mikelfc8 Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Hi folks I am hoping some of you with a bit of tech knowledge can help me out. My old, old P4 desktop is on its last legs and I have a very limited budget to replace it. I plan to whip out the Radeon 9800 and re-use it and can do the same for the hard drive and the 2 gb of ram if necessary. My budget tops out at £60 (oh thank you wife) so I have been trawling to find something that will improve my FM experience a little. My choices seem to boil down to ex-business refurbs based on Intel Dual Core processors around the 2.00-2.66 mark (E7300 etc.) but I seem to need one in a full desktop case to accommodate my graphics card so I have to ignore all of the small form factor ones. I don't know if I should be considering Core 2, Core 2 Duo, Xeon, Pentium D or not. Please help a confused soul. Then the odd one with better seeming specs pops up - like this - Advent T9509 Desktop. Intel Core 2 Quad CPU @ 2.4GHz 2GB RAM Windows Vista 32 nVidia GeForce 8300 GS 1GB graphics card My question is how would this handle FM 2013 (I am realistic and very well aware that this is the low, low, low end of the market but all I am looking for is something that can perform a bit better than my P4 2.8)? Also, would the Advent be a better bet than one of those aforementioned business reburbs that are everywhere on ebay? As I have mentioned, both your help and your pity will be warmly received. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fairbairn Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 That's much better than my computer, and I run FM perfectly fine. At £60, it seems almost too good to be true tbh, especially considering it has Windows, though I hear Vista isn't great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelfc8 Posted June 11, 2013 Author Share Posted June 11, 2013 Thanks Dave, I'm wondering if it is too good to be true aswell but it is good to know that it would cope at least reasonably well with FM. I would certainly consider installing XP as I'm no fan of Vista. It has been pointed out to me that the Radeon 9800 that I had planned to use (if needed) in any new system would not be compatible due to the whole AGP/PCI issue so if I do not go for the Advent I will have to factor in a supercheap PCI card that can cope with FM. Food for thought - quandry - confusion - doubt. Ponder, ponder, ponder... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fairbairn Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 I'd def go for it if it's a trusted seller. Sometimes really good deals like that can come up if it's used or a former display machine or something. You really have nothing to lose as long as you're using Paypal and don't have a poor buyer rating yourself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelfc8 Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share Posted June 16, 2013 I lost out in the end, but the silver lining is that I have managed to up my budget and I'm now looking at a modest new build. Thanks for the info and insight Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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