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DavidQ

DavidQ

DavidQ

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Hi Ho,

A friend of mine is looking to buy himself a new computer, a HP one to be precise. I've advised him that building a computer would be cheaper but he wants to pay on finance for a computer , has anyone got any ideas of what components HP use for their ram etc and are they easy to upgrade?. The computer itself seems like a fairly good spec, C2D E6400, 2gb of ram, 400gb sata hdd and an X1600 graphics card.


Any advice would be appreciated,

David
 
in my experience they have just been branded pc's nothing special about any components that they use. So should be fine to upgrade
 
DQN said:
Hi Ho,

A friend of mine is looking to buy himself a new computer, a HP one to be precise. I've advised him that building a computer would be cheaper but he wants to pay on finance for a computer , has anyone got any ideas of what components HP use for their ram etc and are they easy to upgrade?. The computer itself seems like a fairly good spec, C2D E6400, 2gb of ram, 400gb sata hdd and an X1600 graphics card.


Any advice would be appreciated,

David
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sounds like a hp 76xx series(im guessing the 7635), very good machines, went to a vista training day and they were all running vista ultimate RTM a treat;) as for components take alook at this LINK though its the 7655, the only difference is the core 2 cpu... hope this helps
 
DQN said:
...he wants to pay on finance for a computer...
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If there is one thing that is absolute insanity to pay for on finance it's a PC. I would do you very very best to discourage him from this. You will be doing him a HUGE favour!
 
cheers for the advice, yeah it's the 7635 model. Only reason he's going on finance is because he can't affoard to pay £700+ for a new pc
 
DQN said:
cheers for the advice, yeah it's the 7635 model. Only reason he's going on finance is because he can't affoard to pay £700+ for a new pc
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Can't he finance a build with a bank loan? Get the best PC and interest rate that way. Either that or get a 0% interest credit card but he'd probably have to pay within 12 months to avoid high interest.
 
No it wouldnt be cheaper to build your own Pc not equivilant to an OEM build anyway.

Hp offer a range of stable, reliable and well supported products which are also easily upgradable, check the spec for your needs. They start arround the £200-£300 price range.

I recommend the DC and DX business range but it depends on his requirments.
 
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It looks like he's going for the HP 7655 range with the E6600 C2D system, with intentions of upgrading the graphics card next year to cope with better games. Thanks for all the input fellas :)
 
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