New PC needed

Unless you need a graphics card to do some heavy lifting, you can almost pick any PC. and since designated graphic cards are REALLY expensive nowadays, this can make a difference worth a few hundred pounds.
My favorite would be to go to Amazon, type in "office-PC" and look at some of the things they sell there (no need to buy them there if you dont want to, but nicve to get an overview).

Watch out if they have an SSD (good) or only a HDD (bad). Then go with a low end offer still able to run Win 11 (this will probably be advertised).

Edit:
Stay clear from anything "micro", "mini" or "extra small". You want a big tower with lots of air circulation. Its easier to clean and to maintain resulting in longer life.

 

Thanks. Have sent a link to our second son who is the expert asking for his opinion.

 

It's HP for us

and after checking out currys etc ,check out direct with the computer company for offers . It's surprising how much cheaper this can be .it's easier to discuss what your looking for plus I ask what can you throw in ?


Well I am from Yorkshire ,..... long pockets and short arms !!!!!!

 

I have tended to avoid the big stores as they could not give me the pc I wanted without big costs added on.
So I had a small form tower pc that has lasted 10 years and still going with 8gb with a 2 gb graphics card and 240 gb Ssd drive and a touch screen monitor and i3 processor.
So I wanted something a little less intrusive in size so I looked about for something smaller but faster, so I ended up with this.
I bought an all in one Lenovo and it’s spec is

i5 processor
2tb Ssd drive ( Samsung )
16 gb ram
Touch screen 24” monitor
2gb Graphics card
DVD drive
Cost is £400
But I will sell my old pc so cost will be about £250, a lot less than the £1000 plus I could of spent with a shop buy

 

Recently ? that price seems very, very low ??

If we could find a new one with that spec and that price we would order one today.

 

Yes it is low and has 12 months guarantee
The initial cost was lower but I upgraded the ram and Ssd drive and graphics so took these into account.
Can’t see the need to spend 100s to do what I want, it also has a hdmi in port so has a Roku stick to watch on demand tv

 

From where did you buy it, if you don't mind me asking?

 

I’ve looked them up on eBay and they are from Birmingham been on there since 2010 and with good reviews