FWIW (maybe not a lot, but still.) Don't dismiss a NVMe drive as an alternative. They're where hard drives are heading, apparently. Also, don't rule out a machine that could be used for gaming. My (refurbed) laptop could manage gaming if I played such things so for me it's slighty over spec but it's running well.
Bev
On Wed, 2023-11-08 at 15:19 +0000, Mark Rogers wrote:
I'm in the market for a new desktop PC ("workstation"). No interest in gaming, Will want to run (probably) Ubuntu and a handful of VMs, plus FF or Chrome with a couple of hundred tabs open.
I'm more than happy to get one that's a few years out of date and refurbished if it gets me decent value.
My existing PC is a i5-6400 CPU @2.7GHz, with 24GB RAM - I've probably had it about 7 years. I don't really have a budget in mind - probably max £1k inc VAT.
It's so long since I looked at PCs or CPUs that I have no idea what to look for any more. Going to want at least 1TB SSD (preferably 2TB) but I can add that myself afterwards (although that would affect budget). Min 32GB, maybe 64GB RAM?
What should I be looking for (and where should I be looking)?
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