ACER M3201 Refurbished PC Base Unit Quad Core withVista Home Premium £289.99 at PC World

Dinger42

£378.74 at PC World?! How do you get to £289.99?

bowdown2thegame

Dinger42:
£378.74 at PC World?! How do you get to £289.99?

Sorry, don't know why link isn't working search for product code 140749

bowdown2thegame

I see this is getting chilly, if anyone has feedback please let me know because I was contemplating stumping up the cash and don't want to if there is a better deal available or at least one more suited to my needs

bellamy_47

Tesco were selling new ones for that price 6 months ago iirc

bowdown2thegame

kev999111:
Cheapest I can see onTesco now is a Acer (Aspire M5201 Quad Core 4GB 1.2TB PC Base Unit - Dedicated graphics and Blu-Ray) for £449, seems quite expensive though. Not too fussed about Blu Ray so think I am going to opt for the refurb deal, unless anyone else know about any other stonkong PC deals??

I'm tempted too, it's just worrying that it's cold. Makes you think something better might be out there, anyone?

fusion16

good deal .......... vfm

amdavies

This is a media PC, lacking a gaming graphics card. You should be able to add a discrete graphics card to this, assuming there's a slot for it, but you're probably looking at spending another £80 on top to get a semi-decent one (Radeon 4770 is the current choice AFAIK)
If you want a Quad core machine because you have programs that will take advantage of it, this is a reasonable computer. Tom's Hardware recently did a comparison on the number of cores to see how much of an effect they have, so it might be worth checking that out:-
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/multi-...iew-31567.html

bowdown2thegame

amdavies:
This is a media PC, lacking a gaming graphics card. You should be able to add a discrete graphics card to this, assuming there's a slot for it, but you're probably looking at spending another £80 on top to get a semi-decent one (Radeon 4770 is the current choice AFAIK)
If you want a Quad core machine because you have programs that will take advantage of it, this is a reasonable computer. Tom's Hardware recently did a comparison on the number of cores to see how much of an effect they have, so it might be worth checking that out:-
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/multi-...iew-31567.html

would the HP they are offering for the same price be better for standard use?

Processor Type AMD Athlon 64 X2 4450e
Clock-Speed 2.3GHz
Cache 1 MB
Operating-System Windows Vista. Home Premium
RAM Memory 2048 MB
Hard Disk Capacity 320 GB
Optical Drive 1 Dual Layer DVD Rewriter
802.11g Wireless Network Ready YES Allows you to connect to an existing wireless network such as in a office or a wireless hot spot
Graphics Memory 128 MB The higher the memory the better quality images you are display
Graphics Description NVIDIA. GeForce 6150SE
Media Card Reader 15-in-1 Allows the computer to read and transfer files onto a digital media card often found in digital cameras
No of USB connections 6 The more connections the computer has the more equipment you can connect to your computer e.g. modem, printer, scanner, digital camera, PDA
No. of Firewire Connections 1 High speed data transfer link for digital video and other media. Ideal for quickly downloading video images from a camcorder to PC
Wireless Keyboard and Mouse YES

nihcaj

Secondhand busted & patched up Acer, sold by a DSG company.

Can't think of anything I would like less of!

redjay1

I don't know about this particular model.

But...

Just before Christmas a got a similar type of thing - phenom refurbished from PC world (could have been Currys, same group anyway) it was the cheapest for the spec I could find and I reasoned it had a 12month warranty so was no more a risk than buying brand new. It's been great, no probs, would defo advise if you can't find spec cheaper.

RJ

renagade27

nihcaj:
Secondhand busted & patched up Acer, sold by a DSG company.

Can't think of anything I would like less of!

My uncle got 1 of these..................its mint and works a treat..............what a stupid comment!!

renagade27

nihcaj

renagade27:
My uncle got 1 of these..................its mint and works a treat..............what a stupid comment!!

renagade27

What's stupid about the truth?

It's not new. It will have been broken.
It will have been repaired. Hopefully well enough.
It is up for sale by a DSG company. A problem eeven with NEW goods!

It is one of those iffy brands to start with, not the most reliable, and not the worst either.

Now, if you or your Uncle are prepared to put up with substandard goods sold by a substandard company, then some might suggest that is stupid - I wouldn't, and I would buy it myself IF, (and this is the big if) - IF it was CHEAP enough. This isn't, so that's stupid.
I am obviously not the only one that thinks so - It seems others agree this isn't much of deal. In case you hadn't noticed, it is a bit sub-zero.

nihcaj

By the way, its even dearer now!
£299.99

renagade27

nihcaj:
What's stupid about the truth?

It's not new. It will have been broken.
It will have been repaired. Hopefully well enough.
It is up for sale by a DSG company. A problem eeven with NEW goods!

It is one of those iffy brands to start with, not the most reliable, and not the worst either.

Now, if you or your Uncle are prepared to put up with substandard goods sold by a substandard company, then some might suggest that is stupid - I wouldn't, and I would buy it myself IF, (and this is the big if) - IF it was CHEAP enough. This isn't, so that's stupid.
I am obviously not the only one that thinks so - It seems others agree this isn't much of deal. In case you hadn't noticed, it is a bit sub-zero.

NO I THINK IT WAS A STUPID COMMENT! AND DON'T SAY MY UNCLE ACCEPTS SUBSTANDARD GOODS OK

SOMETIMES THEY SELL GOODS THAT NEVER SOLD..............AND THEN AS REFURBISHED COS THEY AINT NEW ANYMORE ARE THEY?

ACER ARE A GREAT BRAND...................LET ME GUESS!!! YOU'LL BE A DELL PERSON....YEAH?

renagade27

ACER M3201 Refurbished PC Base Unit Quad Core withVista Home Premium £289.99 at PC World

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