New computer

[TueartsOHK]

Is your existing monitor and other accessories such as mouse, keyboard etc. In good condition?

I usually just replace the main box with a barebones pc from stores such as Novatech. If you’re feeling more adventurous you can buy a ready made mother board with PSU and memory installed and add a hard drive.

 

[Essex blue]

Is your existing monitor and other accessories such as mouse, keyboard etc. In good condition?

I usually just replace the main box with a barebones pc from stores such as Novatech. If you’re feeling more adventurous you can buy a ready made mother board with PSU and memory installed and add a hard drive.

Yes all my plug in mouse etc are fine which is why I was looking at a tower to fit under the desk I guess a mid range Dell tower is perfect to my heads without blowing a grand plus on a mega machine

 

[Centurions]

My old pc is about to die (when i chuck it against the wall lol) it’s getting old and keeps on crashing.

I run my own buisness and use it mainly for office and outlook calendar etc but also like to have miles more power than I need to future proof it to a degree

my budget is ideally around £500 but can spend around a £1000 if pushed.I only need a tower but would need hdmi and plenty of usbs, probably I5 processor or above

In the past I have used Dell as bad experience with HP computer but really open to suggestions as computers are not my thing.

Have you tried to reinstall Windows from scratch? That may solve the crashing issue, speed up the PC generally and save you a load of cash?

If you're still looking at buying a new one then for office work with multiple apps and browsers with many tabs open I'd make sure it's got as many cores as fits within your budget. Either Intel or AMD will suit fine.

At least 16Gb of RAM (32Gb would be my preference) and a SSD boot drive (at least) are minimum specs given your stated requirements.

For the graphics, integrated graphics should suit but you will notice an improvement using a discrete graphics card. Unfortunately due to the silicon shortage, graphics cards are just ridiculously priced right now and will be until next year sometime. It's not that big a deal for yourself as you don't need the latest cards (2 & 3 times their RRP for every single one!) but it has had a knock on effect on the lower end and even older cards. Getting a pre-built should negate at least some of that.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Build it yourself save a fortune piece of piss

It's quite an interesting project if you are into that sort of thing. But "save a fortune"? I don't think you really save much money at all, if any. I built a high-end PC with AMD 3950X and nVidia 2080 Ti last year and honestly I could have bought a similar configuration from e.g. Alienware for less than I paid for the bits. I probably got better "bits" tbf - like a better PSU, faster SSD etc - but even so, I don't think you pay much of a premium by buying a ready-made.

 

[Blue Maverick]

It's quite an interesting project if you are into that sort of thing. But "save a fortune"? I don't think you really save much money at all, if any. I built a high-end PC with AMD 3950X and nVidia 2080 Ti last year and honestly I could have bought a similar configuration from e.g. Alienware for less than I paid for the bits. I probably got better "bits" tbf - like a better PSU, faster SSD etc - but even so, I don't think you pay much of a premium by buying a ready-made.

£2-300 easy mate if you go on pc part picker it gets you the cheapest deals, GPUs ate the problem at the moment though as they are stupid money

 

[manygoose]

on a budget of £500 I would definitely build it instead of buying a ready made one. a £500 quid pc will last years, don't even need to go near £1000. If general use will be office work then I would suggest a large SSD and save money on pretty much every other part.

Would be interested to see what other people could put together in terms of a part list. You could probably meet your requirements for closer to £350

 

[TueartsOHK]

Yes all my plug in mouse etc are fine which is why I was looking at a tower to fit under the desk I guess a mid range Dell tower is perfect to my heads without blowing a grand plus on a mega machine

Makes sense - have a look at Novatech (or similar) at their barebones computers. i added a SSD drive for the operating system and a standard drive for general storage. Installing them is simple

 

[Chippy_boy]

£2-300 easy mate if you go on pc part picker it gets you the cheapest deals, GPUs ate the problem at the moment though as they are stupid money

Bloody bitcoin miners eh? What are they like.

 

[Essex blue]

Some great ideas thanks guys

I will probably pick up a dell or acer tomorrow from pc world. I am not confident enough to build a pc from scratch but do take on board why spend a fortune when £400 to £500 will do it