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I wanted to upgrade my second computer to XP. However, it's so old I thought I may aswell get another 400MHZ for an extra £30. Ie. buy a second hand computer with slightly higher specs. (iTunes and Champ Manager)

(Excuse typing- broken laptop!)

Just looking around, I've found the following deals and would like a yay or nay for them:

Limited details in some cases, but I could find out more if needed.

AMD 900 Tower ATX PC-
CD-RW
256mb ram
10gb HDD
17" monitor
windows 2000
office 2000

£160


(personal fave)
Compaq Intel Pentium 3-
700MHZ
256mb ram
9.1 HD
win XP
office XP
speakers/mouse/keyboard

£95


Compaq Presario-
20gb HD
DVD/CD rom
lexmark X73
screen/speakers

£150


Hewlett Packard Brio-
celeron 633MHZ
256mb ram
10gb HD
CD/RW
win XP
office XP
mouse/speakers/keyboard/screen

£115


(second fave)
Pentium 3-
900 MHZ
256mb ram
20gb HD
CD/RW
office XP
windows XP
mouse/speakers/keyboard/monitor

£130


All prices negotiable. Rapid replies would be great.

Cheers.

Clazon wrote:
> Finally, I've heard loads of problems about parts not being
> compatible and computers going completely wrong.

This is the only thing you really have to worry about. If a computer build goes right then it's easier than a lego set to put together. It's when it goes wrong, as it does more often than most computer enthusiasts care to remember or admit, that's when you need someone who's done it before. Or another computer to go searching the internet on and a lot of perseverance.

building a computer is pish easy.

It looks pretty easy. I'm sure it's harder in practice.

Also I wouldn't know where to look and what's hot and what's not.

Finally, I've heard loads of problems about parts not being compatible and computers going completely wrong.

Clazon wrote:
> Trust me, I would love to build one. It would be a better comp for my
> money and I love finding things for low prices and I love making
> things, but I just simply couldn't put it together.

[URL]http://www.pcmech.com/byopc/[/URL]

Give that a read through. If it sounds like something you could do, it's really worth considering.

With a decent guide, it's really just like painting by numbers. Most motherboards also come with a step-by-step guide for setting up the BIOS, so you needent really worry about that, and if you keep asking for advice on this board, there's enough friendly people to ensure you get the right components.

Dell are a pretty good company to get one from, my brother got one a few weeks back.

Getting refurbished laptops from Dell might knock a few quid off as well.

gamesfreak wrote:
> Mav wrote:
> Although if you could build it yourself, that's the way to go.
>
> Seconded.
>
> Building a PC is just like a lego with screws.

Trust me, I would love to build one. It would be a better comp for my money and I love finding things for low prices and I love making things, but I just simply couldn't put it together.

I think I'll get me a nice new DELL laptop.

Mav wrote:
> Although if you could build it yourself, that's the way to go.

Seconded.

Building a PC is just like a lego with screws.

Ho-hum.

Either way, getting an up-to-date Dell is probably the better option. Although if you could build it yourself, that's the way to go.

Miserableman wrote:

> I expect these computers are out of the local friday-ad, built by
> enthusiasts who throw pirated software on them.

;D

Mav wrote:
> I doubt it.
>
> These don't sound like custom builds and quite often package PCs come
> with the main software (OS, Office app) pre-installed.
>
> I expect it wouldn't really affect the price in this instance.


You won't get a £100 Windows XP license and £150 Office XP license with £110 worth of computer hardware for £110. I expect these computers are out of the local friday-ad, built by enthusiasts who throw pirated software on them.