[Buying] Looking to buy new kit

[DalekSec]

Hello All

 

Please move this thread if in the wrong place.

 

Basically we are looking to replace some of our old kit and need some help with recommendations etc. we are looking for;

 

53 staff laptops with : i5, maybe an ssd, 4gb ram at least, hdmi input and cd drive. Budget of around £500 inc vat plus price for sup

19 desktops for photography students so: i5, more than 4gb ram, cd drive and once again prefer dell but open to others. Around £300-400 inc vat

 

If anyone has any suggestion or offers please let me know

 

Thanks

[Oaktech]

Does it have to be actually new, or would very nice refurb's with an extended warranty, like what @ICTDirect_Dave does, do?

[DalekSec]

Sorry it has to be new, we do buy refurbs sometimes but for the long run we want new machines

[ICTDirect_Dave]

Does it have to be actually new, or would very nice refurb's with an extended warranty, like what @ICTDirect_Dave does, do?

 

Thankyou sir!

 

Hello All

 

Please move this thread if in the wrong place.

 

Basically we are looking to replace some of our old kit and need some help with recommendations etc. we are looking for;

 

53 staff laptops with : i5, maybe an ssd, 4gb ram at least, hdmi input and cd drive. Budget of around £500 inc vat plus price for sup

19 desktops for photography students so: i5, more than 4gb ram, cd drive and once again prefer dell but open to others. Around £300-400 inc vat

 

If anyone has any suggestion or offers please let me know

 

Thanks

 

I could do you the staff laptops for around £310 each if you're tempted by top quality refurbs?

 

Dell Latitude E6420

 

14.1" Screen

Second Gen (sandy-bridge) i5 2520M 2.5GHz

8GB DDR3 10600S

120GB SSD Drive

Win 7 Pro COA

Laptops have HDMI Port

DVD Drive

36 Month RTB Warranty

 

I've too many desktop options to list them all, however if you have the space I'd suggest the Z210 workstations as they're by far our best value offering at the moment

http://www.ict-direct.co.uk/hp-z210-refurbished-workstation.html

 

Drop me a PM if you fancy a chat?

[SpaceInvader83]

We recently purchased some Zoostorm desktops, SFF,Asus H81M-K MB, i5-4440 3.1GHz, 8GB, 128GB SSD, 3 year warranty - we paid around £320 ex VAT for the base unit only and we've had them about 8 months and they've been great to be honest!

[VeryPC_Colin_M]

Hello All

 

Please move this thread if in the wrong place.

 

Basically we are looking to replace some of our old kit and need some help with recommendations etc. we are looking for;

 

53 staff laptops with : i5, maybe an ssd, 4gb ram at least, hdmi input and cd drive. Budget of around £500 inc vat plus price for sup

19 desktops for photography students so: i5, more than 4gb ram, cd drive and once again prefer dell but open to others. Around £300-400 inc vat

 

If anyone has any suggestion or offers please let me know

 

Thanks

 

Hi @DalekSec, thanks for posting. If you'd like an alternative to Dell, I'd like to help and think this is right up our street at VeryPC. Please feel free to ding me an email and I'll get to work.

Best,

Col

[DalekSec]

Thanks for the replies I will look at all the options suggested and contact anyone if needed

[scotyboy56]

At one of my primary schools they have just purchased 3:

Dell Latitude 15 5000 E5540 39.6 cm (15.6") LED Notebook - Intel Core

i5 i5-4310U 2 GHz 4GB of RAM, not sure of HDD space as my line manager sourced them.

£535.84 each

 

Plus 4GB RAM module to install myself £20.57 each.

 

Pretty sure that includes 3yrs NBD warranty.

 

I love Dell, they last the time (One of my primary schools is still rocking a trolley of D520's as they have no money, and it runs okay to be honest).

[gsk]

Dell outlet have some certified refurbished Vostro 3360s with i5 and 120gb SSD for £425inc VAT and Del. - Ive bought these as personal laptops for people and been very impressed with the 'certified refurbished' standard - You'd never think it wasn't brand new.

http://outlet.euro.dell.com/Online/SecondaryInventorySearch.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=dfb&cs=ukdfb1&puid=41594c41

 

If new is a must then this HP laptop is good value - I have bought one for a school and the quality is good for the price but obviously not at the same level as a ProBook.

HP 350 G2 Laptop - Laptops at Ebuyer

 

If you want the better build quality and SSD preinstalled then this probook is slightly over budget but I've had 60+ of these and they've been good in the hands of students and staff alike.

L8B38ES#ABU, HP ProBook 450 G2, W119987 - Save on Laptops

 

Both of the HP laptops have got 5th Gen (Broadwell?) i5 CPUs. The first one would need a separate SSD buying and installing but would still come in under budget.

Edited May 5, 2015 by gsk

[GuyJD]

Are you looking for screens in with that price?

 

I just picked up a load of HP ProDesk 400 SFF's for £440 (HP i5 (3.3ghz) 8GBRam 1TB HDD) no HDMI input though but I'm sure you'd be able to get a capture card to do that.

[Stone_Charli]

Hi @DalekSec - hope I'm not too late

 

We can help with all of this, if you're looking for an alternative to Dell kit. Please feel free to drop me a PM or email [email protected] and we can put together some recommendations and quotes for you.

 

Thanks,

 

Charli

[ITGURU]

For £285 we purchased some redcat Desktop PCs - Price was for base unit only but included keyboard and mouse.

Intel Core i3-4130 - 4GB DDR3 - 120GB Kingston SSD -

Even at i3 they are super super nippy and more than adequate for running adobe CS6 suite - Couldn't believe how quick they imaged and added to the domain.

On a 10gig backbone and 1 gig to each PC we were laughing at login times!