Buying / building a new PC- opinions?

Thank you one and all for the discussions.
I've been reading up the last few days, seems as though the divide between 'what I need' and 'what I think I need' is bigger than I thought! My computing needs are really rather basic.

Agreed on the RAM issue, video card is also a key component, however like I said, there won't be massive gaming sessions on the latest titles. Maybe the occasional derp around on minecraft or busting out the old commander Keen or Doom 2 :p

From a discussion with a mate last night, the whole idea of processor cores is somewhat redundant unless you are doing high level computational stuff like video editing or graphic design? Most daily PC tasks are only making use of a single processor core rather than the 11ty billion they make them with these days...

A different view. :)

................................ I've done a fresh Windows install, but struggling to get any degree of stability out of the wireless access point ..................


Perhaps there's nothing wrong with the PC generally but the WAP hardware/driver/firmware or location with respect to the WAP is your problem ?


Are you running an SSD ? Early SSD's had ageing issues (don't know about new ones) and needed specific drive protocols enabled to work effectively.


Removing the CPU and renewing dried out heat transfer paste can do wonders for stability as can cleaning the fluff from the cooler fins. :)


Is your power supply fan running ? Probably the most failure prone component in the whole PC, it's failure will cause power supply voltage instability and system instability in general.


If you're running any 'enhancements' like processor/memory overclocking put it all back to standard and .......................ditch the WAP and run Ethernet cable directly to your router and see how it goes then. Throughput and latency should improve considerably once the 'overheads' of wireless are out of the equation. :) I've yet to see a wireless network that's better than a piece of Ethernet cable.




Deano :)

As long as you aren't into serious gaming I'm a big fan of the Intel NUC + a decent monitor

Mini PC: Intel? NUC

I have most of my family using them now rather than full blown desktops.

Once combined with an SSD they boot fast, are completely silent and take up no space or power

As far as RAM goes, it's pointless installing more than 4gb unless you are running 64 bit.

I've always used AMD processors and never had a problem. They are usually cheaper than an equivalent Intel.

There is no AMD equivalent to an Intel:p:p:p

The problem with cheap PC's is they usually run an "all in one" motherboard,

all in one MB's are the Toyota of the PC world.

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A mate hooked me up with some specs for a pc build:
nanoxia deep silence 4 case
MSI H97m-G43 motherboard
Intel Pentium Anniversary Edition G3258
8Gb Kingston Hyper x fury ram
Wireless pci-e adapter
500W power supply
Kingston SSD 120Gb
Western Digital 1TB
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 Superclocked 2GB video card


Purchased off PC case Gear in Victoria, been using it about a month and going strong.
Came in under budget for the gear, added a few hundred for antivirus, windows 8.1 and shipping of the gear.

Pro tip. If you know a student (or a ex student with access to a university email address) you can buy a full legit version of windows for approx 70 bucks. I might be a pastafarian, but I'm not a pirate.

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EVGA GeForce GTX 960 Superclocked 2GB video card

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OMG! who cut its tail off!
its only 170mm long!;):p:p
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...015/05/410.jpg

I'm more than happy with the two EVGA cards I have. :D

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OMG! who cut its tail off!
its only 170mm long!;):p:p

I'm more than happy with the two EVGA cards I have. :D

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One's enough for me! Although I'm no PC tech junkie, it does everything I need plus has more up its sleeve.