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What PC/Laptop?
I'm after a new PC/Laptop and have a budget of about £400. I am well out of the loop on what I need/want. It is not for anything in particular so nothing to specific re: gaming etc. I am leaning towards a laptop or all in one desktop. I don't particularly want a tower PC due to space. Previously we have had laptops but only due to size - we don't need it to be portable.
Any recommendations welcome
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Have you done a search for recent similar threads ? There are about 2 a week.
Does this one help ?
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.p...&highlight=SSD
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Just about anything will do but i would not go lower than say an i3 (hyperthreaded) + 8gb of ram - you should have a lot of scope for pc's of that spec in your price range.
I would increase the budget a little and get an ssd for the drive instead of some stupidly big hard disk.
Alternatively you could get a bare bones pc and put it together yourself for a better spec at price point.
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Surely 8gb of Ram is overkill for a regular laptop? Got 4 in mine with an ssd and i5 and it's shit quick.
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Try searching PC Specialist on Google.. They have a good range usually and they can build to a spec if you want.
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Thanks for the advice folks. So I take it I will get more bang for my buck with a desktop than a laptop?
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Got my business an Acer XC-605 mini tower from DABS.com recently - The ever so slightly bashed box saved me a wedge so I could get a better processor and still save money, came in at £340 delivered. Half the warranty but wasn't bothered about that. Voided it in minutes anyway
Oh it doesn't include a monitor though. But HDMI out so you can fling it in the TV or whatever if its just for surfing etc
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Really depends what you want to do with it. I've always had laptops before that and still have it today a tiny 1gb netbook running xp always done what I wanted, the netbook that's pushing 10 years old was used for video editing even used it for ****ing around with photo shop, primary comp is dual boot window mint14 laptop with 4gb of ram as said quick enough and only dual core that I paid next to nothing for
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I cant stand laptops, they are always a massive compromise... well they are to me as my no1 priority with a computer is performance.
Ok if you need the portability but i dont understand why so many buy these things and try and do work on them with there shitty wee keyboards, crap screens and rubbish grunt. A desktop nets you far more performance per £ always.
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