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Dell - Inspiron 530
Price: £359
The Inspiron 530 is a great budget system which boasts enough power to run office applications with ease. Coming from Dell you can be sure of excellent build quality and design.
2GHz processor, 17 inch widescreen and 320GB of hard disk space makes the Inspiron 530 great value for the price
Computer Informationread more...The Intel Dual Core processor is good for multi-tasking so you can play your music, run office applications and browse the internet at leasure. The 17 inch widescreen monitor are one of the best quality monitors on the market and in a silver finish are very stylish. This system sports 320GB of hard drive space which is very good for a budget system and this will be absolutely plenty of space for loads of video and music files.
The Intel integrated graphics card limits this system to windows applications but if you have a bit of exta cash then upgrade the graphics card and processor and you will have an all round system for a very good price.
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Office, Internet & E-mail 
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Reasonable Media Edit Reasonable Gaming & Video Edit 
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Back to the topVideo Integrated Intel GFX Media Accelerator 3100 Processor Type Intel Dual Core E2180 Processor Speed 2.0GHz Memory 1GB Hard Drive Size 320GB Screen Size 17 inch Widescreen Operating System Windows Vista Home Basic Recommended Upgrade Processor & Graphics card Phillips - Phillips HEPC 7500
Price: £369
The Phillips HEPC 7500 computer is a small form computer which is almost one third the usual size of a desktop computer. This makes the Phillips HEPC ideal for use where you have limited space or in living rooms as a multimedia PC.
This small PC is ideal for use as a home entertainment system especially with the TV Tuner included
Computer Informationread more...The Intel Dual Core processor and 1GB of memory means that this computer will be perfect for running any office or multimedia applications. To support the multimedia side this computer also incorporates a Digital TV tuner for watching and recording TV on to the computer. With a 160GB hard disk and DVD writer you will have enough storage media to record plenty of your favourite TV programs to the PC.
The Intel graphics card is more than adequate for all the windows and media tasks you may wish to run but it will struggle with the newest computer games. The 19 inch widescreen monitor ensures you will be able to watch TV, video files and view your pictures in excellent quality.
We would recommend this computer for anyone looking for a home PC which is small and designed primarily for multimedia entertainment. Purchasing an external hard disk drive may be worthwhile so that you never run out of storage space.
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Office, Internet & E-mail Good Media Good Media Edit Not Suitable Gaming & Video Edit Not Suitable
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Back to the topVideo Intel 945 Graphics Processor Type Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5250 Processor Speed 1.60GHz Memory 1GB Hard Drive Size 160GB Screen Size 19inch Widescreen Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium Recommended Upgrade Hard Disk Compaq - Presario SR5219
Price: £379
The Presario is a well balanced budget system that includes a 19 inch widescreen monitor for less than £400.
AMD Athlon processor keeps costs to a minimum
Computer Informationread more...The AMD Athlon processor and 1GB of memory is more than adequate to run windows applications like internet browsing, e-mail and office. This computer will also be able to cope with photo editing tasks as well as playing any video and music files.
Geforce graphics card and 250GB hard drive for your media needs
The 128mb Geforce graphics card will be good for displaying windows Vista with the Aero graphical interface, however it will struggle with more complex tasks like gaming or video editing. The 250GB hard drive will be enough for a large number of video, music and photo files. The addition of the 19 inch monitor makes this a very good price for a budget desktop PC.
This desktop computer is an ideal choice for anyone looking for a home computer that will do internet, work, e-mail and media very well for an exceptionally low price.
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Back to the topVideo 128mb Nvidia Geforce 6150 Processor Type AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Processor Speed 2.3Ghz Memory 1GB Hard Drive Size 250GB Screen Size 19 inch Widescreen Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium Recommended Upgrade Not Applicable Mesh - Elite M2180
Price: £398
The Mesh Elite M2180 is the ultimate budget PC. Mesh have crammed in loads of power and storage space in to the M2180 by cutting out unnecessary bumph that other computers come with.
The M2180 will be ideal for anyone looking for a family or work computer for the home without spending any money on anything that is unnecessary for what you need.An impressive Intel Dual core processor and large 4GB of memory making the M2180 ideal for any task
Computer Informationread more...With an Intel Dual core processor running at 2.0GHz and a huge 4GB of memory this computer will have absolutely no trouble at all running media, office, internet and e-mail applications.
This machine comes with Windows XP which saves you a significant amount but do not be worried about falling behind the times in the future. Windows XP is just as good as Vista and is far less demanding on computers which means the Mesh M2180 will run brilliantly. Vista is also seen as a stop gap product from Microsoft so you do not have to worry about paying extra to get Vista in a few years time as XP will easily last until the next generation of operating systems.
The M2180 only comes with an integrated graphics and again this is only to keep costs down, especially when this computer is aimed at users who do not need huge amounts of graphical power. For media the 19 inch widescreen will be good for viewing photos and movies whilst the 250GB hard disk will be plenty of space for loads of photo, movie and office files.
The Mesh M2180 is optimized to save you as much money as possible whilst providing more than enough power and features to ensure that it will be a great office and multimedia PC. For the price this is a fantastic offer. If you do fancy spending a bit more then upgrade the graphics card and this computer will be capable of playing the newest computer games to a reasonable level of graphical detail.Usage:
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Back to the topVideo 128MB Integrated On-board Graphics Processor Type IntelŪ PentiumŪ E2180 Dual Core Processor Speed 2.0GHz Memory 4GB Hard Drive Size 250GB Screen Size 19 inch widescreen Operating System Windows XP Home Recommended Upgrade Graphics Card Acer - Aspire M1100
Price: £399
The Aspire M1100 is a good value desktop computer which is ideal as a household PC. It can perform the common tasks like internet browsing, office applications and playing music and video media.
CPU & Memory: Good 2.1GHz Dual core and 1Gb memory
Computer Informationread more...The Dual Core Athlon processor is more than capable of running any application and along with the 1GB of memory you will be able to multi task between programs.
Media: Ample 160GB hard drive and 19 inch widescreen
The 160GB hard disk will be plenty of space for your applications and any music or video media which will also look great on the 19 inch widescreen monitor that comes with this system. In all this system will suit most home users that require a PC for working, internet and media.
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Back to the topVideo ATI Radeon XPRESS 1200 Processor Type AMD Athlon 64 Dual Core 4000 Processor Speed 2.1GHZ Memory 1GB Hard Drive Size 160GB Screen Size 19 inch Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium Recommended Upgrade Memory Packard Bell - Packard Bell 2414 Desktop
Price: £499
The Packard Bell 2414 desktop computer is designed to be a home workhorse that can accomplish any taks swiftly and reliably whilst offering base components that will last well for years to come.
The Intel Quad Core processor running at 2.40GHz is a surprise inclusion in a desktop that costs less than £500 and will be an excellent choice for the future
Computer Informationread more...The Packard Bell 2414 has very high specification main components that are a rather suprising find in a desktop PC under £500. The Quad Core Intel processor and large 3GB of memory are excellent components at this price and they will ensure that this computer will handle any applications easily, be it now or three or four years in to the future. The Geforce 7050 graphics card is disappointing but this is where the computer makes it sacrafice to keep the costs to a minimum. This graphics card will only be a problem if you are wishing to play graphically intensive computer games, for everything else it should cope adequately.
A 320GB hard disk drive will provide plenty of space for all your media files and the 20" widescreen is a good size for this price
For your media needs there is a 320GB hard disk drive which should be more than enough storage space for most users as you will be able to fit thousands of music, photo and video files on to this machine. The 20 inch widescreen is also an impressive addition to this setup and will give you excellent clarity on any movie, photo or office applications.
The Packard Bell 2414 is a very high specification machine for an exceptionally low price. It will deal with almost any task with ease thanks to the very powerful processor and large amount of memory. We would recommend upgrading the graphics card if you wish to play games or if you want to turn this computer in to an ultimate multi media system then a larger screen and TV tuner would be excellent choices. The Quad core processor means that this PC will last well in to the future without the need for major upgrades.
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Back to the topVideo 256MB nVidia GeForce 7050 Graphics Processor Type Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processorer Processor Speed 2.40GHz Memory 3GB Hard Drive Size 320GB Screen Size 20 inch Widescreen Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium Recommended Upgrade Graphics card or monitor
