New pc

loulou41

Intend to replace 7 yrs old dell inspiring 660 running windows 7 to. Vostro. Pl see specifications below. It is just over £500. Is this a good buy, light user mainly browsing and watching Netflix. Only use desktop for online banking mostly use iPad daily. Any other brand will but with built in wireless, 8gb and 254 ssd. Tower only as will be using old dell monitor. Thanks

Dell Vostro 3470 Core i5-8400 8GB 256GB SSD Windows 10 Pro Desktop PC

Smellyonion

It seems capable. But I wouldn't say worth it all for 500 just for the tower.
The CPU is almost 3 years old now. You should for at least a 9 series.

dipsomaniac

Just try installing a fresh copy of win10 before buying a new pc. It shouldn't cost anything so nothing to lose

mksysb

Or better still try linux on there (xubuntu) It'll do everything you want, but will do it much faster.

Cisco001

What is the full spec of current PC?

I guess problem can be solve by adding extra RAM, and get Windows 10 install on new SSD.

loulou41

Memory 4 gb and disk drive 500 gb. Is it worth upgrading? Roughly how much will it cost done by a professional? Newbie, clueless and oldie so out of question of trying to diy. Thanks

Cisco001

Here are some alternative you could consider for £510. This should have better upgrade ability than dell

https://www.novatech.co.uk/pc/range/novatechlifenti345.html?s=PC-2549HP

Cisco001

loulou41 wrote: »

Memory 4 gb and disk drive 500 gb. Is it worth upgrading? Roughly how much will it cost done by a professional? Newbie, clueless and oldie so out of question of trying to diy. Thanks

I don't know if you have existing 1 stick RAM or 2 stick.
But adding 4GB RAM to make it to 6GB or 8GB would help
https://uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=smem9qai&categoryName=memory-desktop-ddr3&superCatName=computing&title=4-gb-pc12800-ddr3-1600mhz-240-pin-memory

Then purchase 480GB SSD to replace your existing HDD
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07G3KGYZQ/?!!!!!pcp0f-21

Get a 8GB or above USB and create a bootable windows 10 drive and install it.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

If your existing PC is tower, you could keep your existing HDD as secondary storage. Obviously, you would need a spare sata cable and some screws for PC case.
Alternatively, you could get a 3.5" HDD case or docking station if you want to have spare storage.

EveryWhere

loulou41 wrote: »

Memory 4 gb and disk drive 500 gb. Is it worth upgrading? Roughly how much will it cost done by a professional? Newbie, clueless and oldie so out of question of trying to diy. Thanks

Why make such a crazy statement? Please stop equating old with incompetent.

It is very easy to upgrade PCs yourself. They are designed to be user upgrade-able. Unless you have some kind of physical impairment, you most certainly can do it yourself.

As a member from 2006, you are not a Newbie.

What I suggest, is that you at least make an attempt to upgrade for yourself. If you then feel it is beyond you, there will be no harm done and you can take it to a local to be done for you.
But I'm sure you can do it yourself. Especially, as I know I have dealt with your PC issues in the past.

EveryWhere

loulou41 wrote: »

Memory 4 gb and disk drive 500 gb. Is it worth upgrading? Roughly how much will it cost done by a professional? Newbie, clueless and oldie so out of question of trying to diy. Thanks

That PC is almost like new. It just needs a swap to a solid state drive, from the current old and slow magnetic spinning disc drive.
It's a quick and easy job to switch to a solid state drive. Perhaps five minutes of labour.

The bit that actually takes the time is reinstalling programs if you choose to not clone the drive. I recommend that you do not.
The good thing about installing Windows 10 these days, is that you often do not have to concern yourself with the separate installation of Drivers. So you can be up and running within thirty minutes if you have everything prepared and ready to go.

You don't need to have any knowledge and experience. Just the ability to follow step by step instruction.

First step is to give us the Service Tag or Express Code; https://www.dell.com/support/home/uk/en/ukbsdt1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDPVSHHN-SY

EveryWhere

Cisco001 wrote: »

I don't know if you have existing 1 stick RAM or 2 stick.
But adding 4GB RAM to make it to 4GB or 8GB would help
https://uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=smem9qai&categoryName=memory-desktop-ddr3&superCatName=computing&title=4-gb-pc12800-ddr3-1600mhz-240-pin-memory

Then purchase 480GB SSD to replace your existing HDD
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07G3KGYZQ/?!!!!!pcp0f-21

Get a 8GB or above USB and create a bootable windows 10 drive and install it.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

If your existing PC is tower, you could keep your existing HDD as secondary storage. Obviously, you would need a spare sata cable and some screws for PC case.
Alternatively, you could get a 3.5" HDD case or docking station if you want to have spare storage.

I wouldn't buy that model. I would choose the MX500 every time.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-MX500-CT500MX500SSD1-NAND-Internal/dp/B0786QNS9B
DRAMless SSD only for those on a very tight budget.
Since the OP is already willing to spend £500, spending £15 more on a far superior storage drive would be my suggestion.

I do not understand what you mean about "screws" and "PC case". Neither seem to be necessary. Old hard drive can stay exactly where it is. No need to touch it at all.
One would simply unplug the connectors from the old drive and plug them in to the new. Ten seconds.

New drive does not need to be fixed to anything. So again, no screws nor casing involved.

One can fit a bracket to make it look all nice and neat inside. But it really doesn't matter in a tower that just sits in one place.

Once up and running, one can fit the SATA cable suggested to connect up the old drive, as secondary storage. All done in less than thirty seconds.

Best to keep everything as simple and straightforward as is possible for a novice.

Putting everything down in one post can make it look daunting, when in reality it is all relatively simple when taken step by step.