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Default OT new pc/lappy info sources to guide my buying?

On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:11:14 -0800 (PST), Jim K
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On Dec 17, 2:30*pm, Mark
wrote:
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 06:02:43 -0800 (PST), Jim K
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On Dec 17, 10:43*am, Jim K wrote:
Budget £500 max??


from CCL


Intel Pentium G840 2.8GHz Dual Core Processor
Corsair XMS3 8192MB (2x4096MB) Memory Module Kit
Gigabyte GA-H61MA-D2V Motherboard
Seagate Barracudaİ SATA 6Gb/s 1TB Hard Drive
CCL Choice 22x DVD+/-RW Drive
Dino FC-DS01A Midi Tower Case
CarePack - 2 Year Return to Base
TP-Link TL-WN781ND 150Mbps Wireless Lite N PCI Express Adapter
Windows 8


£345.37 inc VAT


comments anyone?


Looks OK. *Personally I would go up a little on the CPU if you're
doing photo editing. *However it should do the job.


mmm I'll have a look - tho seems to get a bit murky on the CCL
configurator...


You could just swap the CPU for an i3-3220. Probably wouldn't cost
much more.

I assume you will be using a 64 bit OS?


erm - probably? ;)


You won't be able to get the benefit of 8G RAM without one.
:-)
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