Poss new PC specs..advice please

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My current PC is getting a big leggy and despite having thrown an SSD at it, it still randonmy crashes or reboots or is generally a PITA...

Quick play on Pc Specialist comes up with this for £752...anyone in the know advise on quality of spec, as Im pretty out of sync with whats hot or not these days....

Case
PCS ENIGMA 6003B BLACK CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i3 Dual Core Processor i3-7300 (4.00GHz) 4MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME Z270-P: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
8GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
INTEGRATED GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR (GPU)
1st Hard Disk
120GB WD Green™ 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 430MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD BLACK 3.5" WD2003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet Titan DragonFly Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
EK-TIM ECTOTHERM THERMAL COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Single Licence
 
Don't get it. Here is why - the new version of that processor will very soon be in the computers for sale.

It is a big deal because instead of having 2 cores, it will have 4.

4 cores have never been seen on cheaper intel i3 processors ever before and 2 cores will look very old and dated soon.

Just hold out till you see CPU intel i3 8100 or similar. Not the current i3 7xxx versions
 
GTG said:
Don't get it. Here is why - the new version of that processor will very soon be in the computers for sale.

It is a big deal because instead of having 2 cores, it will have 4.

4 cores have never been seen on cheaper intel i3 processors ever before and 2 cores will look very old and dated soon.

Just hold out till you see CPU intel i3 8100 or similar. Not the current i3 7xxx versions
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Thanks for the info, any idea when that will start shipping ?
 
Personally insufficient RAM and SSD too small
I would want 16gb and 250gb minimum
Have a look here

https://www.cclonline.com/

They build pretty good machines and are very helpful if you give them a call
 
Hertsman said:
Thanks for the info, any idea when that will start shipping ?
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I imagine they are in the "lets get rid of as much old stock as possible faze"
Then before XMAS they will be in the "lets sell as much new stock in the XMAS buying rush" faze
 
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Just bought a used quad core i5 for £250
 
From my eyes looks a bit expensive although Wondows 10 64x included.

old CPU
16gb minimum and a larger SSD
 
Geffers said:
Just bought a used quad core i5 for £250
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All i5 are quad core. There are 8 generations of i5 of 8 different values.

You have to go by the number code to tell them apart to avoid being hoodwinked by companies selling early generations that are worthless nowerdays
 
IIRC i5 and i7 chips ending with a U are dual core (usually found in laptops).

Agree with those who say that's expensive for the spec.
 
Right, so the sales here - find me the PC you would buy, for general useage and Photo processing using LR - Ideally sub £600 but can allow small budget creep.......

Current pc crashes very time I use it so has to, but has i3 550, with 4gb Ram, 250 SSD and 1tb secondary.....

Dont have any real speed issues that Ive noticed, just want reliabilty and the ability to maybe play some steam stuff that isnt Half Life....
 
First question - How confident are you in building your own pc?

You could use your old hard drives in your new build to make your budget go a little further if you were to build it yourself.
 
Hertsman said:
Right, so the sales here - find me the PC you would buy, for general useage and Photo processing using LR - Ideally sub £600 but can allow small budget creep.......

Current pc crashes very time I use it so has to, but has i3 550, with 4gb Ram, 250 SSD and 1tb secondary.....

Dont have any real speed issues that Ive noticed, just want reliabilty and the ability to maybe play some steam stuff that isnt Half Life....
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Trouble is for £600 these days they only give you either a small ssd or big hdd. Not a combo like you have now because it is expensive.

If you can find one for roughly that money that has a combo and 8gb ddr4 ram then get that.

If you get one without a combo then you are going backwards.

If you get one that has a combo but only 4gb ddr4 then also that is a crap deal. Back it 2012 people wanted 16gb ram even though it was ddr3 and not the newer ddr4
 
Chuckoir said:
First question - How confident are you in building your own pc?

You could use your old hard drives in your new build to make your budget go a little further if you were to build it yourself.
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I *could* porbably do it, but I dont want the faff, and I really want new stuff, evon tho both drives are recent.....
 
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