Cheap Dell PC, Windows 8, i3 - 2130, 1tb Hard Drive, 4gb Ram, Wireless, USB 3, £276.51 + 6% Quidco

MrRee

Good Price ...... but, I have to ask, does anyone buy desktops these … Good Price ...... but, I have to ask, does anyone buy desktops these days?Certainly, I cannot see any point of them these days with Laptops, Tablets and Smartphones doing the same job.Read lessRead more

Games, comfort when working for long periods, expansion and upgradability, better posture leading to less health risks, larger displays, better sound, easier/quicker to use keyboards/mice, cheaper for equivalent performance... and your tiny brain couldn't even come up with a couple of those?


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cant stand laptop myself screen too small

prefer my desktop with huge screen

The reason many people still buy desktops it because they can be upgraded with new parts without having to buy a whole new system. Also anyone who wants to play games on a PC can benefit from the joy of upgrading to new graphics card then when games start to slow they upgrade again and it speeds games up once again. A desktop can be valid for years.

elbs

good deal, but doesn't having to buy all the peripherals on top (screen, … good deal, but doesn't having to buy all the peripherals on top (screen, speakers, keyboard, mouse, etc) increase the total price to well above that of an equivalent laptop? i'm talking about a normal, entry-level i3 for everyday use, nothing fancy - so excluding high-end & manually upgraded (GFX etc) desktops and self-builds.Read lessRead more

Sorry, I'm struggling to find a 15" 1366x768 monitor, worlds tinniest speakers, a really bad keyboard and mouse, to add on to this deal so that i can compare them. I'm also not sure how to remove a lot of the additional expansion ports short of sticking chewing gum in them, or how to modify my 15" monitor to put it at a really bad height/angle so that I get neck ache after using it for a bit.

If you've got any ideas, please let me know, I'm desperate to figure this conundrum out.

Not that £20 for a decent keyboard/mouse, £15 for speakers and £65 for a 19" monitor takes it "well above" an entry level i3 laptop, anyway. Feel free to post an i3 laptop deal that is "well below" £365.
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Excellent deal, whats with all the boll*cks though? It's a desktop, why compare it to anything else but a desktop?

Ordered, perfect replacement for an ageing Dell in the office. Out of the 10 or so Dell's I have, this will replace a machine running Vista which in turn will replace a windows 2000 Dell

To confirm, you get an i3, 4gb, 1tb box for £220 + the gravy delivered? Hot, hot, hot!!!

Rather than cry I want to say I appreciate you taking the time to post the deal, I was genuinely ordering something more expensive with the same spec before I seen this, perfect timing

sparkyIreland

Excellent deal, whats with all the boll*cks though? It's a desktop, why … Excellent deal, whats with all the boll*cks though? It's a desktop, why compare it to anything else but a desktop?Ordered, perfect replacement for an ageing Dell in the office. Out of the 10 or so Dell's I have, this will replace a machine running Vista which in turn will replace a windows 2000 Dell To confirm, you get an i3, 4gb, 1tb box for £220 + the gravy delivered? Hot, hot, hot!!! Rather than cry I want to say I appreciate you taking the time to post the deal, I was genuinely ordering something more expensive with the same spec before I seen this, perfect timingRead lessRead more

What a sensible post. No a mention of it doing the same job as an android smartphone, or playing crysis to be seen. Are you on the correct forum?

MrRee

Good Price ...... but, I have to ask, does anyone buy desktops these … Good Price ...... but, I have to ask, does anyone buy desktops these days?Certainly, I cannot see any point of them these days with Laptops, Tablets and Smartphones doing the same job.Read lessRead more

Laptops are not as powerful and don't last as long due to the physical abuse they get, are not very upgradable and are harder to repair when they go wrong. If someone doesn't need the portability of a laptop I'd always suggest a desktop

Any way, for those that want a desktop this is a pretty good deal.

Now where are the "I can build this for £63 with an i7, 46TB of ram and cracked Windows 9" comments?

Anarchist

What a sensible post. No a mention of it doing the same job as an … What a sensible post. No a mention of it doing the same job as an android smartphone, or playing crysis to be seen. Are you on the correct forum?Read lessRead more

I don't like laptops in general, I find them a nuisance. My little friend at home is a Dell Zino that I bought a couple of years ago running on a 27" Monitor, I wouldn't be without it, low power consumption and all that jazz , laptop power supply though

Android and ipads for mucking about on at home, but you can never beat a desktop Just my opinion. You can add a mouse etc to a laptop, kind of defeats the purpose though. So yeah.... laptops days are numbered, desktops will be here forever

MrRee

Good Price ...... but, I have to ask, does anyone buy desktops these … Good Price ...... but, I have to ask, does anyone buy desktops these days?Certainly, I cannot see any point of them these days with Laptops, Tablets and Smartphones doing the same job.Read lessRead more

You can't make that comparison, a desktop PC out-performs all other devices and has way more power, not to mention desktops can carry out a multitude of applications and all at the same time! Gaming (real games and not crappy stick tennis), graphic design, larger screen size, multiple displays, attach a ton of peripherals, need I go on...

Bit misleading picture? No monitor included

MrRee

Good Price ...... but, I have to ask, does anyone buy desktops these … Good Price ...... but, I have to ask, does anyone buy desktops these days?Certainly, I cannot see any point of them these days with Laptops, Tablets and Smartphones doing the same job.Read lessRead more

Seriously? God you must be stupid... Hardcore Gaming on a laptop? Nope desktop it is... Video editing,3d animation,3d modelling, level designing, software making and the list goes on...

faz1964

Any good for gaming?

Stick a semi decent Graphics card in there and yeah, this will be able to play pretty much anything.

Something like this would do the trick:

ebuyer.com/370…day

It won't exactly run anything on Ultra settings, but it would be a good value little system.

Laptops on average use far less power then a desktop. My asus laptop draws 17W where as the dell desktop draws 90W, that doesn't including the monitor which is an additional 30W for a LCD 19in.

So how much difference does this make on running cost? Let's say the price per Kwh is 13p and an average user would use there devices for 5 hours per day (that's 1800 hours per year).

Watts/1000 = kW
Kilowatts x Hours = kWh.
KWh x Electricity price = Running cost in pence per year

Laptop
17/1000 x 1800 = 30.6KWh
30.6 x 13 = 397.8p / 100 = £3.98 per year

Desktop and Monitor
120/1000 x 1800 = 216KWh
216 x 13 = 2808p / 100 = £28.08 per year

This thread is an embarrassment to humanity.

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Good Price ...... but, I have to ask, does anyone buy desktops these days?

Certainly, I cannot see any point of them these days with Laptops, Tablets and Smartphones doing the same job.

brendanb581

Bit misleading picture? No monitor included

I do agree somewhat. I have admit I've bought several similar setups recently, however I've used Dell Outlet. In every case, the desktops have arrived in as-new condition, literally not a mark on them, and almost always come up at least 10% cheaper than the same system new.

Certainly not a bad price for a non-outlet deal, but I'd still rather buy through the outlet. For reference, my current 'office' PC is a Vostro 260s (slim mini tower), i3 2120, 2GB RAM (I upgraded to 4GB), 250GB HDD (adequate since I use external drives for meda) - it really is just a 'web browsing' machine and used for light emulation.

I paid £295 inc VAT and shipping just over a year ago (3rd Feb 2012) and that included the 3 years of Next Business Day warranty since I bought from the Small Business outlet. I think a year ago was at the height of the 'HDD price explosion', which is probably why it came with 250GB rather than a 500GB or even 1TB.

Obviously it's not a direct comparison - but personally I'll stick to the Outlet, at least if I don't mind spending time finding 'the right deal'. Had some amazing bargains from the Outlet in the past!!
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tintwistedgrills

The reason many people still buy desktops it because they can be upgraded … The reason many people still buy desktops it because they can be upgraded with new parts without having to buy a whole new system. Also anyone who wants to play games on a PC can benefit from the joy of upgrading to new graphics card then when games start to slow they upgrade again and it speeds games up once again. A desktop can be valid for years.Read lessRead more

A bit like Trigger and his broom then?

Anarchist

Lol.Internet warrior Moron.

Ha Ha Ha ..... you would wet your nappy ......

fishmaster

Desktop sales have now massively declined. Last year I was selling … Desktop sales have now massively declined. Last year I was selling probably 1 desktop to every 20 laptops now it's easily 30+ laptops to every desktop.Read lessRead more

This probably explains why I cannot find a decent review on this laptop.

Gollywood

I dont have Win7, I just use it ocassionally on a relatives laptop - Im … I dont have Win7, I just use it ocassionally on a relatives laptop - Im an XP user, and I find W7 a bit daunting at times, but happy to use that from now!Having looked at a few online reviews of Win8, its not for me. No Start menu?? I need that!Is there any way of buying this system with Win8 & downgrading somehow? Read lessRead more

Just buy this and put the "classic shell" program on it from download.com, that will give you a start menu again.
download.cnet.com/Cla…l;1

What happened to the good old days when desktops were significantly cheaper than laptops?
My similar spec laptop cost me less than this almost 2yrs ago;
hotukdeals.com/dea…586

Anarchist

Games, comfort when working for long periods, expansion and … Games, comfort when working for long periods, expansion and upgradability, better posture leading to less health risks, larger displays, better sound, easier/quicker to use keyboards/mice, cheaper for equivalent performance... and your tiny brain couldn't even come up with a couple of those?Read lessRead more

People that like this kind of comment just promote this site to become the anti social network it is. 'oh this is my first deal go easy' cba with this kind of attitude now. Could have been replied without the spiteful ending statement.

some good pics inside the unit here

pasonisan.com/ins…tml

mercutio98uk

The graphics in there (Intel HD4000)

This has HD2000 mate, appalling graphics compared to 4000.

Musicrab

I think you should say "it CAN be a lot easier". Its a DELL. Makers of … I think you should say "it CAN be a lot easier". Its a DELL. Makers of the most bizarre own-brand motherboards and cases in the world. But yer, should be able to do some basic upgrading. But don't for one minute think "games" :-)Read lessRead more

i have one of these models, slightly different specs and in my experience there are no issues upgrading a Dell desktop - i have added a Radeon graphics card, memory, a 2nd hard drive and video capture card and it was all fine. It plays current games at reasonable frame rates (although that's mostly down to the the Radeon) - and, more impressive, it can handle Adobe CS.

MrRee

Thanks Phillip, I hope you are not put off posting by reading the … Thanks Phillip, I hope you are not put off posting by reading the juvenile comments from Anarchist ..... there are more better people here than those who cannot post without being rude!Read lessRead more

Your original comment was no better than Anarchists reply...
Pointless crap is just as bad as juvenile sarcastic responses.
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Why are people even mentioning laptops?? If I want a laptop I'll look at a deal on a laptop.

I think many of the users on this site forget that its about finding deals. Why we have to compare every deal to something totally unrelated just eludes me.

People shopping for a desktop will appreciate posts like this, if you want a laptop, smartphone or inflatable gorilla... you should not be this far down on the comments list! ....move on

Thanks OP

The problem with a lot of OEM PCs is that they tend to either leave out stuff I would never omit or not include "enough" of what they do include. In this case, they supply a 64-bit OS with quite a stingy 4GB RAM - DDR3 is ludicrously cheap, so 8GB RAM should be people's minimum now, IMHO (allows you to comfortably run VMs without any memory pressure for example).

There is no SSD in here which would massively boost performance for something around 50 quid extra. There's no Blu-Ray drive which have come down in price quite a bit in the last year or two. Inevitably, someone will want to play games on this and any integrated graphics solution may struggle on top-end games. Finally, 1TB is quite a small HDD considering a very fast Seagate 3TB drive can be had for 90 quid.

Yes, for what it's got in it, it's a good price, but for me it's not a good enough system. I'd lean towards customisable whitebox builders (e.g. Computer Planet, but there are many others) - maybe sourcing easy-to-install items elsewhere if their prices aren't competitive - if I wasn't building them myself. Yes, you'll almost certainly end up paying more overall, but you'll have a better system and won't have to go through a bunch of upgrades like you'll probably have to with this Dell.

eddyw

Would you say its worth the extra £50 to get the i5 or not?

If you need the power (uncessessary for email, browsing, basic office) or can afford it then yes. The computer will last you a little bit longer (before the next upgrade).

eddyw

Would you say its worth the extra £50 to get the i5 or not?

The CPU benchmark for the i3 is 4024 link and for the i5 is 5870 link . This doesn't mean you're getting a nearly 50% faster PC for £50 as there are many other aspects involved (e.g. hard disk speed, what sort of tasks you are running, what chipset is used etc) but it does seem a substantially better CPU performance-wise for the money.

rkl

The problem with a lot of OEM PCs is that they tend to either leave out … The problem with a lot of OEM PCs is that they tend to either leave out stuff I would never omit or not include "enough" of what they do include. In this case, they supply a 64-bit OS with quite a stingy 4GB RAM - DDR3 is ludicrously cheap, so 8GB RAM should be people's minimum now, IMHO (allows you to comfortably run VMs without any memory pressure for example).There is no SSD in here which would massively boost performance for something around 50 quid extra. There's no Blu-Ray drive which have come down in price quite a bit in the last year or two. Inevitably, someone will want to play games on this and any integrated graphics solution may struggle on top-end games. Finally, 1TB is quite a small HDD considering a very fast Seagate 3TB drive can be had for 90 quid.Yes, for what it's got in it, it's a good price, but for me it's not a good enough system. I'd lean towards customisable whitebox builders (e.g. Computer Planet, but there are many others) - maybe sourcing easy-to-install items elsewhere if their prices aren't competitive - if I wasn't building them myself. Yes, you'll almost certainly end up paying more overall, but you'll have a better system and won't have to go through a bunch of upgrades like you'll probably have to with this Dell.Read lessRead more

Wrong.

The problem is that you don't understand that dell did not think "we need to sell a new PC. I know what we should do - find out what rkl off hotukdeals wants and then just sell that."

If this PC is not the right spec for you, then feel free to either tick any of the upgrades that dell offer, perform the upgrades yourself (you sound like you know just enough to be capable of this?), or select a different PC from Dell or anybody else that offers the specs you want.

Not hard, is it?

This may surprise you, but lots of people just want a cheap PC to do their letters on. to go on the internet. to watch some films or do their homework. to do their online banking. and so on. There are very few people that need a PC to run VMware workstation. Or are bothered about it taking an extra 20s to boot up. Or want to store several terabytes of films (the average user has a few gigs of iTunes library and streams most their media these days).

4GB RAM is plenty for the average user. 1TB HDD is plenty for the average user. I3 is fine for the average user. SATA is plenty fast enough for the average user. Integrated Intel graphics is fine for the average user.

You are not an average user. This PC was obviously not aimed at you. If dell only shipped systems with 8gb ram, a 128gb SSD, 3tb HDD, and a GeForce 460, suddenly your decent average user PC will now cost over £500. Now, I stopped doing maths after my A levels, but I'm sure most people would be much happier paying £260 instead of over£500 if they had no need to.

Speculator

just ordered the i5 before the 6.06% TCB finishes.Based on the pre VAT … just ordered the i5 before the 6.06% TCB finishes.Based on the pre VAT price, it should track @ £16Read lessRead more

Quidco now doing 6% (from the 18th)

GlentoranMark

How does this compare to my current laptop:The reason I ask is I play a … How does this compare to my current laptop:The reason I ask is I play a lot of online poker, I use 3 programs to help me so I can play more tables but my current laptop struggles and it's costing me $$$ by timing out on some tables. I recently upgraded the RAM from 3GB to 6GB but it only helped a little. I really need something with a bit more power but I don't want to be spending more than I need too. How much better is this desktop and another question, how easy would it be to overclock this?Read lessRead more

You can only overclock Intel processors that come with the letter K attached to the CPU name. In other words, you cannot overclock the i5-3330.

Your processors scores an average PassMark CPU Mark of 1212. The i5-3330 comes with a PassMark of 5876. So, it will be considerably faster. If you want to overclock, you could stay with AMD. You would get better value-for-money. You can get a AMD Bulldozer FX 6100 3.3Ghz Desktop PC for as little as £230. On the other hand, if you earn your money that way than you should treat yourself with the best that you can get for your money.

By the way, your internet connection can also impact on your $$$. Ideally, you would want a LAN connection to your router. There are further ways to improve speed. Good luck.
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GlentoranMark

My bottleneck is my processor and with a laptop there's not much I can do … My bottleneck is my processor and with a laptop there's not much I can do about it. I don't need a fancy graphics card, just something with a fast enough processor. The 1TB hard drive in the machine above is too much and I would be putting my 64GB SSD in it with the operating system and poker software.Where can you get the Bulldozer for £230 and what's the benchmark score for it without overclocking? The cheapest I can find it online is around £350.Thanks for your help BTW.Read lessRead more

AMD FX-6100 Six-Core Average CPU Mark: 5406
Description: Socket: AM3+, Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz, Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz, No of Cores: 3 (2 logical cores per physical), Max TDP: 95 W
Other names: AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor
CPU Launched: Q4 2011
CPUmark/$Price: 47.36 Overall Rank: 173
Last Price Change: $114.15 USD (2011-10-17)

Link to £230 machine: Reaper AMD Bulldozer FX 6100 3.3Ghz Desktop PC 500gb HDD 4gb DDR3 DVD Writer

It is slower than comparable Intel processor on single-thread performance but better on multi-thread performance. Thus good for some serious multi-tasking.

Get a reliable SSD. Some slow down if more than half full.

PCGamer97

What is the Motherboard for this PC?

It's produced by Intel. That's all I know about it.

fullmoon

Does it come with Win 8 Pro or just home premium?

Home Premium. Does it matter to you?

People forget Windows 8 has got better security with safe boot.Superb OS. What OS would you choose to do your banking on.

Musicrab

Is that with Windows Defender disabled or do they work together? Thanks.

I have disabled windows security as i wouldn't think they will work together.