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[Anthony]

One of my lads is dead set on getting a windows machine. I have no knowledge at all here. We were in PC World looking at machines. Windows 10 seems nice and the specs on the machines seem excellent. We were looking at the iMac-like all in one machines. I quite liked this HP all in one thing with touchscreen etc. there was also a nice one by Lenovo (who the fuck).
Are these type of things any good or should we be be sticking with a black box jobbie?

 

[GO]

For the love of god don't get an all in one.The beauty of PCS is the limitless upgradability cos I gaurantee ya the yungflit will be looking for a fancy GFX card at some stage so he can get his all night LFD2 on heh,and the all in ones don't have any room for expansion.

Go for a mini tower with 8gbs ram min and a decent intel cpu and yizzl be bullet proof for years

Like, I have my i7 4 years now and its still the dogs bollocks.

 

[Anthony]

define decent.

 

[GO]

Well..an i7..dosent have to be this years model.

@pete is totally the man on this topic

His crack is on point

 

[MacDara]

Well..an i7..dosent have to be this years model.

@pete is totally the man on this topic

His crack is on point

Seconding this! Also, it's really only super important if he wants to play games; he's gonna need to be able to upgrade the graphics card, RAM, etc - all of which is easier/cheaper than getting a whole new computer when you find out six months from now you can't play some new-release games.

 

[MacDara]

Also: Lenovo are grand, they're basically IBMs. My SO's got a Lenovo laptop that's big enough to comfortably watch telly on. (And she's been rolling her own PCs since she was a kid.)

 

[pete]

What he says. If you're buying a PC and expect it to last 3-5 years before replacing it then maybe consider an all in one or a Dell. If you want more flexibility go for a standard beige box. Best option is a self build.

 

[dudley]

Pete will build it for you, he loves that shit....

Deffo, DIY is the way forward for a kids PC, in a year or two he'll be taking it apart and shoving in extra bits, which is a gift in itself.

My PC is reasonably decently spec'd, 16gb ram blah, and more powerful than I could possibly need, but the actual guts and case etc are knocking on for 10 years at this stage.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

This is PC gone mad.

 

[Anthony]

the youngfellat has saved money and has been looking online himself. He found this and has pretty much decided he wants it. Is this any good? It has an amd processor, I'm pushing for an intel.
Amazon product ASIN B00J5JOQF2

 

[GO]

I'd chime in but I'm a bit clueless about gaming machines..

 

[Anthony]

What even is a gaming machine?

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

What even is a gaming machine?

A PC tricked out so it can run the latest games. Usually out of date after 6-12 months as new games shit through your graphics card.

 

[pete]

gaming machine = expensive video card

 

[pete]

a good read

Enough of this console nonsense: It’s time to put a gaming PC in my living room

also: Building the ultimate X99 gaming and benchmarking PC

 

[chris d]

PC Gaming be like...

 

[pete]

Seems about right.

 

[pissypants]

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[Lili Marlene]

Just bought the new XCom

hope to christ my laptop can play it, my specs are looking a bit dodgy though

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I have a laptop from work - is it likely that they've made so that usb drives wont work and is there a way to find out? (I have tried plugging one in...)