well before i go back to uni i need a new machine.


what can i get for Ã,£300, has a monitor, keyboard, and mouse with it.

i dont want to be purchasing different bits of faff because i just cannot be arsed to put it in.


will consider mac/pc. ebay links welcomed as well.


g0!

Too bad youre not over here, there have been several G4 towers on sale recently on Craigslist for $150.

you have any minimum specs/requirements?

without looking around in to much detail i remeber seeing a barebones system in maplin for Ã,£129
http://www.maplin.co.uk/search.aspx?MenuNo=523&MenuName=Barebone+Kits&worldid=4&FromMenu=y&doy=22m7
just needs HDD and RAM from what I can see. silent, plenty of scope for upgrading and a pretty cute case.

brand new, lowish spec laptops from dell, Ã,£350 delivered


Theyre also doing complete pc packages for 299 delivered

http://www.tekforums.co.uk/posts/list/0/2885.page#30915

Ill chuck in a k/b and mouse if you want them too

nice offer knighty. can i have a couple of weeks to save first lol.


all in one offers guys, im not looking to faff around sticking components in because i cannot be arsed with it.


min specs,

anything quicker than 2 gig (except macs)
must come with 512 meg of ram as standard
40 gig hdd as standard (more is a bonus)
MUST come with a monitor, pref flatscreen. because i want it to look swizz
must come with kb + mouse.
cdrw/dvd

ijust want something to do basic 3d work on at uni, browsing the web etc...

im not much of a gamer but anything which can run hl2 nicely would improve things indeed.

dell usually have some good offers on

i just had a look, they are to slow for my liking. they only have 256 meg of ram.



any other ideas?

http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx?Quicklinx=3SZ3

Fujitsu Celeron tower, Ã,£186
Buy another 256MB RAM to fit to it and a 15" TFT of your choice, youll come in well under Ã,£300

For Ã,£300 you are either compromising on something, or buying a piece of crap.

However
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/103124 : Slap your own copy of XP on it.
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/89079 : Buy TFT to go with it and again, slap a copy of XP on it with some more RAM.

Remember that if you install the RAM yourself your warranty is void.  Also if you got a cheaper lappy you wont be able to fit more than one stick of RAM in them as they tend to come with the single slot already filled.

alan can i take you up on your offer

^ yeah, cool