desktop help

[scooters]

All, I need a bit of your help.

the mother in law's desktop pc has given up the ghost and I've been asked to look for a new one for her. uses are mainly email, web, and a bit of work so nothing too onerous.

I was thinking of popping down to pc world and picking up something for around 350 but has anyone got any better ideas.

any help appreciated.

thanks

[TheD]

Pc World stuff sucks and will die 2 days after a year is up (if you are lucky) Get one from Dell

[ewenm]

Dell.

[scooters]

what, even a hp or other brand - are they really that bad?

[TheD]

I used to buy loads of HP desktops etc but they have been giving me some grief lately. So much so that I've stopped supplying them to customers.

[Hut49]

Dell +1....but start here http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/dfo/df.aspx?refid=... and pick up a nice monitor on Ebay

[Man-At-Arms]

scooters said:

uses are mainly email, web, and a bit of work so nothing too onerous.

i googled 'refurbished computers' and one of the links was thelaptopcentre.co.uk
IBM T30 Thinkpad @ £185

[scooters]

has anyone used cube247. their basic desktop seems incredible value for money

[scooters]

Ok everyone.

Many thanks for your replies. I’ve found the following 2 computers which seem good value for money. Has anyone got opinions on either of these companies? And out of the two, which would you go for?

mesh computer
http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?GCLID=CO...

Cube 247
http://www.cube247.co.uk/?customise=33

can't even do hyperlinks - sorry!

Thank you…

[sunbeam_alpine]

Don't know anything about cube 247, do know that Mesh customer support is a real nightmare.

edit: I mean post sales support

Edited by sunbeam_alpine on Thursday 23 July 13:11

[LOGiK]

sunbeam_alpine said:

Don't know anything about cube 247, do know that Mesh customer support is a real nightmare.

edit: I mean post sales support

Edited by sunbeam_alpine on Thursday 23 July 13:11

think my friend had a cube247, used premium parts on the build too. Great value and failed 5 years on with a motherboard fault so not their fault at all.

[mcflurry]

I bought a cube a couple of months ago. No major issues.

[Liszt]

EuroPC do good refurbed dell stuff at stupidly cheap prices. Saved £600 on an XPS 1730 laptop.

[F355gtb2009]

ive got some dell gx745 and gx620s in stock u can ave if u want? prices below

good spec
the 620 is p4 3.ghz 1gb ram, dvdrw,40gb hdd,x600 gcard xp pro £100

the 745 is core2duo 2.8ghz dvdrw 1gb ram 80gb hdd ,x1400 gcard, xp pro £150
email if u want