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Aero

Aero

Aero

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Right guys a friend of mine is after a new pc he tends to play things like wow and a few games nothing to demanding. He's after a new pc; tower, monitor keyboard and mouse.

Now his dad has seen a pc from the pink (formerly purple) shirted place called the Acer aspire M3201 with a 19" tft for £399.99.

It comes with

Amd Phenom X4 9150e
vista premium (i assume 32bit)
2gb DDR2 ram
320gb sata hdd
ATI HD3200 gfx

Can you help me try and beat this for price and value I'm not sure he'd feel the benefit of quad core but I may be wrong. Any suggestions welcome but it needs to be cheaper or the same.

Thanks in advance.

Aero
 
Yeah the stickied thread has a tower spec for £300, just add monitor and peripherals, and yes it would beat that acer hands down in terms of gaming capability, much better gfx card
 
OcUK Value Hannspree XM New York 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black OcUK Value Hannspree XM New York 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black (£89.69)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) (£88.54)
Asus P5QL Pro Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Asus P5QL Pro Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£74.74)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail (£57.49)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502IJ) Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502IJ) (£44.84)
Asus ATI Radeon EAH3450/HTP/256M Vcool Silent 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail Asus ATI Radeon EAH3450/HTP/256M Vcool Silent 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (£26.44)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) (£20.69)
Samsung TS-H492C/LEAH Black Combo DVD-ROM/CD±RW IDE (Black) - OEM Samsung TS-H492C/LEAH Black Combo DVD-ROM/CD±RW IDE (Black) - OEM (£11.49)

Sub Total : £359.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DHL Select Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri): £9.99
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £53.99

Total : £413.91

Here's some suggestion and better than that ACER :D
 
Not bad starting place by willy but I'd fork out extra for a better gfx card personally, but then you're going to be spending more, depends how strict your budget is
 
Its a good try I just know he'll want the pc for playing some games on. Its a tough one can it be done?

Aero
 
That 3200 gfx on the Acer wont take kindly to games - to play games, a better gfx would be needed therefore upping the price.

This comes to £476, but will play games reasonably well. (God vista takes a huge chunk out of the budget :()

Asus Vintage V3-P5G31 Barebones System - Intel Core 2 Duo (LGA775) £79.99
(£91.99) £79.99
(£91.99)
OcUK Value Hannspree XM New York 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £77.99
(£89.69) £77.99
(£89.69)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £76.99
(£88.54) £76.99
(£88.54)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 4670 IceQ Turbo 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £56.99
(£65.54) £56.99
(£65.54)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail £49.99
(£57.49) £49.99
(£57.49)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS) £31.99
(£36.79) £31.99
(£36.79)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £17.99
(£20.69) £17.99
(£20.69)
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£16.09) £13.99
(£16.09)
Logitech Deluxe Keyboard (Black) - OEM (967738-0120) £5.99
(£6.89) £5.99
(£6.89)
Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (953688-1600) £4.99
(£5.74) £4.99
(£5.74)

Acer are able to save huge amounts of money by buying in bulk and skimping slightly on the PSU/Case/Mobo.
 
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