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  • 06-04-2004 9:54am
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    eirebhoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,013 ✭✭✭✭


    I'm looking for a new PC. I have 600-1000 to spend but the cheaper the better. At least 2.6Gz, 40GB harddrive, CD-RW, DVD drive + all the usuals. It must also have Windows XP and the likes of Microsoft Word, Works (the more software the better).

    Cheers.


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    bennyx_o
    Registered Users Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭bennyx_o


    Your best bet is to build your own or buy one from Dell.


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    ToxicPaddy
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,764 Mod ✭✭✭✭ToxicPaddy


    There boys arent too bad.. they do some good deals on the hardware as
    long as your not looking for something too fancy..

    A basic one at the moment is going for about €800 ex VAT which has pretty much
    what your looking for:

    2.8Ghz P4, 512MB RAM, DVD/CDRW, 80GB Hard Drive, Win XP..

    I dont have anything to do with them before you ask, but if you arent building one
    yourself then these might be worth checking out..

    http://www.pcp.ie/


    But as bennyx said, you can build a much higher spec one yourself for a lot less..



    Tox


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    Philbert
    Registered Users Posts: 358 ✭✭Philbert


    Heres three PC's from Dell, all within your price range.(€540, €740 & €990) Includes delivery & VAT.

    Not too bad if you ask me!


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    Crash
    Registered Users Posts: 11,194 ✭✭✭✭Crash


    the best bet IMO for a decent system is buy a dell and upgrade the crap parts. dell make very good systems but are often let down by graphics card and a few others. so i'm just buying a dell and swapping in new hardware :)


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    bobk
    Registered Users Posts: 370 ✭✭bobk


    There's some info on how much all the components will cost for a pc at the bottom of this thread


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=151955

    Bob


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    eirebhoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,013 ✭✭✭✭eirebhoy


    Would you recommend downgrading to 1 Year Collect and Return Service and saving 149 euro?


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    jongore
    Closed Accounts Posts: 559 ✭✭✭jongore


    It really depends on what you know about computers, most problems are down to software and if you feel comfortable reinstalling stuff that goes wrong go ahead and reduce the cover.

    I'm on my third dell and I've never had any hardware problems, every now and then some software fails but it's easy to reinstall. So I've always picked the 1 year collect and return option


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    eirebhoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,013 ✭✭✭✭eirebhoy


    Cheers jongore. When you are buying a PC would you pay the extra 100 for the Pentium 4 and whats the difference? What others would you upgrade?

    BTW - They are giving a free Printer/Scanner/Copier if you order within the next 2 days.


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    damnyanks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,276 ✭✭✭damnyanks


    The homepage is set to MSN.com and a while ago I saw that Dell America were offering free 2gb ram to any machine bought!! (Not april 1st btw ;)) You get a hard drive upgrade from .ie:rolleyes:


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    MisterAnarchy
    Registered Users Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    I put this PC together the other day for a friend.
    525 euro excl delivery from Ebuyer and a great machine for the price.
    1 x Ebuyer VC171 17ins CRT
    1 x Toshiba 4x DVD-R/RW IDE Burner
    1 x Benq 16x50 IDE DVD-ROM Drive
    1 x Creative SBS 250 Speakers
    1 x 8cm Internal Case Cooling Fan
    1 x Hightech ATI Radeon 9200SE 64MB TV-Out DVI Retail Box
    1 x Alps 1.44 Black Floppy Drive
    1 x Western Digital Caviar 80Gb 7200rpm EIDE Hard Drive
    1 x Ebuyer 56K V.90 Hardware Fax/Modem - Retail box
    1 x Chic Wireless Intelligent Keyboard And Mouse Combo
    1 x Ebuyer 256 DDR400 PC3200 Extra Value Ram
    PcChips M848ALU SKT A SIS 748 400 DDR AGPx8 ATA133 6CH Sound/lAN/USB 2.0 Upto a 3.2+ CPU Motherboard in Retail Box 51760
    1 x AMD Athlon XP2000 266FSB 256Cache Thoroughbred Retail Boxed Heatsink & Fan with 3year Warranty 46308
    1 x JNC 8676 300W ATX Case With Side Window Front Firewire/Usb/Audio
    Has there ever been a better time to buy a PC ?


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    oneweb
    Registered Users Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭oneweb


    Originally posted by MisterAnarchy
    I put this PC together the other day for a friend.
    525 euro excl delivery from Ebuyer and a great machine for the price.
    1 x Ebuyer VC171 17ins CRT
    1 x Toshiba 4x DVD-R/RW IDE Burner
    1 x Benq 16x50 IDE DVD-ROM Drive
    1 x Creative SBS 250 Speakers
    1 x 8cm Internal Case Cooling Fan
    1 x Hightech ATI Radeon 9200SE 64MB TV-Out DVI Retail Box
    1 x Alps 1.44 Black Floppy Drive
    1 x Western Digital Caviar 80Gb 7200rpm EIDE Hard Drive
    1 x Ebuyer 56K V.90 Hardware Fax/Modem - Retail box
    1 x Chic Wireless Intelligent Keyboard And Mouse Combo
    1 x Ebuyer 256 DDR400 PC3200 Extra Value Ram
    PcChips M848ALU SKT A SIS 748 400 DDR AGPx8 ATA133 6CH Sound/lAN/USB 2.0 Upto a 3.2+ CPU Motherboard in Retail Box 51760
    1 x AMD Athlon XP2000 266FSB 256Cache Thoroughbred Retail Boxed Heatsink & Fan with 3year Warranty 46308
    1 x JNC 8676 300W ATX Case With Side Window Front Firewire/Usb/Audio
    Has there ever been a better time to buy a PC ?
    Do ebuyer deliver to Ireland? 'Cos I can't register an Irish addy :dunno:

    It is what it's.



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    Sarsfield
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭Sarsfield


    Was there a licenced operating system with that machine?


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    Töpher
    Registered Users Posts: 8,484 ✭✭✭Töpher


    Originally posted by oneweb
    Do ebuyer deliver to Ireland? 'Cos I can't register an Irish addy :dunno:

    Me neither, and thats a pity cuz they seem pretty sweet price wise (provided they don't fist you with shipping charges!) :D


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    MisterAnarchy
    Registered Users Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    Yes ,Ebuyer deliver to Ireland.
    Put in Eire as the postcode and it should do it.
    I have ordered a number of times from them.
    Delivery is steep though ,around 50 euro.


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    KdjaCL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭KdjaCL


    Go to Jaguar www.jagcompsystems.ie and buy a barebones P4 system and add in a few upgrades, deliver all over Ireland and COD also.

    Could make a nice PC upgrade for 600 for about 800 could get a TFT also.




    kdjac


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    Col_Loki
    Registered Users Posts: 2,754 ✭✭✭Col_Loki


    Not much of a fan of jaguar, would rather buy parts seperatly and build...... better quality products would be used. Watch as their prices are + Vat (21%), but are still very good.

    The website is http://www.jaguarcompsys.ie/ btw.

    www.elara.ie also will build systems for you and might be worth a look.


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    Agent Smith
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,502 Mod ✭✭✭✭Agent Smith


    Originally posted by MisterAnarchy
    I put this PC together the other day for a friend.
    525 euro excl delivery from Ebuyer and a great machine for the price.
    1 x Ebuyer VC171 17ins CRT
    1 x Toshiba 4x DVD-R/RW IDE Burner
    1 x Benq 16x50 IDE DVD-ROM Drive
    1 x Creative SBS 250 Speakers
    1 x 8cm Internal Case Cooling Fan
    1 x Hightech ATI Radeon 9200SE 64MB TV-Out DVI Retail Box
    1 x Alps 1.44 Black Floppy Drive
    1 x Western Digital Caviar 80Gb 7200rpm EIDE Hard Drive
    1 x Ebuyer 56K V.90 Hardware Fax/Modem - Retail box
    1 x Chic Wireless Intelligent Keyboard And Mouse Combo
    1 x Ebuyer 256 DDR400 PC3200 Extra Value Ram
    PcChips M848ALU SKT A SIS 748 400 DDR AGPx8 ATA133 6CH Sound/lAN/USB 2.0 Upto a 3.2+ CPU Motherboard in Retail Box 51760
    1 x AMD Athlon XP2000 266FSB 256Cache Thoroughbred Retail Boxed Heatsink & Fan with 3year Warranty 46308
    1 x JNC 8676 300W ATX Case With Side Window Front Firewire/Usb/Audio
    Has there ever been a better time to buy a PC ?


    for that price thats a steal!


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