PC Sales Recommendations?
So my hardware is usually years ago laptops and slow due to me being a cheapskate but I'm finding the new Ryzens quite tempting. I was wondering about a new linux desktop PC with 16Gb Ryzen (with in-built GPU) and a 1Tb M2 but in a medium to small case (due to lack of space in office) maybe for about 500quid. Can anyone recommend a more exact spec or recommend a website pc dealer? Back in the day I used to favour smaller local PC shops and I was wondering if there was anyone in East Anglia (who is linux friendly maybe) able to ship via delivery? -- Steve Mynott <steve.mynott@gmail.com> cv25519/ECF8B611205B447E091246AF959E3D6197190DD5
On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 10:01:43AM +0100, Steve Mynott wrote:
So my hardware is usually years ago laptops and slow due to me being a cheapskate but I'm finding the new Ryzens quite tempting.
I was wondering about a new linux desktop PC with 16Gb Ryzen (with in-built GPU) and a 1Tb M2 but in a medium to small case (due to lack of space in office) maybe for about 500quid.
Can anyone recommend a more exact spec or recommend a website pc dealer? Back in the day I used to favour smaller local PC shops and I was wondering if there was anyone in East Anglia (who is linux friendly maybe) able to ship via delivery?
This thread would interest me too. My current portable Linux is a ThinkPad t470 running xubuntu 19.10, 7th generation Core i7 and 240Gb SSD. How much better is a new[er] Ryzen based laptop likely to be? I could quite fancy something with a bigger SSD at least. Like Steve I'd want a small laptop, the t470 is definitely as big as I want (nominally a 14" screen but it's a bit less in reality). -- Chris Green
On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 10:15:05AM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
How much better is a new[er] Ryzen based laptop likely to be? I could quite fancy something with a bigger SSD at least.
Like Steve I'd want a small laptop, the t470 is definitely as big as I want (nominally a 14" screen but it's a bit less in reality).
Lenovo are in the process of releasing the T14 (replacement for the T4X0 series) with the AMD Ryzen 4000 series right now and there will also be an X13 (portable with 13" screen) with the same cpu, I'm looking at getting a T15 with the Ryzen as soon as they become available in the UK Adam --
On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 01:00:57PM +0100, Adam Bower wrote:
On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 10:15:05AM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
How much better is a new[er] Ryzen based laptop likely to be? I could quite fancy something with a bigger SSD at least.
Like Steve I'd want a small laptop, the t470 is definitely as big as I want (nominally a 14" screen but it's a bit less in reality).
Lenovo are in the process of releasing the T14 (replacement for the T4X0 series) with the AMD Ryzen 4000 series right now and there will also be an X13 (portable with 13" screen) with the same cpu, I'm looking at getting a T15 with the Ryzen as soon as they become available in the UK
Sounds good, though the prices may be a little high for me, I bought my T470 in a eBay auction, it was a bit of a surprise when my bid won! :-) So the X13 isn't *really* an X2xx series replacement because it has a bigger screen, is the T15 series similarly bigger than the T4x0 series? I guess an X13 would be the sort of size I'd be happy with, I'll go and take a look..... -- Chris Green
On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 02:01:05PM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
So the X13 isn't *really* an X2xx series replacement because it has a bigger screen, is the T15 series similarly bigger than the T4x0 series?
Well, the X13 is the same physical size as the X2X0 series just it has a smaller bezel so they could fit a slightly bigger screen in the same form factor (If you want to split hairs then it really is a replacement for the X390 which was just a 13" screen in the older X2X0 chassis with the smaller bezel). The T14 is the replacement for the T4X0 series (generally a 14" screen) and the T15 is the replacement for the T5X0 series (generally a 15" screen). Adam --
On Wed, 1 Jul 2020 at 10:15, Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
Like Steve I'd want a small laptop, the t470 is definitely as big as I want (nominally a 14" screen but it's a bit less in reality).
I was actually thinking of a small form factor cased desktop rather than a laptop (although laptops are also interesting!) -- Steve Mynott <steve.mynott@gmail.com> cv25519/ECF8B611205B447E091246AF959E3D6197190DD5
On Wed, 1 Jul 2020 10:01:43 +0100 Steve Mynott <steve.mynott@gmail.com> allegedly wrote:
So my hardware is usually years ago laptops and slow due to me being a cheapskate but I'm finding the new Ryzens quite tempting.
I was wondering about a new linux desktop PC with 16Gb Ryzen (with in-built GPU) and a 1Tb M2 but in a medium to small case (due to lack of space in office) maybe for about 500quid.
Can anyone recommend a more exact spec or recommend a website pc dealer? Back in the day I used to favour smaller local PC shops and I was wondering if there was anyone in East Anglia (who is linux friendly maybe) able to ship via delivery?
Steve Have you tried Anglian Internet in Rackheath? They are local and have a good reputation. I have bought components from them in the past. There is also 121computers in Diss - they build their own PCs so it might be worth giving them a call. Certainly you can get one without the microsoft tax. If you want to go National, I'd take a look at ebuyer (I use them quite a lot) or cclonline (where I have just looked and specced a machine with a Ryzen 5 CPu, 16 Gig corsair DDR4, and 1TB SSD for just over £520) Good luck, and let us know what you eventually get and how it turns out. I may look at Ryzen processors myself for my next build. Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mick Morgan gpg fingerprint: FC23 3338 F664 5E66 876B 72C0 0A1F E60B 5BAD D312 https://baldric.net/about-trivia ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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