On Thu, 27 Dec 2018 10:49:10 +0000 Huge huge@huge.org.uk allegedly wrote:
Can any of you recommend a supplier of a decent PC to replace my rather sad 4Gb Core Duo machine with something a bit more modern? It *must* run Linux. And I'd like some better graphics (having recently had a play with a 5K Retina iMac, I'd like something comparable - I'd have kept the Mac, but macOS drives me bonkers). Apart from that, I'm flexible; perhaps a quad core i5, 16Gb memory, happy to be persuaded into an SSD (possibly just for the O/S) and Tb disk for everything else.
Huge
Try Zoostorm. Ebuyer have them. I bought my wife a laptop (Intel Pentium DC B980 2.4GHz, 8GB RAM, 500GB HDD, 15.6" HD LED, DVDRW) about 5 years ago and it is still going strong and she really likes it. It used to run Ubuntu, but now runs Mint 18.
My main desktop is a Zoostorm with 3.4GHz Intel Core i7-6700, 16GB RAM, MSI MoBo, Intel Graphics, DVDRW. Bought nearly three years ago now, it originally came with a 2TB disk, but I've swapped that out for a 128 GiG SSD for the OS plus a 3TB spinning rust item for data. Like the laptop it came with no OS so I didn't have to pay the Microsoft tax.
Looking at the ebuyer site just now, they have several which might meet your requirements. The KabyLake Core i5 model costs just under £410, but you'd need to add another 8 Gig of RAM and an SSD. The one I'd probably go for would be the KabyLake Intel Core i7-7700 model with 16 Gig already on board. Just add your chosen SSD. That costs a shade under £660.
One point to beware is that the desktops tend to come with rather under specced PSUs. Although I had no trouble with the original 250 watt PSU supplied I swapped mine for a 450 watt unit just to be safe.
Mick
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