On Wed, 8 Nov 2023 at 18:01, Bev Nicolson lumos@gmx.co.uk wrote:
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.
I just think of NVMe as SSD over a different (non-SATA) interface, so yeah I'm cool with that.
I don't mind gaming spec as long as it meets my non-gaming needs and I don't know how much they overlap - does a super fast graphics card have any impact on Chrome with 200 tabs open? I honestly have no idea.
I have managed to pick up a "Gaming" PC with i9-12900k, 64GB DDR4, and 2Tb NVMe (and Win11 Pro which I'm hoping I can repurpose in a VM) for £730 which seems like too much of a bargain that I wonder what I'm missing. I'm sure it'll become clear when it arrives! (PC Specialist wanted a lot more for the same spec.)
Thanks for the suggestions.