Good people of OC, I've been out of the loop some time now so I don't know what's the latest and greatest, so I need your advice.
I want to build a new pc for:
- Office related work
- Media watching (I will connect it to my Vizio PQ65 4K)
I am not planning on gaming on it, so I don't care much about that. I wouldn't say no to an occasional few hours killing zombies or whatever, but it's not important.
The requirements are, as I am thinking about them:
- Small size. I don't have any preference for case but a cube or even smaller would be ideal. It will probably go on my desk.
- Quiet. I'd like it to be quiet when I am doing office work on it. I don't care about the noise if I happen to play a game, that's understandable. However, when using it to watch a movie or do office stuff I'd like it to be unnoticeable.
- 4K HDR media playback. I want to watch my movies in as good quality as possible, so a card that can do 4K HDR without a sweat is necessary. I also want this to be easy. I don't want to be fiddling with a million options and tweaks to get it to play at 10bits or whatever. I just want it to work.
- Needs to support a minimum of 2 monitors and ideally 3.
- Needs to take an SSD (or whatever is the latest tech) + 1 regular hard disk
Budget: not much of an issue. I'm not looking to spend loads, but I'll spend whatever it's necessary to get a good quality PC that fits my requirements.
For screens I have seen the following getting good comments:
LG 27UK650-W
LG 32UD59-B (they are cheaper than the LG 27 model and will be easier to work with in 4K office mode.)
Is there something better (or as good but bigger size) at that price range? I wouldn't mind 4k resolution at my office monitors if they are big enough.
Finally, about storage, I got an old Samsung 830 SSD. Is today's storage considerably faster or should I reuse that one?
All advice most gratefully received.
I want to build a new pc for:
- Office related work
- Media watching (I will connect it to my Vizio PQ65 4K)
I am not planning on gaming on it, so I don't care much about that. I wouldn't say no to an occasional few hours killing zombies or whatever, but it's not important.
The requirements are, as I am thinking about them:
- Small size. I don't have any preference for case but a cube or even smaller would be ideal. It will probably go on my desk.
- Quiet. I'd like it to be quiet when I am doing office work on it. I don't care about the noise if I happen to play a game, that's understandable. However, when using it to watch a movie or do office stuff I'd like it to be unnoticeable.
- 4K HDR media playback. I want to watch my movies in as good quality as possible, so a card that can do 4K HDR without a sweat is necessary. I also want this to be easy. I don't want to be fiddling with a million options and tweaks to get it to play at 10bits or whatever. I just want it to work.
- Needs to support a minimum of 2 monitors and ideally 3.
- Needs to take an SSD (or whatever is the latest tech) + 1 regular hard disk
Budget: not much of an issue. I'm not looking to spend loads, but I'll spend whatever it's necessary to get a good quality PC that fits my requirements.
For screens I have seen the following getting good comments:
LG 32UD59-B (they are cheaper than the LG 27 model and will be easier to work with in 4K office mode.)
Is there something better (or as good but bigger size) at that price range? I wouldn't mind 4k resolution at my office monitors if they are big enough.
Finally, about storage, I got an old Samsung 830 SSD. Is today's storage considerably faster or should I reuse that one?
All advice most gratefully received.
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