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Recomend me a desktop

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  • jshm2
    jshm2 Posts: 475 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    A HP 8200 or Dell 720 (both are SFF) you can buy refurbs on ebay for cheap.

    Are you after a dual display for gaming, work or pleasure? If it's for gaming then you'll need to get a R9 Nano or similar low profile card.
  • bsod
    bsod Posts: 1,225 Forumite
    edited 15 December 2015 at 9:09PM
    lot of expense, clutter and trouble, just to view some share charts.

    one pc or laptop and a big tv displaying two windows does much the same for a fraction of the price
    Don't you dare criticise what you cannot understand
  • Fightsback
    Fightsback Posts: 2,504 Forumite
    edited 15 December 2015 at 9:50PM
    bsod wrote: »
    lot of expense, clutter and trouble, just to view some share charts.

    one pc or laptop and a big tv displaying two windows does much the same for a fraction of the price

    1080p = 1080p

    2 x 1080p = 2160p

    basic maths

    Do I detect multiple personality disorder as the prose style seems remarkably familiar ?

    Perhaps if I run a few posts through this I think I will find a stylometry match

    http://evllabs.com/jgaap/w/index.php/Main_Page
    Science isn't exact, it's only confidence within limits.
  • bsod
    bsod Posts: 1,225 Forumite
    edited 15 December 2015 at 9:46PM
    so basic, it didn't need stating

    use is for share charts, ebay and hotmail
    Don't you dare criticise what you cannot understand
  • Fightsback
    Fightsback Posts: 2,504 Forumite
    bsod wrote: »
    so basic, it didn't need stating
    use is for share charts, ebay and hotmail
    

    Why not save a few quid on his leccy bill at the same time ?

    microsoft-support-bombay.jpg
    Science isn't exact, it's only confidence within limits.
  • longwalks1
    longwalks1 Posts: 3,824 Forumite
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    jshm2 wrote: »
    A HP 8200 or Dell 720 (both are SFF) you can buy refurbs on ebay for cheap.

    Are you after a dual display for gaming, work or pleasure? If it's for gaming then you'll need to get a R9 Nano or similar low profile card.

    No gaming or videos, just work (live feed charts). Will still use my laptop for ebay/Hotmail/twitter/looking at pictures of naked ladies :D
  • longwalks1
    longwalks1 Posts: 3,824 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    bsod wrote: »
    lot of expense, clutter and trouble, just to view some share charts.

    one pc or laptop and a big tv displaying two windows does much the same for a fraction of the price

    Cost of 2 monitors will be covered by a good session (which 2 monitors will help with), twin monitor mount with cable tidy will look very tidy.

    Trouble, initially yes as I'm so rubbish with computers, which is why Fightsback is now at the top of my Christmas card list, and I'm thinking of asking him (a sexist assumption) to move in with me :D
  • Fightsback
    Fightsback Posts: 2,504 Forumite
    britishboy wrote: »
    Trouble, initially yes as I'm so rubbish with computers, which is why Fightsback is now at the top of my Christmas card list, and I'm thinking of asking him (a sexist assumption) to move in with me :D

    Thanks for the offer but I'll politely decline, besides I suffer from terrible flatulence.
    Science isn't exact, it's only confidence within limits.
  • longwalks1
    longwalks1 Posts: 3,824 Forumite
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    So if I buy a desktop PC, and the graphics card you specified, its just a case of fitting it? Will anything else need upgrading etc?
  • gonzo127
    gonzo127 Posts: 4,482 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    how much are you actually looking at spending?

    https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/system/INTEL_I5_SFF_CONFIGURATOR

    some reasonable customisation options

    or stupidly tiny - http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/Evolve-M80-190p2597.htm - less powerful of course, and limited to max two monitors on mini hdmi and displayport (can get a displayport to hdmi converter) and would need to add windows when customising it
    Drop a brand challenge
    on a £100 shop you might on average get 70 items save
    10p per product = £7 a week ~ £28 a month
    20p per product = £14 a week ~ £56 a month
    30p per product = £21 a week ~ £84 a month (or in other words one weeks shoping at the new price)
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