Looking for advice again . New PC

[user 28595]

The HP suggested by Steps will be very snappy, but you can't get an external disk and still slip under budget.

Pretty much any i5 with 8GB RAM will be good.

The external disk for backup is cheap insurance, and the USB stick can be used as a recovery / boot device should you ever need to recover from complete failure.

cheers, Paul

 

[Evans Electric]

Is  i5  the processing power of the Intel or whatever ?    

I'm learning stuff here so I'm hanging back with the purchase at the moment.

 

[Murdoch]

Yes Intel i5 with minimum 8 GB ram is your starting spec....

How old is your current pc?

I kept my last one for 5 years, but only replaced it add I wanted Windows 7 again and wasn't sure how much longer it will be available!

I'm an HP fan. Spares are easy to get, should you need them...

My Old i5 laptop will be looking for a new home soon if you are interested.

 

[user 28595]

i3/i5 is the CPU. These are current generation fast CPUs with the i5 generally having better performance than an i3.

Murdoch's offer looks appealing if you are on a budget - you can always plug in a keyboard and monitor.

cheers, Paul

 

[Evans Electric]

Yes Intel i5 with minimum 8 GB ram is your starting spec....

How old is your current pc?   About 12 years .

I kept my last one for 5 years, but only replaced it add I wanted Windows 7 again and wasn't sure how much longer it will be available!

I'm an HP fan. Spares are easy to get, should you need them...

My Old i5 laptop will be looking for a new home soon if you are interested.     Thank you but the Missus now has a tablet & I prefer the larger screen with my eyesight . 

 

[Doc Hudson]

If you are just doing basic word processing and spreadsheets, with average internet surfing and shopping, Windows 10 will run in a usable manner on a relatively low spec machine. But you have to consider the expected life of your new computer and what updates and software changes are likely over its lifespan. If you buy a PC that can only just work at todays standards, its very probable that in two years it will be struggling. Windows 10 seems to be pre-set to do automatic updates itself. Lots of applications now are 'Cloud based' so they are frequently uploading or downloading your stuff from an internet server in a country that could be almost anywhere. These things plus other applications will soon start to slow down you computer if it has limited RAM to crunch these programs. Decide your PC budget, then go out and buy the best you can for your money.

Doc H.

 

[Evans Electric]

That is my reasoning  Doc but thanks anyway .  I have a constant warning that Vista & Chrome are NOT suppported anymore and I think you have it exactly right ....if you don't keep moving on with computing you become vulnerable to a cyber attack .  

I find now that  Firefox & Chrome suffer a lot from "Not responding " ....try clicking and it just "Greys" out  while you are waiting to do banking or type an invoice .

 

[Blue Duck]

It's not just the little guy with the old pc that's vulnerable.

 

[steptoe]

It's not just the little guy with the old pc that's vulnerable.

What gets me, and I know I'm a cantankerous old bastard, I would pay anyone that can't even right the date in the proper format,!!!!!   

 

[OnOff]

Costco have an 8GB 1TB Asus for £349 delivered but it's Celeron as opposed to i* Don't know what they're like as a make.

The oddity is it's 17.3" screen. A boon if sat at a desk but I'm my experience can be a tad heavy on your lap.

http://m.costco.co.uk//view/p/asus-x751sa-ty068t-intel-celeron-n3050-8gb-ram-1tb-hard-drive-173-inch-notebook-234748

 

[user 28595]

They also have one that's bang on the money.

http://www.costco.co.uk/view/p/hp-260-p135na-intel-core-i3-8gb-ram-1tb-hard-drive-slimline-desktop-229502

cheers, Paul

 

[OnOff]

How about this?

http://compadvance.co.uk/en/item/471975/HP-Pavilion-550-251na?gclid=COLruengiNQCFQWVGwodP2IDwg

Never heard of "HP Renew".

 

[Lurch]

I would pay anyone that can't even right the date in the proper format,!!!!!   

I know what some of that is supposed to mean, I can tell you are very particular about spelling and formatting!

I'm with you (I think) ISO8601 FTW!

 

[steptoe]

I know what some of that is supposed to mean, I can tell you are very particular about spelling and formatting!

I'm with you (I think) ISO8601 FTW!

:Blushing

Erm,

Alcohol and autospell, never a good combination. 

:coat

 

[Evans Electric]

Still looking !   I see what I now feel is the spec I need on Amazon but notice much confusion between "New"  and  " Refurbished/ remanufacturered "  

Looking  HP  Elite 8100   i5 3.20Ghz  x  8GB  x 1TB x wiFi x DVDRW x Win10 .

Refurbished offered for sale @  £369.00     or  new @  £369.00   Click on "New"  and its not new but refurbed .   So thats put me off ,  rather buy new . 

While I'm back on ....what does  256GB SSD  mean by the way ? 

 

[bluetobits]

Solid State Drive i believe

 

[user 28595]

Refurb is fine if it has a 12 month warranty - the same as a new PC.

If it has an SSD I'd buy it with a 3 month warranty - it'll fly, metaphorically speaking.

An SSD is an extremely fast disk, but they are more expensive than a traditional hard disk - a 1TB hard disk is about the same price as a 120GB SSD.

cheers, Paul

 

[OnOff]

Linux on an SSD NOW that'll fly!

 

[steptoe]

Linux on an SSD NOW that'll fly!

Bloody hell,!

Just how good would xubuntu be on an i5 with 8G and an SSD,!!!? 

You'd have to chain it down,,,,

I have Ubuntu on my lads PC, an i3 with 8G and normal 1TB HDD and it is blisteringly fast, 

 

[phil d]

What is this Ubuntu of which you speak?, I have a couple of lappys one running windows 8 and the other windows 10, they both ran fine for a few months then ran very slow, the 8 keeps stopping and a comment comes up "explorer has stopped due to a long running script", what! I've next to nothing on either of them so why the problems, they have anti virus and are defragged regularly, not that they really need it. I just feel as though MS want you to buy a new computer every year.