Which pc?

EveryWhere

In answer to your original question, the HP(no guarantee of it's longevity) is fine at that price, especially with the fitting of a super fast NVMe SSD drive. But that would involve some maintenance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIhqvVAhpF4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIhqvVAhpF4

That way you could keep the slow HDD within for storage with the fast NVMe SSD for day to day usage. All within budget.
If you had attempted maintenance in the past, this kind of thing would not be daunting to you.

Cisco001

What is your overall budget?

Do you need monitor?

Are you willing g to purchase from online retailer?

What is the main use of the PC?

Are you willing to buy used or refurb PC?

AndyPix

Did you read the thread ??

JJ_Egan

Argos Currys PC World not exactly well known for tech support .If i had to it would be a decent well regarded local PC shop i would use .



Will the OP be able to handle Windows 10 from the point of drivers for equipment .

Cisco001

AndyPix wrote: »

Did you read the thread ??

Yes.

But OP don't seems to make it clear.

I assume he had a monitor, but at the same time the first link with a package include new monitor.

He don't want to buy from eBay, but there are ebuyer, bt shop, scan, etc

EveryWhere

Cisco001 wrote: »

Yes.

But OP don't seems to make it clear.

I assume he had a monitor, but at the same time the first link with a package include new monitor.

He don't want to buy from eBay, but there are ebuyer, bt shop, scan, etc

Both of the choices in the first post contain a 21.5"/22" monitor.

They have some old fashioned ideas regarding from whence to purchase.

The HP would not be the worst choice as an all in one purchase for a novice, if it was fitted with a NVMe drive.
The part is really not expensive and would transform the performance of the device, bringing it right up to date.


All kinds of options, from;
https://www.mymemory.co.uk/integral-120gb-m-2-2280-pcie-nvme-ssd-drive-1400mb-s.html
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-SN750-High-Performance-Internal-Gaming/dp/B07M64R4CR/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_147_t_2
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silicon-Power-512GB-Gen3x4-Internal/dp/B07P7FPBZ5/ref=pd_sbs_147_4/261-1979222-5282809

as examples.

donnajunkie

slinga wrote: »

Looks good to me.


One thing I'd say about the 128GB SSD.
Make sure you store only essential stuff on it and check what it stores the moment you start up first time or you might find everything is stored on it and the space is filled very quickly.


I've got some stuff stored on my SSD by mistake and I can't find out how to transfer to HDD.


Someone will be on in a minute to tell me I'm not a techie etc etc.
Well I know that.

Thanks, and yeah there must be a way to do it.

donnajunkie

EveryWhere wrote: »

The real issue is not budget, but the unwillingness to do even the slightest amount of maintenace. There is little doubt that over the years, you have been offered assistance to to improve your lot.

The fact is that you could fit an SSD to any device yourself. But looking at your twelve year history, there appears to be a very low chance of that.

I know that I am being very straightforward in my replies to you and deliberately so.

You should really learn and not be afraid to do some simple maintenance, with the help of the very helpful members here...who have a wealth of experience.

You want to buy a new device with old technology.
It will definitely be a LOT better that what you are running now. But most anything will be better than what you are running now, simply because you refused to do even the slightest amount of maintenance.

No one is suggesting that you should spend £700. The problem is that your approach is totally inflexible. So our advice is moot.

So just best to let you buy whatever you choose and leave it at that.

I just dont like messing about with stuff like this. The purpose of my question here was just to ensure i don't get a model that has a known fault or a brand that is known as unreliable. Also i am not good at distinguishing between different systems and which is best. You are right i could have improved the current pc and theres a point related to that that makes some of the advice odd. For example if i had added another 1gb of ram that would have been plenty enough and yet i am being told here a new pc with double that amount of ram would run slowly. That suggests windows 10 is even more resource hungry than what vista was and that was famous for it.

googler

Kronkis wrote: »

Microsoft ceased software and Security updates for Vista in 2017 :eek:

So what? It clearly still works.

I'm using two XP machines, without issue. They still work.

donnajunkie

Cisco001 wrote: »

What is your overall budget?

Do you need monitor?

Are you willing g to purchase from online retailer?

What is the main use of the PC?

Are you willing to buy used or refurb PC?

dont really want to go over £500.
Ideally i would get a new monitor although the current one does still work, so compromising that for a slightly better pc may be the way to go. Just worried the monitor would go two months later.
Online only if its an established well known retailer. I dont really like waiting for delivery. The dell is free next day delivery which appealed.
Main use is surfing the net, watching youtube, transferring music, video, photis between devices and the system. Will eventually get a printer for it.
I would rather not buy second hand.