New home pc - recommendations?

[znova]

Hello,

things have certainly moved on since last I looked! Our home pc has just about had it, Sempron processor, no dedicated graphics card etc..

Things we use it for:

• Kids homework
• General Office
• Central storage point(photoes)

However, we have now splashed out on a new camera which has hd video so might dabble in video editing.

NO GAMES!

Any thoughts?

No more than 400 - 450 (might dig out some student discounts I've never used! Initially I was going to use my laptop but TBH desktops are much less likely to get nicked and I do cart my laptop around!

[john]

How about something like this - Buy CCL Ace Pronto System from CCL - Online Retailer of the Year 2008, 2007 & 2006 for laptops, desktops and computer hardware it needs and OS (which you can choose from the side) and you can then add screens etc as needed

[hotwired007]

why not look on ebuyer?

[znova]

I did look around. I was looking at i3 processor as it seems to perform better than amd offerings; however, not too sure if I'll see much difference?

The i3 systems are a bit more expensive though.. the only few I found within my budget are here

[hotwired007]

i'm guessing that as your requirements are fairly low either an i3 or an amd equivalent would do... the i3 is only a dual core (hyperthreaded) and you could always get a cheap amd quad phenom...

[hotwired007]

how about this one... Zoostorm Desktop PC - Desktops | Ebuyer.com

[broc]

You can buy DELL refurbished systems (sometimes with slight cosmetic damage) from MCS Technology Ltd

for example MCS Technology Ltd > (DNA015) Inspiron-TW 545 (Black Bezel)/Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz/4096mb/500gb/DVD-RW Drive/Windows Vista Home/Dell 3yr On-Site Warranty

[znova]

Thanks for all the suggestions!

I had a rethink about the i3 processor so will now look at Core 2 Quads instead - I do like the look of that Zoomstorm!

I have Win 7 from uni and some pc discounts I'll have to dig up so might be looking for a while yet!

[znova]

I think I'm going to go for this one here

It seems to be a good bundle put together.

[Dos_Box]

Give ICT Direct a bell. Often they have one-offs and special kit tha they don't put on the site. just ask Ric what he got his twin Xeon workststions for! And they'll give you a years warranty.