£350 build for the kids.

[w1lliam]

Hi guys,

A family member wants a PC for their kids to do their homework and stuff on. Criteria should be that it should last for a number of years. All through high school.

Now they have a couple of laptops but again, they're about 4 years old, and don't really cut it with how heavy windows is nowadays.

Second hand is also an option if it gets them something better.

Thanks.

 

[w1lliam]

Dell optiplex i7 3***

£300 odd refurb , comes with windows 10 normally

Quite old but it looks like they'll do the job. Will talk it over and see if he is alright with it.

Thanks!

What about putting SSD's in the laptops? This would give them a huge speed boost for loading windows and applications.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x TeamGroup 240GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £38.99

Total: £43.65 (includes shipping: £4.66)
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That's something I've already mentioned to him and he is now looking at doing asap, and i'd also told him to connect them up to a monitor for more real estate when they need to.

The CPU in them are not good to say the least.