New-ish i5 MB, Up to W10 64 bit free, BUT, bl . . . blinking awful graphics.
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Here are several proven components that complement one another nicely.
Be Quiet! Pure Power 350W MSI B150M Mortar i5-6500 Actic Freezer 7 Pro rev. 2 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR4
= 356 GBP altogether. One pound-a-day deal
The machine will be very quiet, lean, and for home use actually somewhat too fast. Skylake makes it re-sellable 5 years down the road and also you want that for the integrated graphics improved over Haswell (refresh) architecture.
Storage and case not included, as you will be using the ones you already have I suppose. For a new built these would do really well:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-Te...rds=v300+240gb
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Spi...inpoint+M8+1tb
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Mast...s=silencio+352
Be Quiet! Pure Power 350W MSI B150M Mortar i5-6500 Actic Freezer 7 Pro rev. 2 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR4
= 356 GBP altogether. One pound-a-day deal
The machine will be very quiet, lean, and for home use actually somewhat too fast. Skylake makes it re-sellable 5 years down the road and also you want that for the integrated graphics improved over Haswell (refresh) architecture.
Storage and case not included, as you will be using the ones you already have I suppose. For a new built these would do really well:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-Te...rds=v300+240gb
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Spi...inpoint+M8+1tb
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Mast...s=silencio+352
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Great links! Thanks. That Kingston 240 is even cheaper than ebuyer - by more than six quid. I got as far as putting some kit a their basket, and then zapping it. Glad I did.
The case looks rather snazzy, though the cost of a better PSU is surprisingly high.
I'm keen to get everything going on two more machines in time for the W10 freebie. Especially since the 64bit upgrade seems to work. I have to milk every penny out of these deals these days but the cost in time has become bizarre.
In the meantime I'm wasting more time on my wife's HP. Back to that thread as this AM more bewilderment sent down the wires from MS.
The case looks rather snazzy, though the cost of a better PSU is surprisingly high.
I'm keen to get everything going on two more machines in time for the W10 freebie. Especially since the 64bit upgrade seems to work. I have to milk every penny out of these deals these days but the cost in time has become bizarre.
In the meantime I'm wasting more time on my wife's HP. Back to that thread as this AM more bewilderment sent down the wires from MS.
Only half a speed-brake
Since about 7 years, something very ugly happened on the PSU market. Base units available for 15-25 quid have become downsized, leaned way too much or just designed to cheat. I suppose this is deliberate, in order to extort premium cash for an average, proper unit.
The components I suggested are actually picked very carefully in another forum I go to, there is reason or more likely three, for every penny spent. The general consensus is 1) function, 2) price 3) design - the case, for what it's worth, is a prime example of a good deal. That includes relatively sturdy materials and good build quality. For sure its nothing like Zalman. It's soundproofed and that has pros and cons too plus some suprising effects e.g. impact on HDD choice; some people like the integrated card reader, some find two front USB 3.0 ports essential (of course you need a board to support both of them). Be careful if the door swivel is ok, there's no choice of left/right.
I agree 100% with the WIN-10 conversion plan and did the same in the extended family. Based on my limited experience of about 6 machines, and especially time-to-result (!!): if CCleaner had been run on a machine that started playing up later, I would only touch it with a reinstall W10 ISO.
FYI I still have a hunch that you'd do really well with i3 (2+2 cores) machine. The whole setup would look significantly different then, approximately 270 quid. Yet, apart from answering the question from the previous page, to put forward a smart combination one piece of information is missing: how's your hearing?
The components I suggested are actually picked very carefully in another forum I go to, there is reason or more likely three, for every penny spent. The general consensus is 1) function, 2) price 3) design - the case, for what it's worth, is a prime example of a good deal. That includes relatively sturdy materials and good build quality. For sure its nothing like Zalman. It's soundproofed and that has pros and cons too plus some suprising effects e.g. impact on HDD choice; some people like the integrated card reader, some find two front USB 3.0 ports essential (of course you need a board to support both of them). Be careful if the door swivel is ok, there's no choice of left/right.
I agree 100% with the WIN-10 conversion plan and did the same in the extended family. Based on my limited experience of about 6 machines, and especially time-to-result (!!): if CCleaner had been run on a machine that started playing up later, I would only touch it with a reinstall W10 ISO.
FYI I still have a hunch that you'd do really well with i3 (2+2 cores) machine. The whole setup would look significantly different then, approximately 270 quid. Yet, apart from answering the question from the previous page, to put forward a smart combination one piece of information is missing: how's your hearing?
Last edited by FlightDetent; 31st May 2016 at 11:06.
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Hee hee, that's a sore point right now. The Rivetess talks so softly that I can barely hear her, but when she's in Texas we talk for hours while she's using a boom mic that's very toppy. Perfect then. Oh, and if I do wear them, she'll find some excuse to bellow at me and it feels like skewers being thrust into my brain. 
This old age thing is crap. So, not good's the answer.
Doors on computers. Mmm . . . I've torn them off in the past as being too tedious for words.
Ccleaner. When a Vice President of MS said Don't. As in don't install Ccleaner, the pundits seemed unanimous in their protests. Most had used it for years. I can not imagine not using it. But back to that other thread in a moment and go over this thread again tomorrow when I've recovered from a hard day.
This old age thing is crap. So, not good's the answer.
Doors on computers. Mmm . . . I've torn them off in the past as being too tedious for words.
Ccleaner. When a Vice President of MS said Don't. As in don't install Ccleaner, the pundits seemed unanimous in their protests. Most had used it for years. I can not imagine not using it. But back to that other thread in a moment and go over this thread again tomorrow when I've recovered from a hard day.
