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petbea

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Hi All,

Just put together the following spec. Any advice? Also can I use my present monitor as it is only 18 months old? It's a Viewsonic.

Case PCS 6003B BLACK CASE
Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.25GHz/19MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard ASUS® PRIME A320M-K: Micro-ATX, AM4, USB 3.0, 6GB/s
Memory (RAM) 4GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (1 x 4GB)
Graphics Card 6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1660 - HDMI, DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive 240GB ADATA SU630 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 450MB/W)
2nd Storage Drive 1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online
Account
Office Software FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser Firefox™
 
SpyderTracks

SpyderTracks

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What’s it for and what’s your max budget?

it’s not very well balanced.

what’s the model of your monitor?
 
VenatoS

VenatoS

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What resolution is the monitor. If you give us the exact model that would help.
What is the intent of the PC?
I'm guessing gaming? :)
 
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petbea

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It is for a general purpose computer and also gaming but not heavy gaming. Just for amusement.
Re the monitor. I will probably get a half decent on in the future but I would hope to use the one I have at the minute. It is a Viewsonic VA2445-LED
 
SpyderTracks

SpyderTracks

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petbea said:
It is for a general purpose computer and also gaming but not heavy gaming. Just for amusement.
Re the monitor. I will probably get a half decent on in the future but I would hope to use the one I have at the minute. It is a Viewsonic VA2445-LED
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And what's your max budget?
 
SpyderTracks

SpyderTracks

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petbea said:
I am on an oldish computer with win 7 so I need Win 10
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You can just update your current computer for free and then transfer the license to the new computer.

That will save you over £100 which at this budget it essential to get a balanced build.

Death of Windows 7, still able to update to Windows 10 / 11 for free (still relevant)

Hi all I hope we're all aware by now, but Windows 7 goes "End Of Life" on 14th January 2020. After this time, it will no longer recieve security updates. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/windows/end-of-windows-7-support There will be some of you thinking that so long as you have...
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ubuysa

ubuysa

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SpyderTracks said:
yes it’s still free as in the link above.
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It's worth noting that Microsoft's official position is that the free upgrade ended on July 29 2016, however it is still technically possible to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 for free as show in the link from SpyderTracks. My guess (and it's no more than a guess) is that Microsoft are allowing it to get as many people off Windows 7 and onto Windows 10 as possible. I do wonder whether they will continue to allow this once Windows 7 becomes unsupported next week (Tue 14th) so if you're thinking of upgrading I would do it now.
 
SpyderTracks

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ubuysa said:
It's worth noting that Microsoft's official position is that the free upgrade ended on July 29 2016, however it is still technically possible to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 for free as show in the link from SpyderTracks. My guess (and it's no more than a guess) is that Microsoft are allowing it to get as many people off Windows 7 and onto Windows 10 as possible. I do wonder whether they will continue to allow this once Windows 7 becomes unsupported next week (Tue 14th) so if you're thinking of upgrading I would do it now.
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I agree, I fully expect them to close the upgrades as soon as Win 7 goes out of support on the 14th.
 
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