EDIT - New desktop (was Another new laptop thread)

mksysb

How about buying the parts and building it yourself.  That way you'll have exactly the spec you want, and with quality parts.  It's not difficult, there's plenty of youtube videos to guide you through it.

J_B

grumpycrab said:

J_B said:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B012AUCJ8I/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_apa_i_Go0CEbG1T1XAT 

That will be grim especially with a normal hdd.  An ssd may make it usuable e.g.  smallest usable one is £20 for https://www.mymemory.co.uk/integral-120gb-p-series-5-sata-iii-2-5-internal-ssd-drive-560mb-s.html   but needs some minor expertise to fit it.
PS. does user have existing screen, keyboard and mouse?

Doesn't look like I can multi-qiuote, is that another 'improvement'?

Anyway, I suppose it's an option to put an SSD in there - I've done plenty of laptops like that. Do we think it ought to have more RAM too?

J_B

mksysb said:

How about buying the parts and building it yourself.  That way you'll have exactly the spec you want, and with quality parts.  It's not difficult, there's plenty of youtube videos to guide you through it.

or perhaps rebuild the amazon one???

TheRightOne

J_B said:

mksysb said:

How about buying the parts and building it yourself.  That way you'll have exactly the spec you want, and with quality parts.  It's not difficult, there's plenty of youtube videos to guide you through it.

or perhaps rebuild the amazon one???

No. The Amazon one is worth perhaps £40. The monitor, nothing.

TheRightOne

https://www.encore-pc.co.uk/hp-prodesk-400-g2-mt-pentium-g3240-3-10ghz-4gb-ram-500gb-hdd is a bit better. From 2014, as opposed to 2009.

J_B

TheRightOne said:

J_B said:

or perhaps rebuild the amazon one???

No. The Amazon one is worth perhaps £40. The monitor, nothing.

But, he will still need a monitor, keyboard, mouse etc

TheRightOne said:

https://www.encore-pc.co.uk/hp-prodesk-400-g2-mt-pentium-g3240-3-10ghz-4gb-ram-500gb-hdd is a bit better. From 2014, as opposed to 2009.

and there are is monitor etc (as above)

Hmm....

J_B

J_B said:

TheRightOne said:

J_B said:

or perhaps rebuild the amazon one???

No. The Amazon one is worth perhaps £40. The monitor, nothing.

But, he will still need a monitor, keyboard, mouse etc

TheRightOne said:

https://www.encore-pc.co.uk/hp-prodesk-400-g2-mt-pentium-g3240-3-10ghz-4gb-ram-500gb-hdd is a bit better. From 2014, as opposed to 2009.

and there are is monitor etc (as above)

Hmm....

Sorry - dragging this up again and realise that I don't understand what I wrote there

Still looking for a reasonably priced desktop package

I missed the Encore one there

Any other offers about?

TheRightOne

J_B said:

J_B said:

TheRightOne said:

J_B said:

or perhaps rebuild the amazon one???

No. The Amazon one is worth perhaps £40. The monitor, nothing.

But, he will still need a monitor, keyboard, mouse etc

TheRightOne said:

https://www.encore-pc.co.uk/hp-prodesk-400-g2-mt-pentium-g3240-3-10ghz-4gb-ram-500gb-hdd is a bit better. From 2014, as opposed to 2009.

and there are is monitor etc (as above)

Hmm....

Sorry - dragging this up again and realise that I don't understand what I wrote there

Still looking for a reasonably priced desktop package

I missed the Encore one there

Any other offers about?

Is there a budget for this project? It seemed to shrink considerably once it changed from laptop to PC.

TheRightOne

https://www.encore-pc.co.uk/newly-refurbished-encore-dell-optiplex-390-i3-pc-bundle-with-speakers is an option if you want to buy everything together. Though you'll need to fit an SSD yourself. Check the specs of the monitor before purchase.

Personally, I would buy everything separately, according to the budget.
https://www.ebuyer.com/966013-asus-va24ehe-23-8-eye-care-full-hd-monitor-va24ehe
Then anything from this upwards; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-Optiplex-790-Desktop-Intel-Core-i3-2120-3-30GHz-4GB-Ram-320GB-HD-Win10/293433848102

One can then decide on a wired or wireless keyboard and mouse.

J_B

TheRightOne said:

https://www.encore-pc.co.uk/newly-refurbished-encore-dell-optiplex-390-i3-pc-bundle-with-speakers is an option if you want to buy everything together. Though you'll need to fit an SSD yourself. Check the specs of the monitor before purchase.

I think that will be fine with an SSD, which I can fit easily ... can't I?     Which one to buy? 250MB should be OK

I looked at the monitor, but no info, sorry!