Acer Aspire T135 - Sempron 3100+ 1.8 GHz

Advantages Cheap, Powerful Budget Computer
Disadvantages Hard Drive can be a bit noisy

.... The computer can easily handle powerful packages such as photoshop cs2, although i would reccomend closing other applications to be safe, as i sometimes got warnings about the virtual memory when i was editing and my antivirus software was scanning or some other cpu-intensive activity was taking place. The case temperature does get very hot, so i installed two 8cm case fans in order to create some airflow. This brought the case temperature down by 10deg. and the cpu temperature dropped by 5 degrees (celsius). I think this is the limit to the Power supply though; adding anything else to the pc would probably kill it off but it's surviving for now. The computer is very speedy and easy to set up. I managed to buy a 17" TFT monitor off a mate for £40 so in all my pc cost £305 (including gfx card and fans), and it's great value for the price. Acer... Read review