Barebones pc (just add ram storage and OS), including a 4th gen Intel i5, WiFi and Bluetooth unit, front speakers which are better than they should be, tons of ports at the back, and quiet fan.
Very similar to an NUC, a little larger, but will also take either 2 x 2.5" drives or 1 x 3.5" drive.
Comes with power and vesa mount.
Bought one a month ago, and price has not changed, so maybe not a deal deal, but I have not found anything brand new with similar specs for less than around £200, and after mentioning on a thread I was encouraged to share as a deal.
Price includes Vat and delivery, just make sure you select barebones only.
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fishmaster
21 May 1797#6
You're welcome to ask me anything about computers, I do this as a job, in fact I meet quite a lot of 70+ year old people that used to be programmers 30+ years ago, and as technology has moved on so rapidly, they are clueless for want of a better word. I fully expect that if I get to 70 (I'm 46 now) then I'll be just like them, I can walk in to a shop (if they still exist then) and tell them how I used to repair computers and now I don't have a clue about these new ones. Maybe I'll still be in to computers then, I've started to lose some interest in them due to how invasive the technology is and let's face it, anyone can learn to do what I do just by reading and watching youtube videos and spending enough time. It's so easy to learn things now, almost anyone can be an 'expert' these days.
You're never too old to learn anything, and don't be afraid to make mistakes and ask for help. Obviously some mistakes can be costly so do your research first. If you can build lego you can build a PC. Troubleshooting is where the skill is in building a PC and also in overclocking if you're in to that, overclocking is quite like car customisation and getting more power of the computer.
7day
21 May 1719#8
That's a credit to you . What a wonderful person. My job was medicine .
Keeping curious is the key to a good life.
Thanks again.and again
7day
21 May 1717#2
Any tips on what where you bought ram and os
First time doing this at 70 yrs
spannerzone
21 May 1712#10
Man of the month award goes to Fishmaster, or should that be Fish of the month? well regadless, well done that man/fish*, have a medal/worm*.
*delete as appropriate
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spannerzone
21 May 178#1
Excellent price for a well featured mini PC, the dual 2.5" hard drive capability really opens up possiblities and the CPU should turn in a fairly decent performance and will be better than most of the similar priced newer Celeron / Pentium versions. Heat from me and my housekeeper.
7day
21 May 1717#2
Any tips on what where you bought ram and os
First time doing this at 70 yrs
Whizzey to 7day
21 May 174#3
Pick up your RAM from where ever is selling it cheapest, I would go for Crucial or Corsair, and it needs to be DDR3L, 1.35v.
I went for 2x 4GB sticks (8GB total).
OS, I downloaded the Win10 installation from Microsoft, installed and checked it all worked, then picked up a cheap licence key from eBay to activate it (which is sometimes frowned upon).
7day
21 May 171#4
Thanks that's great . I will update from my old dell from work 10 yrs agp
there are quite a few people in there 60's and 70's who build their own pc's there and would be more than willing to help out.
the forum was set up after the magazine micro mart closed down.
fishmaster
21 May 1797#6
You're welcome to ask me anything about computers, I do this as a job, in fact I meet quite a lot of 70+ year old people that used to be programmers 30+ years ago, and as technology has moved on so rapidly, they are clueless for want of a better word. I fully expect that if I get to 70 (I'm 46 now) then I'll be just like them, I can walk in to a shop (if they still exist then) and tell them how I used to repair computers and now I don't have a clue about these new ones. Maybe I'll still be in to computers then, I've started to lose some interest in them due to how invasive the technology is and let's face it, anyone can learn to do what I do just by reading and watching youtube videos and spending enough time. It's so easy to learn things now, almost anyone can be an 'expert' these days.
You're never too old to learn anything, and don't be afraid to make mistakes and ask for help. Obviously some mistakes can be costly so do your research first. If you can build lego you can build a PC. Troubleshooting is where the skill is in building a PC and also in overclocking if you're in to that, overclocking is quite like car customisation and getting more power of the computer.
pothead13
21 May 17#7
I like the look of this would be ideal for my setup currently using a acer xc710 hooked upto tv but looks to big infront of tv. .does my video encodes severs my plex clients (direct play some audio transcoding) and use it myself for my media internet etc.
would this cope with the above with out the video encoding or could add a usb blu ray would it be able to cope doing few dvds/ blurays a week?
7day
21 May 1719#8
That's a credit to you . What a wonderful person. My job was medicine .
Keeping curious is the key to a good life.
Thanks again.and again
the1980s
21 May 176#9
One of the best most informative deals/thread to date.
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Opening post
Very similar to an NUC, a little larger, but will also take either 2 x 2.5" drives or 1 x 3.5" drive.
Comes with power and vesa mount.
Bought one a month ago, and price has not changed, so maybe not a deal deal, but I have not found anything brand new with similar specs for less than around £200, and after mentioning on a thread I was encouraged to share as a deal.
Price includes Vat and delivery, just make sure you select barebones only.
Top comments
Some trusted vendors to buy computer parts:
http://www.scan.co.uk
http://www.overclockers.co.uk
http://www.ebuyer.com
http://www.amazon.co.uk
http://www.cclonline.com
http://www.novatech.co.uk
Site to choose parts for computers:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/guide/
Help and assistance for computer building:
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/
Microsoft site to create a bootable USB of the latest version of Windows 10 (under the section "Create Windows 10 installation media") >
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10
You're never too old to learn anything, and don't be afraid to make mistakes and ask for help. Obviously some mistakes can be costly so do your research first. If you can build lego you can build a PC. Troubleshooting is where the skill is in building a PC and also in overclocking if you're in to that, overclocking is quite like car customisation and getting more power of the computer.
Keeping curious is the key to a good life.
Thanks again.and again
First time doing this at 70 yrs
*delete as appropriate
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First time doing this at 70 yrs
I went for 2x 4GB sticks (8GB total).
OS, I downloaded the Win10 installation from Microsoft, installed and checked it all worked, then picked up a cheap licence key from eBay to activate it (which is sometimes frowned upon).
there are quite a few people in there 60's and 70's who build their own pc's there and would be more than willing to help out.
the forum was set up after the magazine micro mart closed down.
Some trusted vendors to buy computer parts:
http://www.scan.co.uk
http://www.overclockers.co.uk
http://www.ebuyer.com
http://www.amazon.co.uk
http://www.cclonline.com
http://www.novatech.co.uk
Site to choose parts for computers:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/guide/
Help and assistance for computer building:
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/
Microsoft site to create a bootable USB of the latest version of Windows 10 (under the section "Create Windows 10 installation media") >
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10
You're never too old to learn anything, and don't be afraid to make mistakes and ask for help. Obviously some mistakes can be costly so do your research first. If you can build lego you can build a PC. Troubleshooting is where the skill is in building a PC and also in overclocking if you're in to that, overclocking is quite like car customisation and getting more power of the computer.
would this cope with the above with out the video encoding or could add a usb blu ray would it be able to cope doing few dvds/ blurays a week?
Keeping curious is the key to a good life.
Thanks again.and again