Which of these 3 budget computers is best?

rjmartin

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Hey Guys :)

I am looking to buy an entry level computer and I have about £300 I want to spend on this.

It will be used mainly for a little light photo editing, some web browsing, watching a few videos on YouTube etc.

Which out of the following 3 is best and why?
I am a bit novice-y on computer hardware, is ram more important or the processor speed?

1) Asus Desktop - £299.99 at Argos

Specs:
Processor - AMD A4-3420 (HD 6410D Graphics)
Chipset - AMD® A55 FCH
Operating System - Windows 8 64bit
Memory - DDR3 1600MHz 4G
Storage - 500GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)

2) Asus Desktop - £299.00 at Currys

With option 2 I can have the package including a 20 inch monitor for £299.00 as displayed on the webpage.

Specs:


3) Acer Desktop - £219.59 at Amazon

Specs:
On the page.

With option 3 I would buy a monitor separately.

Thanks for your help :)

Cheers, Rob
 

rjmartin

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Out of interest why would you pick the 1st over the second?
According to gpuboss the processor in the second is better than the first ...
I could add a stick of 2GB ram, that wouldn't be a problem.

Thanks for your help :)