New desktop PC

J_B

Username03725 said:

OP if you fancy a new PC go and buy one. Updating old ones and trying to keep them going is fine for hobbyists and people who understand this stuff but if you're asking the sort of questions you have, that approach is probably not for you.

Goodness me - I know the founder of this site is now a very wealthy man, but please remember what it's called *Money Saving Expert*

As for PC World ....

Username03725

J_B said:

Username03725 said:

OP if you fancy a new PC go and buy one. Updating old ones and trying to keep them going is fine for hobbyists and people who understand this stuff but if you're asking the sort of questions you have, that approach is probably not for you.

As for PC World ....

You do realise that PCW don't build computers don't you? They source them from companies that do, companies like Dell, HP etc, companies that I can assure you don't build a special run of crap PCs for sale via PCW that are built to fail as soon as the buyer gets home with it. A Dell is a Dell. If it meets my requirement and PCW happen to charge a few quid more for it that's fine, I've saved the hassle I described above, and were anything to go wrong I can easily pop in with it rather than pack it up and subject it to the lottery of a parcel delivery service. But that hasn't happened.

anotherquestion

Adding an 500gb Samsung SSD to a now over eleven year old computer five years ago made all the difference to startup time and other stuff like running programs etc, definitely one of the best things I have done.
Now you can get a 1TB drive for less than the price I paid five years ago.

GT60

derrick said:

Looking to replace my desktop, (Windows 7 pro), as is getting slow and is not now supported.

Would like some help/info on a new machine, do not need super snazzy, no gaming just general surfing etc, would like a "video card" so I can use a camera.

Price maybe around £500.00,

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@derrick i am about to get the £660 one as its dropped £150 and has a good graphics card according to the techies on here.
Both PC's are the same apart from the graphics card.
Hope this helps?
https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/compare?ocs=cd388105,cd388125&clickid=1101lh4WsFrB&gacd=9687019-25325051-5795892-295692661-145916092&dgc=ba&dclid=CLWCv97Z-PACFXgh0wodWHwG1g&fbclid=IwAR0PlK0yPk6DK9WJU88o7EFYKNAWjNNWgaAaC88KItwcwSHvphISaOKfpoY

The £570 one comes with a 3 year warranty on the john Lewis site  https://www.johnlewis.com/dell-inspiron-3881-desktop-pc-intel-core-i5-processor-8gb-ram-1tb-hdd-256gb-ssd-black/p5377573

derrick

Thanks for all the comments, (good and indifferent), it appears I am looking for: -

 Windows 10

8GB RAM

Graphics card, I assume this is an add on so any particular make? Just really to plug in a camera.

SSD 1TB? My computer is showing: "707GB free of 931GB".

 Processor: Intel i7. or AMD ???

 DVD writer.

 Wireless Wi-Fi.

 Does this matter or am I dictated by the OS?  "System type: 64-bit Operating System"

Looking at this one posted by GT60 above, does it have a DVD writer? The £570 one comes with a 3 year warranty on the john Lewis site  https://www.johnlewis.com/dell-inspiron-3881-desktop-pc-intel-core-i5-processor-8gb-ram-1tb-hdd-256gb-ssd-black/p5377573

Bit puzzled by "1TB HDD + 256GB SSD," Does this mean 2 HD's? Most seem to say use SSD, why would I need one with both?

 

anotherquestion

I have a dvd optical drive in my computer, I do have a lot of stuff burned to dvd, but now I am realising its a slow way of storing stuff and probably not too dependable in the long term anyway, so its actually a lot cheaper to buy a portable hard drive (I have three, got the latest one WD 4 TB for £90 from amazon) if you think about it you can buy four blank dvd's for £1 about 17GB in total is probably what you will write to them for a tenner that's about 170GB x 10 for £100 = !700 Gb or 1.7 TB whereas for £90 portable drive you get 4TB.

 Yes two hard drives. As regards the drives you are looking at the SSD will have the operating system on it for quickness of startup and other stuff, whereas with he conventional hard drive you can store data on it, but a 256gb SSD is too small, prices have come down so much now I would not settle for less than a 1 TB SSD, around a £100 or less

derrick

I don't use DVD writer very often, just think that for the small amount they add to a computer it is worth having.

4TB would be far to much for me, as my post above I am only using 224GB from 1TB.

GT60

A graphics card is an expansion card for your PC that is responsible for rendering images to the display. High-end GPUs are used for gaming, ray tracing, graphics production, (Copied from a search)
It does have a DVD writer
The OS is the operating system which is 64bit windows 10 home
the two hard drives one is for the OS so the pc starts up quickly from the SSD HD  from my understanding but pretty certain a techy person can explain better.

getmore4less

With separate graphics being expensive  I would look at on board initially for your use cases should get everything you need ~£400  from one of the builders
don't reject the second hand options, that will get you even cheaper.

As suggested something built round  AMD Ryzen 5 4650G will do or even the AMD Ryzen 5 3400G will probably be enough but budget for these is not an issue

Going back to the dell already suggested
(I am a dell fan,  this is a price check for what's been suggested not a vote that its your best option/configuration)

shop around there are better prices for the same machines.

I found this without trying that hard.

based on(from the link)
Evalue Code cd388105
Evalue Code cd388125
which match the JL ones

Dell have 3881(cd388125) with graphics card for £600    (£30 more than the JL one without)  
https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/desktops-and-all-in-ones/new-inspiron-small-desktop/spd/inspiron-3881-desktop/cd388125

use coupon code DAEINSP10  should get it down to £540  

Item Total 

£539.10

Includes a 1Y Collect and Return Service - No Warranty Upgrade
Dell usually call after a week or two to offer warranty upgrade much cheaper.

Then look to see if there is one on dell outlet  using £540 a you benchmark price
(only i7 when I looked)

(not sure if cashback sites work with codes 3.2% quidco)

anotherquestion

derrick said:

I don't use DVD writer very often, just think that for the small amount they add to a computer it is worth having.

4TB would be far to much for me, as my post above I am only using 224GB from 1TB.

What I mean is buy a portable hard drive (that you can connect to computer through usb) maybe instead of getting a dvd writer in computer  unless you have a collection of cd's or a lot of stuff burned to dvd.