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Juicebox124
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Hi everyone, as the title mentions i am helping a friend buy a new computer. i found this and it looks pretty OK just wanted a second opinion, https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dell-Optiplex-9020-SFF-i5-4570-QC-3-20Ghz-8GB-Ram-128Gb-SSD-Win-10-Desktop-PC/201644350128?_trksid=p2485497.m4902.l9144. All he wants it for is word prepossessing and web browsing/YouTube. Would this machine be a decent PC with minimal lag?

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Thank you for the fast reply, i forgot to mentions his kids like to play minecraft would this handle it ok?

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Don't get that.

 

U can get a system with a drop in Ryzen 2400g for a bit more and u get a real CPU that can be upgraded later.

Prebuilt trash like this is against our PCMS code on this forum. 

 

lul

You expect me to reply then you'd best QUOTE me so I can........thanks

 

                                           Simple PC Parts list to reference for other Users:

 

 

Case: Meshify C

CPU: Ryzen 1600 @ 3.8

Mobo: ASRock AB350 Pro4

Ram: 2 x 8gb (Corsair RGB Pro)

GPU: XFX RX 580 8gb - Clocks: Core @1386mhz, memory @2000mhz

Storage:

Boot drive - 120gb NVME Corsair MP500

Main Storage drive - 500gb 860 EVO

Archival/Backup drive - 2TB Black WD

 

Mouse: Logi M570 for work, and a G502 for gaming

PSU: EVGA Supernova G2 650 80+ Gold

OS: And of course Win 10 Pro, because Linux ain't fully baked yet.

Monitors: (27in monitors)

TN - VG278Q @144hz 

IPS - VP279Q-P @60hz 

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Thank you for the suggestion i will defiantly keep that in mind and let him know. You've all been super helpful, Thanks guys

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On 4/20/2019 at 7:25 AM, Juicebox124 said:

Hi everyone, as the title mentions i am helping a friend buy a new computer. i found this and it looks pretty OK just wanted a second opinion, https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dell-Optiplex-9020-SFF-i5-4570-QC-3-20Ghz-8GB-Ram-128Gb-SSD-Win-10-Desktop-PC/201644350128?_trksid=p2485497.m4902.l9144. All he wants it for is word prepossessing and web browsing/YouTube. Would this machine be a decent PC with minimal lag?

For word processing and browsing that Dell is more than enough.  

You might want consider adding a HDD for storage though seeing that it only has a 128GB SSD.

CPU: Sempron 2500+ / P4 2.8E / P4 2.6C / A64 x2 4000+ / E6420 / E8500 / i5-3470 / i7-3770
GPU: TNT2 M64 / Radeon 9000 / MX 440-SE / 7300GT / Radeon 4670 / GTS 250 / Radeon 7950 / 660 Ti

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18 hours ago, grss1982 said:

For word processing and browsing that Dell is more than enough.  

You might want consider adding a HDD for storage though seeing that it only has a 128GB SSD.

Yeah im giving him my WD green 1tb drive cause he mentioned he wanted more storage but thankyou for your suggesion

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