Philly112
Distinguished Member
My current Dell All In One PC is 7 years old and approaching the end of it's life. I'm looking to replace it, but not sure what to do.
Screen size. This one is 23 inches, ideally I'd want 27 inches. This one is touch screen, but I don't really need that.
Usage. I don't game, and it's really just a general family workhorse I'm after. You Tube, the occasional power point, letters, spreadsheet, video calls etc. Nothing special. I can often have 8-10 tabs open when on the internet, not sure if that is relevant or not.
Storage. Nothing large needed. I have a couple of external hard drives which are used for back up, but I don't really need much storage - I was thinking 512GB SSD would be ample for me. Most seem to come with a 1TB additional hard drive as well as the SSD - I don't need that much.
I know nothing about video cards. Don't know if I need one or not.
Memory - is 8GB enough (most appear to have that) or should I get 16GB?
WiFi. I won't be able to use ethernet due to location of the PC, so I'd like both 2.4 and 5 GHz wifi options - this one only has 2.4GHz. Maybe they're all both now, I don't know.
Form factor.
For my purposes, the AIO has been perfect. One plug, doesn't take up much space etc. But I am open to a small tower and monitor, but the monitor would need to be 27 inches and have speakers. I do have a decent USB speaker set but I'd still like the monitor to have sound. Presumably if I went that route I'd need a separate webcam? I know nothing about monitors by the way! I assume they attach to the PC via a single HDMI cable.
Make. Totally open to make etc. This Dell has been great, but I realise that's probably because I don't need it to do much! If I don't get any replies, I'll probably get another Dell AIO (7000 series), but I'm open to anything. There is a decent independent PC shop in our town who could probably build me something - should I speak to them?
Price. £1000 is the limit. I'm happy to spend less of course, but if £1000 would get something better than say £500, that's fine.
Many thanks, apologies if these are all basic questions, but I know diddly squat about computers. So no techie suggestions about soldering motherships onto dingly dongles and sticking in a gungleblaster sound card!
Screen size. This one is 23 inches, ideally I'd want 27 inches. This one is touch screen, but I don't really need that.
Usage. I don't game, and it's really just a general family workhorse I'm after. You Tube, the occasional power point, letters, spreadsheet, video calls etc. Nothing special. I can often have 8-10 tabs open when on the internet, not sure if that is relevant or not.
Storage. Nothing large needed. I have a couple of external hard drives which are used for back up, but I don't really need much storage - I was thinking 512GB SSD would be ample for me. Most seem to come with a 1TB additional hard drive as well as the SSD - I don't need that much.
I know nothing about video cards. Don't know if I need one or not.
Memory - is 8GB enough (most appear to have that) or should I get 16GB?
WiFi. I won't be able to use ethernet due to location of the PC, so I'd like both 2.4 and 5 GHz wifi options - this one only has 2.4GHz. Maybe they're all both now, I don't know.
Form factor.
For my purposes, the AIO has been perfect. One plug, doesn't take up much space etc. But I am open to a small tower and monitor, but the monitor would need to be 27 inches and have speakers. I do have a decent USB speaker set but I'd still like the monitor to have sound. Presumably if I went that route I'd need a separate webcam? I know nothing about monitors by the way! I assume they attach to the PC via a single HDMI cable.
Make. Totally open to make etc. This Dell has been great, but I realise that's probably because I don't need it to do much! If I don't get any replies, I'll probably get another Dell AIO (7000 series), but I'm open to anything. There is a decent independent PC shop in our town who could probably build me something - should I speak to them?
Price. £1000 is the limit. I'm happy to spend less of course, but if £1000 would get something better than say £500, that's fine.
Many thanks, apologies if these are all basic questions, but I know diddly squat about computers. So no techie suggestions about soldering motherships onto dingly dongles and sticking in a gungleblaster sound card!