gaz1 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 mate has built a tower and offered it to me for £500 is it worth the money pentium duo 2.88 memory 2gig corsair 800mhz hard drive 250 gb sata 2 7500rpm 512 graphic card = supervideo 2 dvi 11 in 1 card reader 20x dvdr burner 8 usb black tower motherboard gigabyte compatible with quad core processer i don,t know enough about them to know if its a good deal or not:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefa Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Not really Gaz. You can pick up a nice Dual Core for less than that. Never heard of that Graphics card, no monitor either? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1 Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share Posted April 4, 2008 no monitor but a cordless keyboard and mouse:D don,t really need it but i like a bargain;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceRocket Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I reckon you get that spec brand new for around £350 so resist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefa Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Well, if you trust him to of built it correctly and installed all the necessary software (has he loaded Vista?) then go for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_800OST Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 mate has built a tower and offered it to me for £500 is it worth the money pentium duo 2.88 memory 2gig corsair 800mhz hard drive 250 gb sata 2 7500rpm 512 graphic card = supervideo 2 dvi 11 in 1 card reader 20x dvdr burner 8 usb black tower motherboard gigabyte compatible with quad core processer i don,t know enough about them to know if its a good deal or not:rolleyes: tbh, if a m8 of mine tried to sell me that for £500 he wouldnt be a friend for long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1 Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share Posted April 4, 2008 tbh, if a m8 of mine tried to sell me that for £500 he wouldnt be a friend for long sort of friend anyway:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraGirlie Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Well if you do buy it, I have a nice flat panel monitor I was going to throw out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1 Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share Posted April 4, 2008 Well if you do buy it, I have a nice flat panel monitor I was going to throw out thanks hun but i already have a monitor and the the rest of the gadgets to go with it but really thankyou for the offer;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraGirlie Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 No worries! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsupraman82 Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 have a look on a site called novatech, i built mine for around £250 with a pentium dual core, 2gig ram, 500 gig hard drive, 17 in 1 card reader, dvd lightscribe writer, and a wireless keybord and mouse! just worth having a look at.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsupraman82 Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 just look for a barebones system and just add the hard drive of your choice and cd/dvd writers, card readers etc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco79 Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 If you want a bargain mate check out saverstore.com they sell dell computers dirt cheap i got my mini tower (xps210) for £350 while at the same time dell wanted £900 for the same unit! It comes with all the same 12month guarantee the lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 If you are just buying to use as an everyday machine then i would get a pre built from one of the main suppliers, haggle a cheaper price if you don't need the monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 It's not a bargain... It's actually ripoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB SATAII 8MB Cache - OEM 131214 1351 in stock £31.85 Sapphire HD 3450 512MB DDR2 Dual DVI HDCP HDTV out PCI-E Graphics Card 143217 1 in stock £31.62 OCZ 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 CL 4-4-4-15 PLATINUM XTC with LIFETIME WARRANTY 116755 128 in stock £33.00 Enlight Black 26-in-1 Internal 3.5" Card Reader - Retail Boxed 125247 583 in stock £8.98 Sony DRU-190S 20X DVD±RW DL & DVD-RAM Serial ATA - Retail Multi Bezel & Nero 142274 254 in stock £19.99 Gigabyte GA-N650SLI-DS4L nForce 650i SLI Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard 140949 14 in stock £58.75 Extra Value Black Mid Tower Case 120mm LED Front Fan - With 500W 20+4pin PSU and Integrated 52-in-1 Card Reader 129892 1 in stock £41.89 Cart total inc vat: £226.08 Only thing that wasn't on ebuyer was the processor, the 2.4 is 60 quid, i don't think you can buy the 2.88 anymore but even if you could, its not going to be more than £100. so... Shipping Charge:£10.70 Subtotal:£201.49 VAT:£35.29 Total: £236.78 + £100 for processor = 340ish I would say you are being robbed. Scott =op Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 You could go on Dell's website and compare to that too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Want me to build you something Gaz? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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