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What about this for a reasonably budget PC?

Any thoughts on this as a reasonably budget PC for £399 and potentially at sub £350? The key things I'm looking at are the processor and graphics and whilst I don't intend to use it for gaming etc, would it be able to run something like Train Simulator? The amount of RAM seems reasonable (to me anyway) and the fact it has a (small) SSD built in also seems good.

Any potential pitfalls or better alternatives?

http://www.very.co.uk/hp-pavilion-550-107na-amd-a10-processor-8gb-ram-1tb-hard-drive-128gb-ssd-desktop-base-unit-with-amd-radeon-r5-330-2gb-ddr3-graphics-and-optional-1-years-microsoft-office-365-personal/1600034071.prd
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  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,716 Forumite
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    Spec is OK for that game, way OTT in fact. But its just too much money...

    Small SSD is a PITA when you get games that insists on being installed on the root drive.
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  • Cisco001
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    £400 is not a reasonable budget for PC gaming machine.
    If you need SSD, I would say £550+ is a decent budget...
    A 120GB SSD drive is probably about £40...

    If your budget is £400.
    This is what I would go for...
    http://www.box.co.uk/Cube_Apollo_Gaming_PC_Pentium_Skylake_wi_1832445.html
  • forgotmyname
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    edited 1 January 2016 at 12:10PM
    Its not exactly a gaming PC though Train SIM.. The PC above includes an SSD and way over the spec they require already without having to spend another £150.

    Link to box doesnt work. spaces added to the URL

    is that G4400 actually better than the A10?
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  • GunJack
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    is that G4400 actually better than the A10?

    In a word, no. The A10-7800 benchmarks at approx. 5200, the G4400 only at 3800
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  • getmore4less
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    if the specs are OOT for that level of game probably OTT for most other tasks.

    Why spend so much?
  • Fightsback
    Fightsback Posts: 2,504 Forumite
    edited 2 January 2016 at 12:25PM
    128gb SSDs tend to be slow (for an SSD) and too small IMO, better off looking for a machine without an SSD and add your own later.

    I'd possibly look at something like this for £230 to use a base and add my own SSD, graphics card and extra RAM:

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