Martin Smith wrote: > On 28/06/2019 17:11, mick crane wrote: > > The first concern if getting a new PC is that it can play the steam > > games and they are getting really pushy what they need to work. > > I never have proper available funds for this stuff these days and > > generally buy used.. > > The idea is each year or so get something else and move the last one > > down to doing more useful work. > > That would mean it should have facility to attach 2 or more internal > > drives and slots for network cards. > > If that makes sense what advise something used for 200 UKP ? > > mick > > > if you are anywhere near london you should go to the Stratford computer fair > lots of good quality secondhand stuff
General advice: - look for a generic PC, avoiding laptops and anything described as "mini". - Don't obsess over CPUs. The last 8 years have only given incremental improvements. - Look for PCIe slots on the motherboard instead of PCI. - Look for 4 DIMM slots for RAM, either DDR3 or DDR4. DDR2 is too old to find in useful quantity. - Assume that you're going to replace a spinning disk in the near future. As long as it has a sufficient number of SATA2 or SATA3 ports, you'll be fine. 4 is the minimum. - Assume that you need to replace the graphics card in order to play games. -dsr-
