able to burn to single layer media (which is cheap) and the burners themselves don't cost very much more than the 'combo drive'.

If you really don't do gaminig then the PC is not too bad at all but perhaps a bit expensive for what you get. Look for something similar elsewhere.

[Jon L. Obscene]

@Smurfette....Very kind of you thankyou Unfortunately the terms at that place are a bit high
The place I linked to do a 12 month pay all by the end of the 12 months and you pay no interest, which is possibly why they are a little expensive.

@VB.....No I understand how they work, I would rather buy a cheap and simple dvd burner rather than dual layer as maybe in a few months time I could get a 32x instead of 16, altho having seen the price posted above it's not of that much importance.
And no, although I dabble in games from time to time I don't play many, especially those that require big systems, I'm not that bothered that I wanna spend £100 on a graphics card, like I said, I have a ps2 which has not been switched on for 8 months

Thanks for your help guys

Jonno

[tesco]

@Smurfette....Very kind of you thankyou Unfortunately the terms at that place are a bit high
The place I linked to do a 12 month pay all by the end of the 12 months and you pay no interest, which is possibly why they are a little expensive.

@VB.....No I understand how they work, I would rather buy a cheap and simple dvd burner rather than dual layer as maybe in a few months time I could get a 32x instead of 16, altho having seen the price posted above it's not of that much importance.
And no, although I dabble in games from time to time I don't play many, especially those that require big systems, I'm not that bothered that I wanna spend £100 on a graphics card, like I said, I have a ps2 which has not been switched on for 8 months

Thanks for your help guys

Jonno

16x is the fastest any DVD disc can go...ever.
there wont be a 32x dvd burner.