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I would suggest buying a minitower or building your own. Several motherboards, e.g. Gigabyte, support M.2 SSD which is the fastest option. I would also add a
by CyberFonic 10y ago
I would suggest buying a minitower or building your own. Several motherboards, e.g. Gigabyte, support M.2 SSD which is the fastest option. I would also add a 1 or 2 TB SATA hard drive. Personally I would pick Linux, Ubuntu LTS has been consistently good for me. Since you don't need a GPU you will avoid the most common compatibility issues.
A desktop/minitower is cheaper than a comparable power laptop. It is easier to repair or upgrade. Both Gigabyte and Asus make excellent motherboards and have online configuration tools to help you select the CPU, RAM, etc.
- milankragujevic 10y agoWhat do you think about this? i7-4790 311€ ga-z97-d3h 96€ sm951 m.2 128gb 86€ 850 evo 500gb 160€ wd blue 4tb 120€ 16gb ddr3 85€ 16gb ddr3 85€ case atx 20€ psu 500w 40€ I might host lots of VMs so I might need the RAM and the CPU. For now I could live by on a Intel Atom. In fact I'm using a Celeron and 4GB of RAM right now.
- CyberFonic 10y agoThat is a nice configuration - rather powerful. It is a very long way beyond your current configuration. Reading your other responses, it would seem that you might be better off doing some more work and waiting until you are clearer about what you need. The great thing about PCs is that over time you get more for your money. So delaying the decision until you really need a new system works in your favour.
- milankragujevic 10y agoOkay, I think that's good too. I __do__ need to learn to save money, I haven't learnt that yet and always spend it. I will probably upgrade to 4+4GB just because I'm really starting to need it but will keep the CPU and the rest and wait... AMD Ryzen sounds very nice, and it's only going to get better.