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04-23-2014 , 10:36 AM

Omahaha

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Hi guys/gals,

My dad a self confessed techonphobe has finally relented and will be upgrading his antique for a new computer.

All he will be using it for is general spreadsheets skype web browsing ect however it would be great if it was something relatively future proof.

He has shown me a pc on John Lewis website which is a HP i3 with 2 terabit hard drive and 8gb of memory for £450.

I have not been following the price of desktops recently but this seems overpriced to me.

Would be great if people with more knowledge than me could give some input on this.

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04-23-2014 , 10:40 AM

Mrt1989

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Give a link to a website where the pc will most likely bought. I think he has to go with pre built pc wich will cost more when building himself but that wont happen now does it.

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04-23-2014 , 10:54 AM

Omahaha

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Thanks for the reply!

Here is the link:

http://www.johnlewis.com/hp-pavilion...black/p1119131

Building it himself is a none starter as it would take him untill the machine is obsolete before he got round to it

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04-23-2014 , 11:05 AM

Mrt1989

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Are there any other UK sites that sell pre built PC s? Altho the i3 is ok for the jobs you mentioned id get at leas i5 for future proof.

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04-23-2014 , 11:10 AM

Omahaha

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Yeah both amazon.co.uk and ebay.co.uk have a big range.

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04-23-2014 , 11:12 AM

Omahaha

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Originally Posted by Mrt1989

Are there any other UK sites that sell pre built PC s? Altho the i3 is ok for the jobs you mentioned id get at leas i5 for future proof.

I agree he will never use 2 terrabites of memory but will see the benefit of a faster processor.

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04-23-2014 , 11:25 AM

Mrt1989

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silent-multi...8266596&sr=1-2

and maybe throw in a small SSD for Operating sys + freaquently used programs.
Samsung EVO 120gb for example.

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04-23-2014 , 11:30 AM

Omahaha

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Originally Posted by Mrt1989

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silent-multi...8266596&sr=1-2

and maybe throw in a small SSD for Operating sys + freaquently used programs.
Samsung EVO 120gb for example.

That looks great ty for your help m8!

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04-23-2014 , 06:57 PM

JPE23

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Overclockers is the only site worth visiting. I've just built my new rig including monitor (£299) for £750 all in.

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04-23-2014 , 11:41 PM

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KatoKrazy

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He absolutely does not need an i5 for those tasks. Heck, the i3 is probably overkill. These days even the Pentium and Celeron processors are ridiculously fast at web browsing, Skype, watching YouTube, etc.

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04-24-2014 , 04:33 AM

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mahnahmahnah

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Originally Posted by JPE23

Overclockers is the only site worth visiting. I've just built my new rig including monitor (£299) for £750 all in.

Unfortunately, their customer service is absolutely terrible.

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04-24-2014 , 09:03 AM

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Omahaha

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Originally Posted by JPE23

Overclockers is the only site worth visiting. I've just built my new rig including monitor (£299) for £750 all in.

Whilst Overclockers is good for parts when I put together a basic pc from their range it comes out at 400£ for an i3 with 8 gb of memory so I am not sure they can compete with other retailers on price for pre built machines.

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04-24-2014 , 09:04 AM

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Omahaha

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Originally Posted by KatoKrazy

Yeah you are right about this but as he is not great at making technical purchases I want to make sure he is happy with what he gets.

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04-24-2014 , 06:19 PM

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JPE23

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Originally Posted by Omahaha

Yeah their pre-built range is designed to profit from people not too tech savvy because the expectation (probably) is that many people visiting that site will know how to build from scratch.

I compared their prices with most of the stuff I bought (part by part) and couldn't find many (if any) alternatives/differences. Many were a tad more expensive, in fact.

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