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Re: OT:hardware query

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On 2019-06-29 17:17, Dan Ritter wrote:
> 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-

are you saying that there's not much noticeable difference between 
i3,i5,xeon E3,i7
with the same graphics card ?
Would seem that a processor without integrated graphics might be better 
?

mick


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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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