I own a desktop, laptop and mobile phone.
For me, the desktop wins hands down. For browsing and work, the phone and laptop don't even come close.
Laptops are compromised when it comes to outright power. And phones/tablets, more so.
When I use a laptop for the same task as on my desktop, it feels like I am working with 1 arm tied behind my back.

The disadvantage of a desktop though, is the lack of portability, but if you don't mind being stuck to a desk/chair, then nothing comes remotely close to the usability of a desktop.

What a brilliant deal. Yes its a refurbished and the processor is a bit Huhmmmmmm but it's still faster than 99% of computer users.
Have some heat

You could write a list about what it cant or won't be able to do, but at this money it's cheaper than most tablets, faster, will last longer and won't get a cracked screen. Great deal. Nothing wrong with zoostorm BTW, been around forever.

Over 100 metres I would leave it for dust. :stuck_out_tongue:

What a brilliant deal. Yes its a refurbished and the processor is a bit Huhmmmmmm but it's still faster than 99% of computer users.
Have some heat

The only problem with it is the fact that it is a Zoostorm and they tend to be faulty.

Okay for modern gaming?

You could write a list about what it cant or won't be able to do, but at this money it's cheaper than most tablets, faster, will last longer and won't get a cracked screen. Great deal. Nothing wrong with zoostorm BTW, been around forever.

Hardly. It may be towards the bottom of the range for desktop processors but it's similar power to a laptop i5 like a 5200U. There's plenty of power there.

I'd have said the main downside is that the monitor isn't 1600x900 as you'd expect at 19" but only 1366x768 so not ideal if your desk doesn't have much depth to it.

CPU bench 3466 - which is perfectly good for everyday tasks, watching iPlayer etc

spec reasonable

not for me but with the monitor worth maybe £60, you're getting a fairly cheap refurb PC

For a basic home PC this is a bargain.

£200 for a full home computer setup is a great deal but I feel like nowadays most people don't have the patience, time or desire to sit at a desk and "compute" so will want a laptop. Those who do have the desire will most likely already have dual screens and keyboard so would be better off with a PC only deal.

Tis a good deal, if anyone wants an i5 small form desktop there's a £200 i5 Zoostorm desktop on Zoostorm outlet on ebay LINK but no monitor included. HUKD won't allow this deal to be posted as the seller has less than 1000 feedback.

could you easily stick a good graphics card in this later on to play new games ??

​what modern games are you referring to? without a dedicated graphics card this will struggle badly on anything even ps3 games will need to be on low of imagine ?

In this context 'you could write a long list...' means 'one could write a long list..'.
It's a general 'you'. It's not referring to you in particular.

Over 100 metres I would leave it for dust. :stuck_out_tongue:

​I think GTA V at 720p and settings on medium/low could get you around 60fps.

​Oh......

​https://youtu.be/EnseUqj5hcU

I'm shocked it even runs without a GPU, but it is on a much lower fps than you suggested and doesn't look great but is very playable

can we get a gtx 750ti in it? i have that in my i5 small form factor pc and it rocks. then this is a pretty good set up!

but you're being very silly

CPU bench 3466 means this is actually a perfectly fast computer - faster than most computers out there

sure - if you want to pay silly money - you can get faster

my PC right now runs at CPU bench 6000 - not doing a cockerel thrust here as I know that's peanuts vs the best out there

but most people have a tootling along sort of PC or laptop & this one beats them hollow

​Agreed, GTA V is playable on this computer!

You do realise that you can plug a laptop into a tv/monitor and/or mouse, right?

No, he's right, it would also be no match for me at kickboxing....I'm much faster....

The CPU is gank. Just dual core without hyperthreading, means if you pair it with a decent video card. The game may not run or will run at a substantially reduced rate. quad core with HT is usually a nice sweet spot.
Using cpubench isn't an accurate summary for how fast a cpu is
it has a nice upgrade path for the cpu though, a nice i5 or meatier i7 when funds allow. Not sure of any overclocking ability though.

They also have the same one without the monitor for £135 but the case looks different (cos it is):laughing:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zoostorm-7250-0089-Desktop-PC-Intel-Pentium-8GB-RAM-1TB-HDD-Windows-10-/401176741752?hash=item5d67ff4778:g:e9gAAOSwdzVXvGUK

I own a desktop, laptop and mobile phone.
For me, the desktop wins hands down. For browsing and work, the phone and laptop don't even come close.
Laptops are compromised when it comes to outright power. And phones/tablets, more so.
When I use a laptop for the same task as on my desktop, it feels like I am working with 1 arm tied behind my back.

The disadvantage of a desktop though, is the lack of portability, but if you don't mind being stuck to a desk/chair, then nothing comes remotely close to the usability of a desktop.

Depends what kind of laptop you have, mine would be a lot faster than this desktop but it was a lot more expensive too!

Shame I can't buy this without the monitor.

Same spec without monitor for 135? http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zoostorm-7250-0089-Desktop-PC-Intel-Pentium-8GB-RAM-1TB-HDD-Windows-10-/401176741752?nav=SEARCH

No. I had a g3258 over clocked and frame rate still stuttered even on lowest settings with my 750ti. Upgraded to a cheap 4460 and buttery smooth. To be fair it was the only game at the time that really needed 4 threads.

This PC is a real bargain on its own without the monitor.Tesco on ebay were selling this item at double the price last week.Be quick 6 only left.

Heat added for a decent Desktop :smile::smile::smile:

I'd go for the without monitor and a full HD monitor from ebuyer, yes it's about a tenner more but I massively prefer full HD, struggle with my laptop's lower res on everything from excel, word, PowerPoint and just browsing...

I'm still using a Dell Vostro 200 E6550 Core 2 Duo@ 2.33Ghz (3GB) from 2007, running Vista.

Would this be a significant improvement over that? It still runs okay although is flagging a little...

Is this good enough to play world of warcraft and star wars the old republic

Just for reference, that's incorrect.

If it's the official merchant and merchant it's already on HUKD then fine to be posted :smiley:

If unsure, feel free to drop the team a PM.

Thanks

Who expired this? This item is still availble!

Hi, I did post that deal on here and a mod said it wasn't allowed as the seller (apparently Zoo storms official outlet on ebay from what I can see as they have a zoostorm contact email address but maybe it's a reseller) only has about 250 feedbacks and HUKD require 1000 I believe? Message came from Syzable, and I can understand not allowing ebay sellers with low feedback.

The pc uses a 1150 motherboard, supports many cpu types.
List here http://www.cpubenchmark.net/socketType.html#id7
Would recommend a quad core i5, i7 is ovberkill for this pc
it'll support any GPU as long as the power supply is powerful enough. They're usually around 300 watts, maybe 350. You could pair with a gtx 950 or a radeon 460 no problems
Can't see any info about a hdmi port... hard to find out to

Personally I couldn't dream of losing my PC but I know that many people are getting to the point where they almost exclusively use a phone/tablet and the PC isn't getting switched on. Shame IMO but that's what people like! Relative is 24 and only owns a (good) phone!

Do these have a DVD burner? Can't seem to find any info at all!