Decent machine for £300?

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Hi,

I'm in the middle of deciding to get a laptop or if possible a new desktop. I'm using a 5-6 year old desktop with 1gb of ram and a 2 6600gt cards running in SLI, but it's all slowing down, and I need something else.

I don't play any advanced games on here, but I do use a lot of art programs such as photoshop/Flash etc.

I was thinking of spending about £450-£500 on a laptop, but if I go that route i'll have to wait some more months till I got the cash, but if it's possible to get a decent laptop for £300 I might do that instead.

Soo (long winded start, sorry) is it possible to get a decent desktop for my needs for £300? (ish) ? and would that be a ready built system of me putting it together? wouldn't have to be vista, XP would be fine.

thanks for any advice.
 
Build your self option, you could download Windows 7 and use that for a few months and save buying operating system.

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Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 32-Bit - SP3 - OEM (N09-02215) £66.99
(£58.25) £66.99
(£58.25)
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 7750 2.70GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail £49.99
(£43.47) £49.99
(£43.47)
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OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (OCZ2G10664GK) £41.99
(£36.51) £41.99
(£36.51)
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Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £40.99
(£35.64) £40.99
(£35.64)
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Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £36.98
(£32.16) £36.98
(£32.16)
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Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2P nForce 430 (Socket AM2/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £36.98
(£32.16) £36.98
(£32.16)
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Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £28.99
(£25.21) £28.99
(£25.21)
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Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64) Sub Total : £279.04 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £43.54 Total : £333.83
 
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cant you reinstall xp with the code you already have ?

btw that kicks the 6600gts's arse :P
 
98p said:
cant you reinstall xp with the code you already have ?

btw that kicks the 6600gts's arse :P
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I would suspect the laptop would be OEM operating system, which is tied to the board it was originaly installed / activated on.
 
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