New desktop pc
Discussion
The motherboard on my current pc is kaput. The cpu is an old and 1090T, which was cutting edge 10 years ago 
Going to replace with an off the shelf job, instead of trying to build my own again.
Looking for maybe a Ryzen and 16GB of ram, with an SSD. Dont need anything fussy, as they will all be better than my old cpu. We only use it for basic home stuff and occasionally recode video files using handbrake. This though can be left, so time is not important.
Hoping to pay less than £400, including VAT. Have seen a ryzen 5600g with similar specs above for £345 inc, but no OS. Can get that cheaply.
Anything better?
Going to replace with an off the shelf job, instead of trying to build my own again.
Looking for maybe a Ryzen and 16GB of ram, with an SSD. Dont need anything fussy, as they will all be better than my old cpu. We only use it for basic home stuff and occasionally recode video files using handbrake. This though can be left, so time is not important.
Hoping to pay less than £400, including VAT. Have seen a ryzen 5600g with similar specs above for £345 inc, but no OS. Can get that cheaply.
Anything better?
Is that £345 that you've seen for a whole new PC, or just a the processor + motherboard bundle?
What about the RAM, SSD, PSU, case, GPU?
There's a Dell Optiplex 3000 MFF with a i3-12100T (4 p-cores/8 thread) on the Dell Outlet for £395+vat, but it's only got 8GB RAM and 256GB m2. SSD.
Or an Optiplex 3080 with an i3-10105 (4 core/8 thread) with the same RAM/storage for £5+vat more.
Or an Inspiron 3910 with a i3-12100 (4 p-cores/8 thread) / 8GB / 512GB m.2 for £432 inc VAT
BTW, if you have Windows 10 or 11 on your current PC, you can transfer the licence to your new PC (as long as you've created a Microsoft account).
What about the RAM, SSD, PSU, case, GPU?
There's a Dell Optiplex 3000 MFF with a i3-12100T (4 p-cores/8 thread) on the Dell Outlet for £395+vat, but it's only got 8GB RAM and 256GB m2. SSD.
Or an Optiplex 3080 with an i3-10105 (4 core/8 thread) with the same RAM/storage for £5+vat more.
Or an Inspiron 3910 with a i3-12100 (4 p-cores/8 thread) / 8GB / 512GB m.2 for £432 inc VAT
BTW, if you have Windows 10 or 11 on your current PC, you can transfer the licence to your new PC (as long as you've created a Microsoft account).
Edited by mmm-five on Tuesday 27th September 09:37
mmm-five said:
Is that £345 that you've seen for a whole new PC, or just a the processor + motherboard bundle?
What about the RAM, SSD, PSU, case, GPU?
There's a Dell Optiplex 3000 MFF with a i3-12100T (4 p-cores/8 thread) on the Dell Outlet for £395+vat, but it's only got 8GB RAM and 256GB m2. SSD.
Or an Optiplex 3080 with an i3-10105 (4 core/8 thread) with the same RAM/storage for £5+vat more.
Or an Inspiron 3910 with a i3-12100 (4 p-cores/8 thread) / 8GB / 512GB m.2 for £432 inc VAT
BTW, if you have Windows 10 or 11 on your current PC, you can transfer the licence to your new PC (as long as you've created a Microsoft account).
Yes it's £345 with 16GB ram, a 240GB SSD, case, etc, etc.What about the RAM, SSD, PSU, case, GPU?
There's a Dell Optiplex 3000 MFF with a i3-12100T (4 p-cores/8 thread) on the Dell Outlet for £395+vat, but it's only got 8GB RAM and 256GB m2. SSD.
Or an Optiplex 3080 with an i3-10105 (4 core/8 thread) with the same RAM/storage for £5+vat more.
Or an Inspiron 3910 with a i3-12100 (4 p-cores/8 thread) / 8GB / 512GB m.2 for £432 inc VAT
BTW, if you have Windows 10 or 11 on your current PC, you can transfer the licence to your new PC (as long as you've created a Microsoft account).
Edited by mmm-five on Tuesday 27th September 09:37
https://www.awd-it.co.uk/gaming-pc/business-pcs/am...
Seems a good deal, but not up to date with the cost of these things recently.
As an office PC it sounds perfect.
At that price you don't even need to worry about upgrading it when it's past its best, as you can just buy a newer equivalent when the time comes.
My only concern would be the small size of the SSD, as Windows and apps can eat into that space quite quickly...and SSDs lose performance as it fills up.
It doesn't say whether the Kingston A400 SSD is SATA or m.2, but the specs on Kingston's website claim both are relatively slow anyway (500mbps read / 350mbps write). The current gen m.2 SSDs are 10-20 times that speed.
For an extra £5, I'd probably upgrade the RAM to the 2 x 8Gb Team Elite 3200MHz (the 5600 likes faster memory), and for a further £20 upgrade the SSD to a proper m.2 one such as the 480Gb Western Digital SN350 which is 5x faster in reading/writing than the default A400, and twice as large.
At that price you don't even need to worry about upgrading it when it's past its best, as you can just buy a newer equivalent when the time comes.
My only concern would be the small size of the SSD, as Windows and apps can eat into that space quite quickly...and SSDs lose performance as it fills up.
It doesn't say whether the Kingston A400 SSD is SATA or m.2, but the specs on Kingston's website claim both are relatively slow anyway (500mbps read / 350mbps write). The current gen m.2 SSDs are 10-20 times that speed.
For an extra £5, I'd probably upgrade the RAM to the 2 x 8Gb Team Elite 3200MHz (the 5600 likes faster memory), and for a further £20 upgrade the SSD to a proper m.2 one such as the 480Gb Western Digital SN350 which is 5x faster in reading/writing than the default A400, and twice as large.
Edited by mmm-five on Wednesday 28th September 15:53
mmm-five said:
As an office PC it sounds perfect.
At that price you don't even need to worry about upgrading it when it's past its best, as you can just buy a newer equivalent when the time comes.
My only concern would be the small size of the SSD, as Windows and apps can eat into that space quite quickly...and SSDs lose performance as it fills up.
It doesn't say whether the Kingston A400 SSD is SATA or m.2, but the specs on Kingston's website claim both are relatively slow anyway (500mbps read / 350mbps write). The current gen m.2 SSDs are 10-20 times that speed.
For an extra £5, I'd probably upgrade the RAM to the 2 x 8Gb Team Elite 3200MHz (the 5600 likes faster memory), and for a further £20 upgrade the SSD to a proper m.2 one such as the 480Gb Western Digital SN350 which is 5x faster in reading/writing than the default A400, and twice as large.
I’d say the Crucial 1TB m.2 looks a better buy at £49At that price you don't even need to worry about upgrading it when it's past its best, as you can just buy a newer equivalent when the time comes.
My only concern would be the small size of the SSD, as Windows and apps can eat into that space quite quickly...and SSDs lose performance as it fills up.
It doesn't say whether the Kingston A400 SSD is SATA or m.2, but the specs on Kingston's website claim both are relatively slow anyway (500mbps read / 350mbps write). The current gen m.2 SSDs are 10-20 times that speed.
For an extra £5, I'd probably upgrade the RAM to the 2 x 8Gb Team Elite 3200MHz (the 5600 likes faster memory), and for a further £20 upgrade the SSD to a proper m.2 one such as the 480Gb Western Digital SN350 which is 5x faster in reading/writing than the default A400, and twice as large.
Edited by mmm-five on Wednesday 28th September 15:53
I have two HDD in excess of 1TB each, so will just add one of those for storage. Speed is not a massive consideration as anything I buy is likely to be faster than my existing set up by a large margin.
Would be nice to recode videos a little quicker, but I batch them and do them over night mostly anyway.
I might go for the faster, larger SSD, just for a laugh!
Would be nice to recode videos a little quicker, but I batch them and do them over night mostly anyway.
I might go for the faster, larger SSD, just for a laugh!
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