EDIT - New desktop (was Another new laptop thread)

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J_B, just make sure the monitor has the same type of interfaces and screen resolution as the computer, and if two are of similar spec, then check the length of warranty

J_B

a said:

J_B, just make sure the monitor has the same type of interfaces and screen resolution as the computer 

OK ...

Base unit: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-ProDesk-400-G3-SFF-Intel-Core-i5-6500-3-2GHz-8GB-240GB-SSD-Win-10-Pro-Desktop/372968612534?hash=item56d6a962b6:g:O80AAOSwnqteWOU1

Monitor: https://cpc.farnell.com/samsung/s22f350fhuxen/21-5-full-hd-monitor-hdmi-vga/dp/SB07351

Peripherals: https://cpc.farnell.com/logitech/920-002552/deskset-logitech-desktop-mk120/dp/CS28346

139.95 + 80.38 + 28.74 = 249.07

Does that package look OK? Have I missed anything?

a

Power cables? mains extension with 4 way adapter?
Unsure if a monitor has a display port cable and a vga or not?

Since the  https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-ProDesk-400-G3-SFF-Intel-Core-i5-6500-3-2GHz-8GB-240GB-SSD-Win-10-Pro-Desktop/372968612534? has a display port, would rather get a monitor with display port if you can find one at your price point, but vga will still work, but becoming a bit of a dead standard.

J_B

a said:

Power cables? mains extension with 4 way adapter?
Unsure if a monitor has a display port cable and a vga or not?

Since the  https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-ProDesk-400-G3-SFF-Intel-Core-i5-6500-3-2GHz-8GB-240GB-SSD-Win-10-Pro-Desktop/372968612534? has a display port, would rather get a monitor with display port if you can find one at your price point, but vga will still work, but becoming a bit of a dead standard.

This?

https://cpc.farnell.com/hewlett-packard/monr23hp002x/monitor-23-full-hd-vga-dp-dvi/dp/SB07453

Although the base unit does have 8 USB connections!

a

https://cpc.farnell.com/hewlett-packard/monr23hp002x/monitor-23-full-hd-vga-dp-dvi/dp/SB07453 this is a refurb, probably very little warranty on it too. Looking at farnell, stick with he vga as it is starting to to be stupid money. Farnell do not like putting how long the warranty of their monitors are?

J_B

a said:

https://cpc.farnell.com/hewlett-packard/monr23hp002x/monitor-23-full-hd-vga-dp-dvi/dp/SB07453 this is a refurb, probably very little warranty on it too. Looking at farnell, stick with he vga as it is starting to to be stupid money. Farnell do not like putting how long the warranty of their monitors are?

Samsung is out of stock - any preference as to make? AOC or Acer?

 https://cpc.farnell.com/w/c/computer-office/computing/pc-monitors/lcd-tft-monitors?range=inc-in-stock&sort=P_PRICE

Or, new for a tenner more?

https://cpc.farnell.com/w/c/computer-office/computing/pc-monitors/lcd-tft-monitors?range=inc-in-stock|inc-new&sort=P_PRICE

a

Admittedly, I did check a few other sites, including curries, scan and novatech. If you dig around Novatech it sometimes did give some warranty info for one acer model of 3 years, so you just have to ask them and compare specs

TheRightOne

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I had that £50, and it ran xp fantastically, and I still have one now in a cupboard as it has an ide interface, possibly sata too?, and sometime usb converters just do not work. No idea any more what os is on it. I agree 100% with Cisco001, personally would not be buying less than a 6th gen.

I do not know your arrangement, but the could plugin a usb disk and save an image as to be opened on virtualbox, and the get it sent back to you
http://lifeofageekadmin.com/windows-p2v-using-vmware-vcenter-converter-virtualbox/
http://lifeofageekadmin.com/perform-windows-p2v-using-disk2vhd-virtualbox/

Sorry but this has reached the babbling stage and really is only likely to confuse.

Neither the Optiplex 390 or 790 have IDE interfaces. Why would you be running XP on a device from 2011...a year before Windows 8 was introduced? I think that you may be making it up or are simply confused. Perhaps you are referring to the £100 Amazon bundle and not the £50 Optiplex 790, which is actually perfectly fine for the job.
This thread has lost it's way.

J_B

Sorry, I'm back again.

Passed all info on to my friend (many thanks all) saying *buy this now* three days ago and he's just 'got round to it' to find that the base units are sold out!!!!!!!!!!!!! (and other expletives!)

This https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acer-Veriton-N4630S-Celeron-G1840T-2-50GHz-8GB-240-SSD-Windows-10-USFF/383418220773

or this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenovo-ThinkCentre-M900-Pentium-G4400T-2-9GHz-8GB-250GB-SSD-Win-10-Pro-USFF/133298739104

are available still - would either one do?

TheRightOne

J_B said:

Sorry, I'm back again.

Passed all info on to my friend (many thanks all) saying *buy this now* three days ago and he's just 'got round to it' to find that the base units are sold out!!!!!!!!!!!!! (and other expletives!)

This https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acer-Veriton-N4630S-Celeron-G1840T-2-50GHz-8GB-240-SSD-Windows-10-USFF/383418220773

or this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenovo-ThinkCentre-M900-Pentium-G4400T-2-9GHz-8GB-250GB-SSD-Win-10-Pro-USFF/133298739104

are available still - would either one do?

Things are being increasingly desperate.

Hardly different from this; https://www.encore-pc.co.uk/lenovo-thinkcentre-m93-pentium-g3220t-2-60ghz-4gb-ram-250gb-hdd-9362 with a six month guarantee. £40 to upgrade SSD and RAM. Is it worth it? Perhaps only if space is at a premium.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-Optiplex-7010-i3-3245-2-x-3-40GHz-8GB-320GB-DVD-RW-PC-Desktop-pc/392441947515 are available all day. But no guarantee.