[Klug-general] Kent Digest, Vol 503, Issue 1

[James Morris]

Get a solid state drive.

On 15 August 2016 at 19:07, Jonathan Kaye via Kent
<kent at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> Gavin Coles via Kent wrote on 15/08/16 11:25:
>> Do you want a branded pre-built or a custom built machine?
>>
>
> Custom built in the sense that I choose I select from a variety of
> choices in a large number of different categories. I followed Sharon's
> suggestion and went to the PCSpecialists website.
>
> FYI here are the specs I selected:
> Case
> STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA CASE + 2 FRONT USB
> Processor (CPU)
> AMD FX-4300 Quad Core CPU (3.80GHz/4MB CACHE/AM3+)
> Motherboard
> ASUS® M5A97 R2.0 (DDR3, USB3.0, 6Gb/s)
> Memory (RAM)
> 16GB Kingston DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 8GB)
> Graphics Card
> 2GB AMD RADEON™ R7 240 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11
> 1st Hard Disk
> 1TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE
> 1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
> NOT REQUIRED
> Power Supply
> CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY
> Processor Cooling
> STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
> Thermal Paste
> STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
> Sound Card
> ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) 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 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
> Power Cable
> 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
> Operating System
> NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
> Operating System Language
> United Kingdom - English Language
> Office Software
> NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
> Anti-Virus
> NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
>
> Any comments about their suitability would be most welcome. They seem OK
> to me at a very fair price. What do you all think?
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
>
>
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