Any PC geeks in here?

RyanTheRhino

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I want to buy a new computer and I like the idea of the all-in-one desktop.
I don't play games or edit video.
I'm willing to spend about £500.

What do you think about this? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-Desktop-i3-2120-Windows-Premium/dp/B0065HBV78/ref=sr_1_28?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1324907775&sr=1-28
all-in ones are crap. They are still in the developmental stage. they are equal in power to a cheap laptop . I would wait a few years before getting one of them
 

RyanTheRhino

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Build one mate its not hard. If your stuck for what to buy or how to do it head over too www.overclock.net im a member
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yes it is easy to build your own. I don't know why people fear tinkering with computers they are idiot proof. Everything is snap on and color coded if it wont fit then its probably the wrong slot.

there a may simple how to guides on YouTube.

there are only 9 components : They all either screw into the case or snap into the motherboard . Its like an erector set

cpu
gpu
power supply
motherboard
heat sink
Memory ram
Hard drive
Optical drive "cd/dvd"
case
 

tip top toker

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You don't play games, you don't edit video's, in essence you have no need for anything more than a bog standard computer, what on earth are you considering paying £500 for????? My computer cost me just under £300 an plays battlefield 3 with settings set to high with a 1920x1200 resolution. The only way i could understand someone spending £500 to watch youtube video's would be if they are insecure enough to either need to look at it and think ooo, look at my pretty computer or are lame enough to think it'll impress other people, such as the majority of apple users. If you're going to buy one of these fancy all-in-one built into a screen jobs, then i honestly can't understand why you simply wouldn't buy a laptop. The only real reason to buy a PC over a laptop is either for intensive use such as games or editing or programming etc, or because you wish to have the ability to upgrade it. If i stopped gaming, i would sell my computers in a heartbeat for a nice laptop and a netbook, absolutely no point in them otherwise.

As said, why not just build your own. It's like a single digit jigsaw, hardly the most challenging thing in the word, especially when all the pieces have plainly obvious places to be put unlike with a conventional jigsaw. If you really want you can even buy a barebones system which means all you have to buy is a processor, ram, harddrive, and dvd drive, if you're not gaming then you don't even need to bother with anything more than the onboard graphics that comes with the motherboard.
 

Airwave

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all-in ones are crap. They are still in the developmental stage. they are equal in power to a cheap laptop . I would wait a few years before getting one of them

[h=1]Intel Core i3-2120, RAM 4GB, HDD 1TB, DVDR[/h]That's equal to a cheap laptop?
 

Airwave

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You don't play games, you don't edit video's, in essence you have no need for anything more than a bog standard computer, what on earth are you considering paying £500 for????? My computer cost me just under £300 an plays battlefield 3 with settings set to high with a 1920x1200 resolution. The only way i could understand someone spending £500 to watch youtube video's would be if they are insecure enough to either need to look at it and think ooo, look at my pretty computer or are lame enough to think it'll impress other people, such as the majority of apple users. If you're going to buy one of these fancy all-in-one built into a screen jobs, then i honestly can't understand why you simply wouldn't buy a laptop. The only real reason to buy a PC over a laptop is either for intensive use such as games or editing or programming etc, or because you wish to have the ability to upgrade it. If i stopped gaming, i would sell my computers in a heartbeat for a nice laptop and a netbook, absolutely no point in them otherwise.

As said, why not just build your own. It's like a single digit jigsaw, hardly the most challenging thing in the word, especially when all the pieces have plainly obvious places to be put unlike with a conventional jigsaw. If you really want you can even buy a barebones system which means all you have to buy is a processor, ram, harddrive, and dvd drive, if you're not gaming then you don't even need to bother with anything more than the onboard graphics that comes with the motherboard.
I like the large screens of the all-in-ones.
I like the idea of not having a tower.
I don't like laptops.
Buying any computer has got nothing to do with insecurity.
If I wanted to impress then I would buy a computer that costs £4000.
I can easily build my own desk top. I built this one and had it for about 5 years now.
 

RyanTheRhino

Well-Known Member
Dell - Inspiron Laptop / Intel® Core™ i7 Processor / 17.3" Display / 8GB Memory / 750GB Hard Drive - Diamond Black


Same price as that all in one about 4x better will you ever use a full terabit? 750 should be fine



[FONT=arial, sans-serif]Intel® HD Graphics 3000c same graphics card found in mac-books it can play heavy games like star craftt 2 [/FONT]
 

Toolage 87

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You can spend the $300 on an all in one but in reality you could build your own and have a mother board that has on board video this no need to buy a video card to use.


I would stay away from all in ones because if the screen gets messed up your pretty much having to buy a new one since they are almost like paying to replace a laptop monitor.

If you want a cheap build rig go with AMD CPU or APU.


As I found out and seen others have to deal with. You get what you pay for. $200 - $300 comps might last maybe 1 year over 1 year if you are lucky.
 

Kursed Satan

New Member
i have an HP touchsmart that i spent $1300 on, i regret it now because i never use the touchscreen so its kind of a waste
 

Toolage 87

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i have an HP touchsmart that i spent $1300 on, i regret it now because i never use the touchscreen so its kind of a waste
Yea with comps touch screen is not used alot right now since programs, games and such don't really use them witch is kinda sad. As of right now touch screen is for tabs and cell phones.
 
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