Use case:
I will want to run the following programmes regularly: Family Historian 7 (not too memory or CPU intensive), Visual Code with several extensions, Vivaldi with very many tabs open, Skype, Zoom, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Money. Scrivener, a bit of image processing, maybe some video...
Note: I have to have a small footprint case but want to pack as much into it as I can -- but I'd also like to reduce the cost somewhat!
I'm concerned about cooling in the smaller cases -- I have a Coolermaster Elite 130 at the moment with an i7-4790k and a 2GB AMD RADEON R7 260X and a Samsung...
I want to upgrade my PC. (Elderly sister's quality of life will be immeasurably improved by my current PC, plus I want to use two large monitors, which current layout won't permit. And I need to rearrange my cabling. Plus, I just wanna and I have a life limiting-condition -- I shall be delighted...
The Windows PC I've been happily using as a website development server using XAMPP (1-2 users max), SQL Server (ditto) and as a Windows software test environment has just given up the ghost. Luckily, it's not my main machine, but still needs to be replaced. The physical space to house it is...
I'd like some feedback on the spec for a powerful mini-desktop PC that's intended to meet my needs for 4-5 years -- in particular the graphics card, PSU and case options, but also on anything else that looks glaringly out of line/over- or under-spec'd).
Some context:
This will be my main...
I'm looking to buy a mini-PC (mini because the space available for it is limited).
Intended use: Internet, Access programming and running big Access databases, word processing, large Excel spreadsheets, some basic photo-manipulation, Skype video-calls.
I'd like it to be as quiet as possible...