Can't be upgraded?

What were you thinking of upgrading?

Most PCs can be upgraded in some form or other, but i think yopu may mean the graphics which can be difficult as a lot of Dell PCs are missing an AGP or PCI-E slot
 
My sister will probably be getting a Dimension 3100 (she didn't much like the idea of me building her a pc. can't think why) which will be more than enough for her, since she doesn't really game. And it just reminded me of reading somewhere that they couldn't be upgraded.

How can they be missing a PCI-E/AGP slot? I thought they came on all motherboards?
 
mmm_bleeprin said:
My sister will probably be getting a Dimension 3100 (she didn't much like the idea of me building her a pc. can't think why) which will be more than enough for her, since she doesn't really game. And it just reminded me of reading somewhere that they couldn't be upgraded.

How can they be missing a PCI-E/AGP slot? I thought they came on all motherboards?
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I'm sure some cheapo Dell boards come with integrated graphics and a few PCI slots and thats all you get, this probably isn't the case anymore though.
 
mmm_bleeprin said:
My sister will probably be getting a Dimension 3100 (she didn't much like the idea of me building her a pc. can't think why) which will be more than enough for her, since she doesn't really game. And it just reminded me of reading somewhere that they couldn't be upgraded.

How can they be missing a PCI-E/AGP slot? I thought they came on all motherboards?
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Because they make their own boards. Some have it some dont - depends on model purchased.
 
She's trying to get it for £350-£450. But she really, really isn't keen on me building it (which I can understand. Last time I opened up a pc I killed it). But please, spec away. I'll try and talk her round.
 
This is including KB/mouse and a 17inch TFT

CP-162-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 1.80GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-162-AM)
£52.95 £52.95
MB-145-AS Asus M2NPV-VM Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-145-AS)
£49.95 £49.95
MY-030-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL)
£49.95 £49.95
HD-000-HI Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 NCQ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A30356) (HD-000-HI)
£27.95 £27.95
CD-059-LO Liteon DRW-6S160P-05C 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-059-LO)
£18.25 £18.25
CA-023-AN Antec SLK1650B Black Quiet Mini Tower Case - 350W SmartPower PSU (CA-023-AN)
£37.50 £37.50
MO-018-OK OcUK Value Hanns-G HC174D 17" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-018-OK)
£86.95 £86.95
KB-072-LG Logitech Cordless Desktop EX-110 - Retail (KB-072-LG)
£17.95 £17.95
Subtotal £341.45
VAT £59.76
Total £401.21

Sure its got the slowest AM2 A64 but its upgradable, and the gfx are intergrated but again upgradable. If a monitor isnt required we can up the CPU and get a better gfx card
 
Hate to drop on the end of someone else's thread, but...

...ahem...Dell were doing a starter system until recently that was discounted from about £329 to £299 including a 17" CRT monitor.

I was thinking about buying one for my step-daughter for Christmas, but it seems it's been discontinued, which is a bit of a bugger - although, to be fair it's perhaps just as well since there's some question over upgradeability.

I could build her one, but I'm not sure I could do it with a monitor for £300 - oh hang on, I think I just found it, but please look at my other post below. :confused:

She's only really gonna use it for MSN, school work, internet surfing and probably some low grade gaming - I was hoping I could drag her into some home network multiplayer stuff - but all the same, it would be nice to have the upgrade options usually available.

Can you do anything for that sort of budget?

Again, apologies for the hijack.
 
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Johny Boy said:
^Edit your post before you get banned mate

No links to competitors.
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Great!! Cheers for the heads up.

Ok, copy & pasted for the sake of not getting banned:

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Next generation Value computing in a new cool, small form factor, QuietcaseTM design

The Dimension 3100C offers the perfect balance between your needs and your budget. Offering a range of Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® processors, expandable memory and Hard Drive capacities and an array of optical devices all encased in the new small formfactor Dimension 3100C “Quietcase” chassis.

The Dell Dimension 3100C “Quietcase” small formfactor design offers efficient cooling meaning, the system keeps cool and is considerably quieter, ideal for a home or small office environment.

* Featuring an Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology (2.80GHz, 1MB cache, 800MHz FSB) or Intel® Celeron® D Processor up to 346 (3.06GHz, 256k cache, 533MHz FSB).
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Genuine Windows® XP Professional
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition


* Up to 2048MB Dual channel DDR2 memory for improved productivity when running power-hungry applications
* Up to 160GB 7200RPM SATA hard drive capacity
* Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator GMA 900
* Upgradeable with integrated 13-in-1 Media card reader
* Integrated 10/100 network adapter
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Just let me edit the original post...
 
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