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Hotshot2005(Posted 2012) [#1]
A man selling Desktop PC Phenom Quad Core

It got

Phenom Quad Core 3GHZ
4gb Ram
ATI 4890
500GB 7200RM HARD DRIVE(32MB Cache)

He is selling for £230

Should I get it or Build it myself?


JBR(Posted 2012) [#2]
What is the OS?

If you do a self build it would cost £70-£80 for Windows 7 OEM.

Something to consider.

Jim


GfK(Posted 2012) [#3]
It's not bad, considering the graphics card alone cost that when it first appeared. I'd be wary of past overclocking, though, and I'd never put a lot of faith in a second hand hard drive.

[edit] For the same money, I bought this a couple of months ago (though, I got 8GB RAM in total as it's dirt cheap right now) and use it with a 120GB OCZ SSD that I already had.

Last edited 2012


Hotshot2005(Posted 2012) [#4]
What is the OS? 64Bit Window 7

Good PC Spec GFK :)

Is there different between i5(3.1GHZ Quadcore) and i7(3.4GHZ Quadcore)?


xlsior(Posted 2012) [#5]
Aside from the slightly higher clockspeed, the i7 support shyperthreading while the i5 does not.

(i5 has 4 cores, 4 threads. The i7 has 4 cores, 8 threads)
Whether that makes any difference greatly depends on the software you're running, for certain programs hyperthreading can make a noticable difference, while you won't notice it at all for other programs.