Buying new pc

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Buying new pc

by ant9985 May 3, 2012 3:23AM PDT

Hi, what would be a good spec for downloading music and using the internet a lot, but not playing games?

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Thnx for replying

by ant9985 May 3, 2012 9:21PM PDT

I would like something reliable and that lasts, preferrably longer than 3 years.
My first PC from Evesham lasted 5-6 years, but the one i bought from Novatech only lasted 3 yrs when i paid about £500 for it. I want something more reliable than that and prefer to spend a little more to get something that works well.
I would like the internet to run reasonbly fast aswell, i don't like waiting

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Oh and..

by ant9985 May 3, 2012 9:24PM PDT

I guess my budget is around £400.

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Actually i just checked

by ant9985 May 3, 2012 9:39PM PDT

The novatech one actually lasted 4 years. Id like something that will last 4 years without becoming slow in the last year.

Also, where is the edit button?

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Never had a machine change speed.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 4, 2012 12:53AM PDT

It always runs at the same speed as new. Compared to new machines it would seem slow.
Bob

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by ant9985 May 4, 2012 3:26AM PDT

Ok, thnx.
Is there any websites you would recommend for buying computers(already built)?

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Not really.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 4, 2012 3:39AM PDT

If you look at the top 100 at http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/pc/ref=pd_dp_ts_pc_1 you notice a lack of any desktop PC making the list. Folk are not buying many today.

Why not a laptop?
Bob

PS. Yes there are plenty of desktops out there. I can't pick one for you from the some thousand models but almost any should be fine given no gaming, etc.

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Thanks for replying

by ant9985 May 5, 2012 1:51AM PDT

http://www.ebuyer.com/282967-hp-pro-3405-mt-desktop-lh132ea-abu
http://www.ebuyer.com/282968-hp-pro-3405-mt-desktop-lh134ea-abu
http://www.ebuyer.com/353729-zoostorm-home-media-desktop-7873-0500
http://www.novatech.co.uk/pc/range/iflamev2.html
http://www.novatech.co.uk/pc/range/deltav3.html

Are these good? Which is best?

I don't need a laptop, i have one from work and they overheat and are more expensive. I want something reliable and fast as im impatient and short of time(i dont wanna wait 5 mins for a website to load).
Is Zoostorm better than HP? Is AMD as good as Intel?

Will all these have slots for putting in another internal harddrive to get my data off it?

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Look like "desktops" to me.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 5, 2012 3:16AM PDT

I can't predict which will be trouble free for years but here I'd get the Intel CPU units first on my list. Why is simply because at the office and home we use Visual Studio a lot and it may upset AMD fans that we had better performance on those.
Bob

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You typed the word Intel

by TWB404 May 5, 2012 3:22AM PDT

They are coming out of the silly ward to give you thumbs down. lol

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At least I didn't use it as an oxymoron.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 5, 2012 5:46AM PDT

"Military Intel."

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graphics cards

by ant9985 May 5, 2012 11:52PM PDT

Are graphics cards used for anything other than games?
I mean, if i go for the one with the lower end graphics card, is it going to affect anything like movies/internet ect..?

Appreciate the help.

Oh also, each post window seems to get smaller and smaller, if a thread gets enough replys, do the last posts in the thread become unreadable?

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Yes.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 6, 2012 2:26AM PDT

But for now, the current non-dedicated RAM GPU systems (often called onboard graphics) play HD fine. And so far I see no change in Internet speed.

As to forum oddities, yes they are there.
Bob

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by ant9985 May 7, 2012 3:22AM PDT

iv decided to get a laptop instead, but not sure which one yet.

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When this comes up.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 7, 2012 3:26AM PDT

I note the laptop pickers but look again at http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/pc/ref=pd_dp_ts_pc_1

Maybe the first or second laptop isn't a bad idea or starting point?
Bob

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MarkFlax · Answer 1 · May 3, 2012 3:32AM PDT

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Anything?

by MarkFlax Forum moderator May 3, 2012 3:32AM PDT

Anything that is internet capable is the short answer.

There are not that many web sites available for downloading legal copies of music tracks, I can think of two, Spotify and iTunes to begin with, and we can't discuss any illegal options.

But that makes no difference to what you use. Tablet, Notebook, Laptop, Desktop, Mac, Windows, Linux, iPad, even iPhone and other smart phones will do it.

With such broad requirements your options are huge.

Mark

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