Which PC to buy?

spaceboy

My old core 2 duo packed in and I'm looking for a replacement, preferable small, like a Gigabyte Brix or a NUC. Can anyone recommend one? I'm thing an i3 processor would be fine for my needs. The Fujitsu Espiimo Q556 is one I've also been looking at. Quietness is important to me, I don't like noisy fans.

prosaver

go on gumtree loads of bargains

Please_change_username_2

I'm no expert but having had Toshiba and HP laptops which were OK I now have a Samsung and am very happy with it. When it needs replacing I'll definitely get another Samsung. It's quiet and was reasonably priced. You might want to see what they have.
Good luck.

pappa_golf

ok , i3 nuc , "barbone" at £58 now add 16g memory , a 128g M.2 card , a 2 t hard drive and a copy of windows 10


yes you now have a nice usable machine


http://www.icubes.co.uk/11/686/Configurator.aspx


£643.80

now , go back on ebay and consider not owning a nuc

boliston

I find that replacing the stock fans on a pc often helps with fan noise as the speed can be varied on better quality fans (about £10 for a good fan) but stock fans are often fixed speed

spaceboy

pappa_golf wrote: »

ok , i3 nuc , "barbone" at £58 now add 16g memory , a 128g M.2 card , a 2 t hard drive and a copy of windows 10


yes you now have a nice usable machine


http://www.icubes.co.uk/11/686/Configurator.aspx


£643.80

now , go back on ebay and consider not owning a nuc

Why would I need 16gb ram? And I have hard drives from my old PC I can use.

pappa_golf

ALL cpu fans that have 3 wires (inc stock ones) are adjustable IF the motherboard maker enables this option


the makers of CPUs (intel/AMD) spend millions of £ designing a fan/heatsink unit that will cope perfectly with the CPU they are supplied with


unless you are overclocking or have space restraints in a case the STANDARD fan/heatsink will be adequate.


most noisy PCs are ones that users have fitted "fancy" CPU fan/heatsink assemblies and have had to revert to about 5 case fans to help keep the heat down


in my case a sub miniature "sharkoon" case http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00MLU5ZQQ?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00 with a Pentium g3258 overclocked to 4.3 g , std fan and heatsink works great

pappa_golf

spaceboy wrote: »

Why would I need 16gb ram? And I have hard drives from my old PC I can use.

your drive from your old machine is what size ? and judging by the age of your unit , sata ?


the new Nucs use a M.2 card as an addition to a std drive , those are like a cut down SSD


believe my , 16g of memory is a help on a fairly low output CPU

Justice13075

If you just want to surf the internet do some office work and emails why would you need a bell's and whistle computer. you can get new computers for between £120 & £200 don't waist your money on an expensive one.

pappa_golf

Justice13075 wrote: »

If you just want to surf the internet do some office work and emails why would you need a bell's and whistle computer. you can get new computers for between £120 & £200 don't waist your money on an expensive one.

true , but the OP wants a small PC

spaceboy

Justice13075 wrote: »

If you just want to surf the internet do some office work and emails why would you need a bell's and whistle computer. you can get new computers for between £120 & £200 don't waist your money on an expensive one.

Where can you get one for that price?