I am replacing an aprox 8yr old Athlon socket A Evesham keeps freezing and feel that £3-400 is reasonable trade-off to upgrade - Evesham prob reached end of serviceable life
seen this
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/186618
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: thinking this week end June 2010
BUDGET RANGE: under £400
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: (e.g.: general home usage, surfing the internet, watching movies, music, photos (not manipulating)), email
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PC: looked at main UK dabs, ebuyer, amazon, scan,
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: any
WHY PREBUILT VERSUS CUSTOM BUILT: Don't have the time to build one, not that interested in doing it
I HAVE CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING: (e.g.:
reading around the main query is the integrated graphics. in practise for my typical home usage is this likely to become an issue and would i then need a separate PCi graphics card.
is the Intel 8300 quad
Components may or may not be of high-end components (such as Corsair PSU's, ASUS/Gigabyte motherboards) and can be generic OEM components, which may or may not fail quicker
WOULD YOU CONSIDER A CUSTOM BUILT INSTEAD: not really unless soemthing comparative in proce
PREBUILT SYSTEM LINK:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/186618
Thanks for any advice
ZumT
seen this
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/186618
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: thinking this week end June 2010
BUDGET RANGE: under £400
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: (e.g.: general home usage, surfing the internet, watching movies, music, photos (not manipulating)), email
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PC: looked at main UK dabs, ebuyer, amazon, scan,
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: any
WHY PREBUILT VERSUS CUSTOM BUILT: Don't have the time to build one, not that interested in doing it
I HAVE CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING: (e.g.:
reading around the main query is the integrated graphics. in practise for my typical home usage is this likely to become an issue and would i then need a separate PCi graphics card.
is the Intel 8300 quad
Components may or may not be of high-end components (such as Corsair PSU's, ASUS/Gigabyte motherboards) and can be generic OEM components, which may or may not fail quicker
WOULD YOU CONSIDER A CUSTOM BUILT INSTEAD: not really unless soemthing comparative in proce
PREBUILT SYSTEM LINK:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/186618
Thanks for any advice
ZumT