is this any good

[MJSWARLORD]

As you can see from the details at the bottom of the screen i have a hi spec games rig , my other rigs are on vista and windows 7 and showing their age so i need to replace them with a new windows 10 pc.

I need a second rig to use as a guinea pig the idea is that if i dowload ANYTHING or try anything new i will do it on the second rig instaed of risking messing up my games rig, i have done this for years it is good practice.

So this is what i have just done , on the website i did configure desktop/intel/home office pc's , the basic listing of componants gave a price of £455 , would this be adequate as a guinea pig pc or do i need to change anything.

NOTE it will not be used for gaming just as a download and test bed pc.

 

[Oussebon]

Just buying the default configuration isn't a good idea. It's not designed to be a balanced system.

It has an i3 6100 when the Pentiums are a good bit cheaper and basically as good.

You might want an SSD if you're going to be restarting it a lot while you're using it.

You may want to source a cheap GPU off ebay or somewhere if things you test involve using a GPU.

Probably also worth not going for the cheapest case (no front-facing USB 3, not great for noise, not great for temps if you add a GPU). And you might as well get a cheap after market CPU cooler like the Titan to cut down on noise.

And if it's just for mucking around on, don't buy it with Windows. Use the Windows Insider test builds, dual boot Linux or whatever.


Case
PCS SR-620 MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core G4560 (3.50GHz, 3MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® H110M-R: Micro-ATX, DDR4, LG1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
8GB Kingston DUAL DDR4 2133MHz (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
INTEGRATED GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR (GPU)
1[SUP]st[/SUP] Hard Disk
1TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet Titan DragonFly Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Extra Case Fans
1x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Quantity
1

Price £358.00 including VAT and delivery

Unique URL to re-configure : https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-home-office-pc/qBmyZ6QaQ!/

 

[Tony1044]

I always used to use a VM for sheep dipping etc but some of the nasties out there are getting clever at spotting they're running in a virtual machine and shutting down so yeah a physical is a good idea.