Well I was right - what a difference! From turning it on to Chrome opening up takes 30 seconds max. Installing Office last night took no more than 5 minutes. Just got to try working with it now, but that'll have to wait till the weekend
I'm upgrading from a 9 year old PC:
CPU - Intel Core i3-2100 3.1GHz
RAM - 4GB (2 x 2GB Kingston DDR3 1333MHz)
Storage - 500GB WD5000AADS-00S9BU
Motherboard - Intel DH67BL with integrated graphics
I'm going to:
Case
PCS 3601 CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 Six Core Processor i5-10400F...
Hi Tony, I'm not exactly knowledgeable on this, but the advice I got was that I'd be better with M2 SSD storage rather than SATA - if you select your 2TB HDD as your first storage device and then 256GB PCS in the M2 storage option it will only cost £7 more but be a lot faster. They will install...
I've tried de-selecting the SATA SSD and adding the M2 SSD, but the only way it would work was to move the HDD to the primary storage - will this definitely put Windows on the M2 drive?
Sorry, here's the URL https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-home-office-pc-III/mccwrTEkUP/
Budget is pretty much maxed out here - I was originally thinking around £500, but tweaking various bits ended up pushing it up to £635. If I switch out the SATA SSD for the 256GB INTEL...
And one other thing I need to check - do I have to select something in the 1st Storage Drive section (only options are SATA SSD or HDD), or can I use an M2 SSD to hold Windows and programs and then SATA HDD for data storage?
Hi, looking at replacing my 9 year old PC as it's becoming increasingly slow to do anything. Spent a while working out the spec I'm looking for (only using for general home use - Excel / Word / Powerpoint, Internet, the kids use it for Minecraft, and a bit of basic video editing of some old...