2006-08-07 09:08:35 · 6 answers · asked by buddhabro 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Try www.which.co.uk or www.computerbuyer.co.uk. Which? provide a chargeable service but you can get 30days free which I'm sure is more than enough time to read their report on buying a PC for home use!
2006-08-07 10:55:07 · answer #1 · answered by Sino Wino 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what your needs are. Unless you are planning to run graphics intensive games and a lot of video you don't need to get a computer with high spec graphics.
I here that they are abandoning PCI and AGP in favour of PCI-Express. So u need to look for a motherboard with pci-e. There are 1,2,4,8, and 16.
And also whether you plan to run windows xp (512mb memory reasonably) or a version of Linux or upcoming Windows Vista -1G reasonable.
. DVDrw R9 comes with most pcs these days.
you also need to decide on hard disk capacity. companies like hush technologies can give you 5TB disks with their machines,if you can afford it, but do you really need it ? Are planning to store a lot of video files?
Do you need a TV card. they seem to be pretty cheap these days. But make sure you get a digital one, as analogue will be turned off very soon.
Some motherboards even come with Firewall(like nVidia 500series) on the ports you use for internet. So you are safe while you are online. And you dont't need separate software firewall. These chipsets also can cope with RAID, like if you set up a raid 5 array of disks and you lose a disk, you simply replace the disk and it rebuilds your lost data. also u get faster reads and possibly writes.
Hope this all helps.
Louis.
2006-08-08 05:51:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try this site :http://tomshardware.co.uk/index.html
i would personnally say its the best site of its type in the world, and with a little digging you should find exactly what you need
2006-08-08 01:40:07 · answer #3 · answered by jarrajackie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work in a computer shop. Tell me which are your needs and I'll tell you the exactly componence you need. valihuciu@yahoo.com
2006-08-10 03:18:38 · answer #4 · answered by valihuciu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try PCmagaize.com
2006-08-07 13:01:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yoyotech.co.uk
If you live in London and know tottenham court road, visit yoyotech there, they're very helpful...
hope it helps
2006-08-07 09:14:40 · answer #6 · answered by Jim Jones 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋