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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

OK this pc is dying of old age..

been toying with a apple mac but i cant justify the price as i rarely use my pc much..

Looking to use it for bits and bobs (not gaming) photo editing,recipe storage, photo, music, document storage, music, social crap, and accounts

Ideally desk top or the laptop will end up in my room occasionally for cam fun

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What did you want help with? Wasn't clear

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"What did you want help with? Wasn't clear

best pcs to buy "brands etc"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What did you want help with? Wasn't clear

best pcs to buy "brands etc" "

Right ok. It depends on how much you want to spend and what the specifics are really there's a big variations in prices on PC's from a few hundred to a few thousand all comes down to what you'll need.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

good memory

good hardrive space ( i do externals thou)

usb plug ins

about upto 600

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"good memory

good hardrive space ( i do externals thou)

usb plug ins

about upto 600

Be worth just going onto PC world or somewhere that lets you build a custom PC pop in what you think you need and get a rough idea on price. My recommendations would be:

AMD processor as they're generally cheaper and pretty reliable over Intel

I'd say about a gigabyte RAM would be sufficient for photo editing etc

If you've got quite high capacity external storage then you probably won't need a big hard drive.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"good memory

good hardrive space ( i do externals thou)

usb plug ins

about upto 600

Be worth just going onto PC world or somewhere that lets you build a custom PC pop in what you think you need and get a rough idea on price. My recommendations would be:

AMD processor as they're generally cheaper and pretty reliable over Intel

I'd say about a gigabyte RAM would be sufficient for photo editing etc

If you've got quite high capacity external storage then you probably won't need a big hard drive. "

thank you

i thought a AMD and that much ram... but pc world thats a hard limit (i detest the place)

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By *ickyGentMan
over a year ago

Rickmansworth

If you are not able to build your own I would recommend pcspecialist.co.uk

They do custom builds for reasonable prices, they also have good forums with people who will recommend builds for what you want that get the best bang for your buck, - but you should go in with a good idea of what your budget is.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"good memory

good hardrive space ( i do externals thou)

usb plug ins

about upto 600

Be worth just going onto PC world or somewhere that lets you build a custom PC pop in what you think you need and get a rough idea on price. My recommendations would be:

AMD processor as they're generally cheaper and pretty reliable over Intel

I'd say about a gigabyte RAM would be sufficient for photo editing etc

If you've got quite high capacity external storage then you probably won't need a big hard drive.

thank you

i thought a AMD and that much ram... but pc world thats a hard limit (i detest the place) "

Haha yeah I wouldn't buy it from there but gives you a rough idea on price.

You're very welcome

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By *urreyfun38Couple
over a year ago

croydon

Have a look on chilblasts Webb site as pretty good with pre built pc s. Would pack 16 gig of ram as editing can use lots of it.

As to macs they are around the same price as a similar spec pc. Would look at a Mac book air.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Have a look on chilblasts Webb site as pretty good with pre built pc s. Would pack 16 gig of ram as editing can use lots of it.

As to macs they are around the same price as a similar spec pc. Would look at a Mac book air. "

I did video editing on a fairly decent amount of footage on decent video editing software with my PC an it only has 4gb RAM 16 would be massive overkill for a casual PC

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For your needs you dont need anything fancy at all. Just Google budget pc's and buy whatever your budget is but dont spend over £300.

8gb ram if you can get it I suppose but not a biggy. My only recommendation would be a SSD to make your windows loading time a lot faster.

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