PC Base, Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2Ghz, 1 Gb Ram, 250 Gb HDD, Vista Home Prem, Refurb, 12 Mths Warranty, £159.99 Del @Currys

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Documented General Info:

Processor
• LGA775 socket for latest Intel Core 2 Duo / Pentium D / Pentium 4 / Celeron D processor
• FSB 1066/800/533 MHz
• Support Hyper-Threading Technology

Chipset
• Intel® 945GC & ICH7
• North Bridge: Intel® 945GC
• South Bridge: Intel® ICH7

Memory
• Dual-channel DDR2 memory architecture
• 2 x 240-pin DDR DIMM socket support up to 2 GB
• Support DDR2 667/533/400 DDR2 SDRAM

Audio
• Realtek ALC655 6-channel audio CODEC (optional)
• Realtek ALC883 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio codec

Onboard I/O Connectors
• Supported by Intel®ICH7
- 2 x Ultra DMA100/66 devices
- 4 x Serial ATA2 devices

Peripheral Interface [Internal/Rear Panel]
1 x 24-pin ATX Power Supply connector
1 x 4-pin ATX 12V connector
1 x FDD connector
1 x IDE connector
4 x Serial ATA connectors
2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB Ports
1 x SPDIF out header
1 x SPDIF in header
1 x Front panel switch/LED header
1 x Front panel audio header
1 x IrDA for SIR header
1 x Buzzer
AUX-in header
CPUFAN/SYSFAN connectors

1 x PS/2 keyboard & PS/2 mouse connectors
1 x Parallel port (LPT1)
1 x Serial port (COM1)
1 x VGA port
4 x USB ports
1 x LAN port
1 x Audio port (Line-in,4x Line-out, Mic_in)

Expansion Slots
• 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
• 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
• 2 x PCI slots

BIOS
• Award BIOS with 4Mb Flash ROM
• Supports Plug and Play 1.0A, APM 1.2, Multi Boot, DMI
• Supports ACPI revision 1.0 specification

Onboard LAN
• Realtek RTL8110SC Giga LAN Controller
• Realtek RTL8100C 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Controller(optional)

Video
• Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 ( GMA950 )

Form Factor
microATX (9.60 inches by 9.60 inches [244 millimeters by 244 millimeters])

Other
• Only A2 chipset supports FSB1066 MHz, and Memory DDR2 667

For more info on this motherboard, download the manual in the download section.

nice find

it's an EMACHINES E4264, good find

If you want a basic machine for internet, email etc, it looks good value to me, but what do the experts think?

In this state I would agree, for anything more i.e games, a new PSU, RAM and graphics card are a prerequisite. The Mobo is capable upto 1066fsb

Fantastic spec for the price, voted hot.

Better to get this from Dixons if you want a monitor aswell...
http://www.dixons.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/538889

20" LG for £100

Or cheaper at pcworld after the 5% voucher code!

Thanks Gary_rip the LG monitor looks good

Unfortunately the 5% at PC World has expired

yeah same price at pc world, i wish i had the money!.

Would you be able to use that monitor as a tv?



Sorry OP dont mean to hijack your thread.. great deal btw

No problem, I think that LG monitor only has VGA input, so you would need some sort of a vga to scart adapter, but I'm not an expert in this field sorry.

hmmm its ok but the CPU looks like it's being discountinuted i fix computers as a full time job and also do it at weekends and ive seen several E machines power supplys fail so I presume they are fairly cheap components. I guess you could always buy it and break it to put on ebay..Vista worth £60 and the CPU maybe worth £40 dont really see thats its worth £160 you could build a better one for about £260 and infact I have via scan and it;s not like it's even new kit I think you will be getting what you pay for here somtimes its better to pay a bit extra because you will get better components thats my honest opinion anyway.

I agree the PSU may be a weak link in this machine if components are added to it. I myself would probably upgrade the PSU anyway.

Where did you get £260 from? And please give examples for building the same base unit from the original cost of £159.99 quoted in the original deal please

any reviews?