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    New PC Build Specification Advise

    Hi All,

    I am a regular on the BC forum and wonder if I can get some unbiased advise on putting together a new PC.

    I have built several in the past and usually go to a supplier (www.novatech.co.uk/) and buy a motherboard bundle comprising of MB, CPU, RAM and fan that has been assembled and tested. I then put in a case, add a HD and load a Windows OS.

    We have several PC's around the house but the one that needs replacing is about 10 years old.

    The spec of the PC is: Foxconn G41MXE motherboard, Pentium E5800 @3.2 GHz and 4Gb RAM. It has a 250Gb Sandisk SDSSDA240G.

    The new PC is just for normal household jobs and not for gaming and I want to run 2 screens directly from the MB without additional graphics cards.

    I'm looking to spend about £250-300 for the 'bundle'. Can anyone please suggest what I should be looking at?
    Many thanks in advance.

    #2
    Re: New PC Build Specification Advise

    I recently bought and AMD motherboard, CPU and memory bundle from Scan for my mum and stepdad. Just shy of £300 with a PCI-E M.2 with a case and power supply.

    I use Scan and not Novatech due to a couple of customers having shocking customer experience in the past, Scan also offers very cheap insurance (around £10). against assembly mishaps. Look at their deal of the day page, they change every day and they do great bundle deals.

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      #3
      Re: New PC Build Specification Advise

      Which windows OS are you going to put on it, do you plan using an old retail disk and upgrading to win 10/11 or are you going to buy a new one, just wondering as win 11 is released soon.
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        #4
        Re: New PC Build Specification Advise

        Hi All,

        Sorry for the delay (work got in the way..) I was planning to put on W10 but guess I should be making provisions for W11.

        I need to take a look at the middle of the road spec for 11.

        Thanks for the Scan recomendation.

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          #5
          Re: New PC Build Specification Advise

          Win 11 is a free upgrade from win 10 ,depending on the hardware spec, it has to support TPM 2.0 .Win 10 will still be supported for another 4 or 5 years.
          Have a look at ebuyer, had a lot of gear from them over the years, and cclonline .
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            #6
            Re: New PC Build Specification Advise

            How does this sound for a spec:

            Intel i5-9600K processor & motherboard (no particular preference on manuf. of MB)
            16Gb RAM
            250Gb SSD
            Optical drive

            Comments welcome please.

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              #7
              Re: New PC Build Specification Advise

              Originally posted by Nevillet View Post
              Hi All,

              I am a regular on the BC forum and wonder if I can get some unbiased advise on putting together a new PC.

              I have built several in the past and usually go to a supplier (www.novatech.co.uk/) and buy a motherboard bundle comprising of MB, CPU, RAM and fan that has been assembled and tested. I then put in a case, add a HD and load a Windows OS.

              We have several PC's around the house but the one that needs replacing is about 10 years old.

              The spec of the PC is: Foxconn G41MXE motherboard, Pentium E5800 @3.2 GHz and 4Gb RAM. It has a 250Gb Sandisk SDSSDA240G.

              The new PC is just for normal household jobs and not for gaming and I want to run 2 screens directly from the MB without additional graphics cards.

              I'm looking to spend about £250-300 for the 'bundle'. Can anyone please suggest what I should be looking at?
              Many thanks in advance.
              If that's all you're using it for, you can just honestly just get a core 2 quad off ebay and put a second 4gb of stick of ddr3 in there and this

              https://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...102gd3hlp.html

              for dual monitor (DVI and HDMI)
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                #8
                Re: New PC Build Specification Advise

                The reason for the spec is born out of an 'A list' listing of a PC in a UK magazine that uses these components. www.palicomp.co.uk/intel-mercury-review-cof9

                It might seen a bit OTT but need to cover my butt from a longevity POV.

                I know I said no to gaming but I might (might) take a look at the latest and greatest MS flight sim..

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                  #9
                  Re: New PC Build Specification Advise

                  Originally posted by Nevillet View Post
                  How does this sound for a spec:

                  Intel i5-9600K processor & motherboard (no particular preference on manuf. of MB)
                  16Gb RAM
                  250Gb SSD
                  Optical drive

                  Comments welcome please.
                  They have a 1TB M.2 drive as their base spec, any reason for the small SSD?

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                    #10
                    Re: New PC Build Specification Advise

                    I don't need a HD larger than that as all data is on NAS so i't just to keep the OS happy.

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                      #11
                      Re: New PC Build Specification Advise

                      Get an M.2 NVMe drive rather than SATA.

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                        #12
                        Re: New PC Build Specification Advise

                        What's the advantage of a M.2 NVMe drive vs a regular SSD?

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                          #13
                          Re: New PC Build Specification Advise

                          Originally posted by Nevillet View Post
                          What's the advantage of a M.2 NVMe drive vs a regular SSD?
                          Speed. SATA is slow compared to PCI-E.

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                            #14
                            Re: New PC Build Specification Advise

                            It's about speed for me so thanks for that.

                            So I need a M.2 NVMe that plugs directly into the MB?

                            I read the the UK magazine (PC Pro) that HD size should be >512Gb.

                            It also states W11 reguires:

                            UEFI/Secure Boot
                            TPM2
                            DirectX 12
                            Last edited by Nevillet; 09-18-2021, 08:20 AM. Reason: mistake

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                              #15
                              Re: New PC Build Specification Advise

                              Yes, the M.2 socket is on the motherboard. 512GB tend to be faster than 256GB and the price difference is negligible.

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