On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 02:37:05 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

On 20/12/12 02:16, John Rumm wrote:
On 19/12/2012 23:06, geoff wrote:
In message , Stephen H
writes
On 19/12/2012 00:12, geoff wrote:
In message , Stephen H
writes

Tesco do system boxes from 300 quid upwards and laptops from 270 quid
upwards. I could not match let alone beat that price wise for a self
build now.

But you can tailor it to your requirements (to an extent)


yes you can tailor it to ones requirements and you pay more for the
privilege of doing so


Lets see now

£250 for something that does what I want
£200 for something that doesn't

hard call ...

The reality is that the margin on PC components is tiny - so the cost
difference between a self built PC and a bought one *of the same spec*
will often be under 5%. The way the prebuilt systems manage to look
cheaper is usually by cutting corners on some of the components. You
also have to contend with the fact that you may spend as long
uninstalling the unwanted shovelware preloaded on a boxed system, as you
would installing the OS yourself from scratch.


well I just costed up a case, PSU MB (2GHz dual core celeron) 4GB ram
DVD RW and 500GB drive Nvidia graphics at £266 all in. Thats pretty much
the same as I have here, and its plenty fast enough for all but weird
gaming ****.


http://www.woc.co.uk

Ok add another £80 for windoze, which I personally wouldn't..Linux!

You could shave a bit off that for less RAM & hard drive, and use the
rather ordinary onboard graffix.

I would never advise skimping on RAM. Recent (Vista & 7) versions of
Windoze are very greedy when it comes to memory.


The problem with buying an 'all in' system is you tend to get an LCD
monitor and keyboard and mouse that you probably don't need.

And a crappy motherboard and PSU.

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