Advice needed please!

tvnutz

Hi,

My current PC is on its way out,mixture of things like getting fairly old at this point and getting hit with a virus which meant I had to wipe it but still hasn't been right since.

I am looking to get a new pc but on a very very tight budget,basically just so it runs fast. I was looking at 2 on komplett and wanted some advice because I am useless with this kind of thing-

First one here:

http://komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ZKB_02PC/01_DESKTOP/01_COMPUTE/productdetails/80001745/Packard_Bell_D3718_E3400_2GB_320GB_W7/PT_U59E2_341/default.aspx

It seems decent enough for the price,ok processor,decent hard drive (for me anyway). The graphics card is integrated so obviously not good but I have a NVidia Geforce 7900GT/GTO from my old PC that I can use and would probably do me. I am just wondering if anyone could tell me will that graphics card fit into the pc I linked to above? I remember someone saying the crad only fits in a motherboard with PCI express (or something like that) and I can't tell if the above PC has that or not.

The Second one I saw was this one:

http://komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ZKB_02PC/01_DESKTOP/01_COMPUTE/productdetails/80001279/Asrock_Ion_3D_152D_Zwart_D525_2GB_320GB_ION2_DVDRW/ION_3D_152D_2G32_B/default.aspx

Graphics seem to be better,processor not though.

Any advice or links to other systems for around the same price? about 350euro?keeping in mind I do have the Nvidia graphics card from my old pc that I can use.

Any advice appreciated! Thanks

myrscossie

HI hears one on ocuk much better spec and your card will fit in this.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-270-OK

tvnutz

Thanks for the link,and really I do not wish to be skeptical since you are the only one that replied to me when I really am computer illiterate and really need the help but its your first post and you always need to wonder about that. Any regulars have any advice? I know it is a long winded post and its the weekend but really any help would be great. Any commetns on my to links or any comments on myrscossie's link?

Thanks

cookie1977

I dont like either of the devices you've listed. The atom process or in the second one is very slow and the celeron in the first isnt much better. What will you be using it for exactly?

tvnutz

Really all I use my PC is for the internet, watching tv shows etc and using MS Office for essays, projects etc. Then the odd time I use it for games like Counter Strike or when the new Call of Duty games come out. I'm not a massive pc gamer but would like something capable to play games should I get one,if you know I what I mean! :P

T-Bird

Would it be possible to do a rebuild on your old PC? It will work much faster if you format the drive and just reinstall everything (Make sure you do a backup first).

Or try putting a linux software on it like Ubuntu.

Nothingbetter2d

give us a spec of your current "old pc"

a cheaper option for you might simply be rebuild the box part of your pc.

a new motherboard, cpu and ram bundle could be all ya need leaving you with some spare change for a better graphics card and a new hard drive.

Nothingbetter2d

for less than €350 inc shipping you could build an amd x4 quad core 4gb ddr3 ram box with a new ati 5670 1gb graphics card, new case with 500w psu, and a 500gb sata 2 hard drive with new dvd-rw & internal card reader drives. on www.hardwaresand.de

Skerries

myrscossie's pc from OCUK is what you should be looking to get
the 2 you picked are 2 generations back in terms of power and the 2nd pc you picked is basically a netbook in a case for use as a htpc