Whats a decent spec for a home PC today ?

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Current machine is 2010 build - spec i3/550@3.2 with 4gb ram.

Its been really errtic of late and im thinking of replacing it viw PC specialist.

Standard sort of of home use really, with some photo processing via lightroom.

Id like the boot up speed of an SSD and dont ant to spend more than about £450.

Box only required.

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LordHaveMurci said:

Decent SSD, clean install & probably some more RAM & you're good to go for a lot less than your budget.

Ok, that sounds like a plan.

My current OS came prebundled so I dont have a disc. Would I be able to DL W10 foc onto the ssd ?

And which SSD ?

eta - current set up is 250gb for programs with a secondary 500gb for data

Edited by Turn7 on Saturday 27th February 08:27

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Monty Python said:

Why not format the old drive and leave it in for storage/backups?

I use an external 1TB for back ups.

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Just to update this...

I bought a Kingston SSD and mirrored my old hard drive onto it. Once up and running I upgraded to Win10.

PC now boots to desktop in less than 40 seconds.

It also seems a lot more stable.

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papercup said:

Turn7 said:

PC now boots to desktop in less than 40 seconds.

Err. That's awful. It wouldn't be good for Win7, but it's dreadful for Windows 10.

Thats not an official Omega time btw.....

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Im happy with it, regardless.

Itunes is up and ready to use in less than the blink of an eye wehreas previously was 30 seconds or so.....