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Hi,
A friend of mine is wishing to purchase a new computer. He currently has a laptop and so will require all components. He has £500 to spend, of course he would be happy to pay less than this but would be willing to go the whole £500 if it would yeild any additional benefits. Unfortunately he has not given me a great deal of information about he needs but has stated that he'd like a relatively "powerful, high spec" machine. I asked if this would be use for games and he said no but I think he'd still like the option. We both study Electrical and Electronic Engineering and so use some modelling packages from time to time; The computer must be able to handle these (Though having said that many of the computers I run this kind of stuff on are very poorly specced but do it fine but...).
My friend would prefer to purchase a pre-built machine however I'm quite comfortable with building a computer so would like to propose the idea (And possible spec) to him and see if he can be swayed.
He currently has a very old CRT available for use if he does not fit a new monitor into his £500... I'd like to give him options that both include and exclude the monitor and so he can see the potential loss/gain of purchasing a new monitor.
Currently he is looking at a machine of the following spec for £499.99:
Can he get more than this by doing a custom build?
Any spec lists for the best he could get for £500, both including and excluding a monitor would be most useful. Would also like to here if you believe these options are better than the one above and if you'd suggest the pre built or custom built route.
Thanks a lot!
A friend of mine is wishing to purchase a new computer. He currently has a laptop and so will require all components. He has £500 to spend, of course he would be happy to pay less than this but would be willing to go the whole £500 if it would yeild any additional benefits. Unfortunately he has not given me a great deal of information about he needs but has stated that he'd like a relatively "powerful, high spec" machine. I asked if this would be use for games and he said no but I think he'd still like the option. We both study Electrical and Electronic Engineering and so use some modelling packages from time to time; The computer must be able to handle these (Though having said that many of the computers I run this kind of stuff on are very poorly specced but do it fine but...).
My friend would prefer to purchase a pre-built machine however I'm quite comfortable with building a computer so would like to propose the idea (And possible spec) to him and see if he can be swayed.
He currently has a very old CRT available for use if he does not fit a new monitor into his £500... I'd like to give him options that both include and exclude the monitor and so he can see the potential loss/gain of purchasing a new monitor.
Currently he is looking at a machine of the following spec for £499.99:
Can he get more than this by doing a custom build?
Any spec lists for the best he could get for £500, both including and excluding a monitor would be most useful. Would also like to here if you believe these options are better than the one above and if you'd suggest the pre built or custom built route.
Thanks a lot!
