looking for homework/office desktop for my daughter

jules1967

jules1967

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good afternoon
Im after a little advice please as I know absolutely nothing about computers.
Ive had an apple i3 mini Mac for quite a few years and its on its last legs and want to switch back to windows computer as after many years as I find it non user friendly. In addition to this my daughter needs a windows computer for homework tasks etc.

Just looking for something pretty basic compared to gaming pc, must be relatively quiet (the Apple Mac is silent) as we use it as a media centre hooking it up to the tv.
can anyone kindly recommend anything that might be suitable?
Thank you so much
 
If it's just basic needs with no thoughts of ever upgrading it (for gaming or video editing etc), and if you don't prefer a laptop because you'd like a bigger screen for example, and if you wanted to save space... then an all-in-one from the likes of Dell (Inspiron) or HP with the monitor holding the actual PC could be the ticket, and not all that expensive. Lots of ifs there.

What would your storage size needs be?
 
Personally, if it is purely for office type work, the I'd probably be looking at something like a HP Elitedesk 800 G5 series (I don't own but did toy with getting one recently but decided not enough for my needs). Should be more than enough for a media centre box too imo.

The 'box' can be had for around £350 (without an OS) with an i5-9500T, 16GB ram and 256GB SSD, so you'd just need an OS, screen, mouse and keyboard basically.
 
thank you for your messages. I believe that I didn't give enough info. Im presently using a Mac mini (dying after many years use) and use the TV as a monitor and considering something similar size as it would fit nicely under the tv. Been looking at NUC or possibly a new Mac mini and have someone install windows onto it (not sure how much that would cost or whether it could be done?) needs to be quiet too for watching movies etc ( the Mac is silent)
Thank you so much for your help
 
Thank you for the video.
Had a look online and unless Im mistaken its a barebones pc.
I realy wouldnt have a clue how to add the extra bits to get it operational or a reputable seller??
 
You may be able to find something similar that's fully built or even contact the vendor to see if they can add the parts for you although it's pretty easy to do yourself as the guy demonstrates in the vid, 5 screws and fitting the parts is not much more difficult than slotting a debit card into an ATM.
 
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