Home PC for parents
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Hi all,
My parents' aging all-in-one PC is now at its end of life, they have tasked me with ordering their new one. I've specced this, but thought I'd get the PH opinion, in case I've gone too far.
https://www.scan.co.uk/3xs/shared/591fe36c-6657-4c...
Their current machine has lasted them almost a decade, and they're looking for longevity again (maybe not quite 10 years, but still a decent amount of time). They aren't restricted on budget, initially my Father told me he'd be happy to spend £1,500!! It will solely be used for emails, a lot of web browsing and even more YouTube. Honestly, my parents' are worse than my Nephew when it comes to YouTube.
Given the pretty much unrestricted budget I've upped the memory and added about 500GB of storage (my parents have their photos and videos stored locally and on an external they keep at mine and update once every month or so; cloud storage isn't something they trust).
Have I gone too far, or does this all seem reasonable for a home machine for a pair of septuagenarians?
My parents' aging all-in-one PC is now at its end of life, they have tasked me with ordering their new one. I've specced this, but thought I'd get the PH opinion, in case I've gone too far.
https://www.scan.co.uk/3xs/shared/591fe36c-6657-4c...
Their current machine has lasted them almost a decade, and they're looking for longevity again (maybe not quite 10 years, but still a decent amount of time). They aren't restricted on budget, initially my Father told me he'd be happy to spend £1,500!! It will solely be used for emails, a lot of web browsing and even more YouTube. Honestly, my parents' are worse than my Nephew when it comes to YouTube.
Given the pretty much unrestricted budget I've upped the memory and added about 500GB of storage (my parents have their photos and videos stored locally and on an external they keep at mine and update once every month or so; cloud storage isn't something they trust).
Have I gone too far, or does this all seem reasonable for a home machine for a pair of septuagenarians?
I assume they already have a nice, big, OAP approved monitor.
Hardware is OK for the specs, maybe a little on the pricey side but you get that with SFF PCs, ou're paying for the lack of size.
You could probably save on the Windows license if you're willing to install it yourself. You can easily find it at half that price.
If they're happy paying for it, there is nothing wrong with it.
Hardware is OK for the specs, maybe a little on the pricey side but you get that with SFF PCs, ou're paying for the lack of size.
You could probably save on the Windows license if you're willing to install it yourself. You can easily find it at half that price.
If they're happy paying for it, there is nothing wrong with it.
You could get much better performance for this price.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/6840vs5454/In...
With 32Gb of memory and a 1Tb m.2 drive for example
https://www.amazon.co.uk/MINISFORUM-7940HS-Radeon-...
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/6840vs5454/In...
With 32Gb of memory and a 1Tb m.2 drive for example
https://www.amazon.co.uk/MINISFORUM-7940HS-Radeon-...
Honestly just get a used Dell from ebay. minimum i5, 32Gb ram, win 11 pro, 250Gb. Following models are Win 11 compatible:
OptiPlex 3060
OptiPlex 3070
OptiPlex 3080
OptiPlex 3090
OptiPlex 5060
OptiPlex 5070
OptiPlex 5080
OptiPlex 5090
OptiPlex 7060
OptiPlex 7070
OptiPlex 7071
OptiPlex 7080
OptiPlex 7090
OptiPlex 3060
OptiPlex 3070
OptiPlex 3080
OptiPlex 3090
OptiPlex 5060
OptiPlex 5070
OptiPlex 5080
OptiPlex 5090
OptiPlex 7060
OptiPlex 7070
OptiPlex 7071
OptiPlex 7080
OptiPlex 7090
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