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Re: OT:hardware query

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Martin Smith wrote: 
> On 28/06/2019 17:11, mick crane wrote:
> > The first concern if getting a new PC is that it can play the steam
> > games and they are getting really pushy what they need to work.
> > I never have proper available funds for this stuff these days and
> > generally buy used..
> > The idea is each year or so get something else and move the last one
> > down to doing more useful work.
> > That would mean it should have facility to attach 2 or more internal
> > drives and slots for network cards.
> > If that makes sense what advise something used for 200 UKP ?
> > mick
> > 
> if you are anywhere near london you should go to the Stratford computer fair
> lots of good quality secondhand stuff

General advice:

- look for a generic PC, avoiding laptops and anything described
  as "mini".

- Don't obsess over CPUs. The last 8 years have only given
  incremental improvements.

- Look for PCIe slots on the motherboard instead of PCI.

- Look for 4 DIMM slots for RAM, either DDR3 or DDR4. DDR2 is
  too old to find in useful quantity.

- Assume that you're going to replace a spinning disk in the
  near future. As long as it has a sufficient number of SATA2 or
  SATA3 ports, you'll be fine. 4 is the minimum.

- Assume that you need to replace the graphics card in order to 
  play games.

-dsr-

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OT:hardware query mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-06-28 18:20 +0200
  Re: OT:hardware query Martin Smith <tech@smithproductions.co.uk> - 2019-06-29 00:20 +0200
    Re: OT:hardware query Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-06-29 18:20 +0200
      Re: OT:hardware query mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-07-01 08:20 +0200
        Re: OT:hardware query Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-07-01 12:10 +0200
          Re: OT:hardware query mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-07-01 13:00 +0200
            Re: OT:hardware query Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-07-01 17:10 +0200

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