[Gllug] Cheap modernish Desktop form factor PCs & HD brands?

[James Laver]

On 22 Aug 2009, at 11:27, Steve Mynott wrote:
>
> Now I'd quite like a bottom range Dual Core or at least AMD64 arch.
> (I don't care whether it's Intel or AMD although CPU virtualisation
> support would be nice).  Does anyone know whether these have filtered
> down to being really cheap second hand yet?  Or any suggestions for
> similar kit?

You can get plenty of AMD kit quite cheaply second hand. Queensway  
computer market is probably a good start (because it's full of old  
crap).

> Also for HD brands?  I'm always a bit paranoid about disk failures
> and would rather pay more for a longer warranty and/or Seagate?

I'm hoping you misspelled 'Western Digital'. Especially since the  
Seagate/Maxtor merger.

--James
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