UK's Top 5 PC Desktops Under £500 (May 2009)
£500 can buy a surprising amount of computing power. Prices have been falling like there's no tomorrow and hardware manufacturers have continued to introduce new technologies at breakneck speeds even as the recession deepens.
Today, we evaluate five systems, four of which can be readily purchased either online or from a high street store with the fifth one being build with parts purchased from online shops.
Mesh Computer
The Mesh Nero 9850HD is an extraordinary well configured computer and at this price, one could have expected some corners to be cut. Alas, we couldn't find any significant ones.
Available at Comet for £499, the 9850HD comes with an AMD Phenom processor, the 9850, which has four cores running concurrently at 2.5GHz with 4MB L2 cache. Furthermore, there's also 4GB RAM, available as two 2GB modules.
Storagewise, Mesh has judiciously placed a 500GB hard disk drive with 16MB Buffer, with a Dual Layer Samsung DVD writer which should prove to be adequate for most tasks.
Other notable specs include an interesting microATX Asus motherboard which provides with 7.1 HD Audio capabilities as well as an HDMI output and other usual features.
The rest of the feature list is enticing as well. You get Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit, a rather surprising oddity, a 22-inch IIyama monitor capable of displaying 1920x1080 pixels and powered by a Nvidia Geforce GPU.
Mesh Computers also generoulsy threw in a Logitech Keyboard and Optical Mouse, Cyberlink's award winning video editing suite, a card reader, a Gigabit Ethernet port and 12 (yes 12) USB ports. The system comes with a one year onsite warranty.
You can buy it at Comet online.
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