All in one PC - wide screen, lots of storage for home use

All in one PC - wide screen, lots of storage for home use

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hyphen

26,262 posts

91 months

Tuesday 17th December 2019
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Why not a Laptop + dock.

You can hide those away just leaving keyboard and mouse on display, along with any speakers etc.

arfur

3,875 posts

215 months

Tuesday 17th December 2019
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Speed.deman said:
Thanks again guys. This is really helpful and I'm happy to be open minded. I started looking for the smallest form factor I could get as a PC, which I can combine with the sort of monitor that has been linked to above.

This looks interesting from Overclockers: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/primo-nano-i3-intel...

Are these good computers? Sorry, I appreciate how broad a question this is! I immediately note that there is only one HDMI port though, which is a problem unless I can spec it with two?

Appearance-wise, looks perfect and can be twineed with a slick screen?

I have had 2 NUCs. The 1st was a i5 a few years ago and the current one is i7 from 2 years ago. It is connected to a Dell 27 inch 4k screen and the setup works perfectly for me. I only have 256 SSD installed as everything else is in cloud so only what I'm working on (desktop) is local at any point in time.

I dont play games or do heavy GPU stuff so might not be suitable for you ... You'd need to check the spec as the GPU is built in and cannot be expanded (well not on mine anyhow)

As to noise and heat .... there is zero

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anonymous-user

55 months

Tuesday 17th December 2019
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Coin Slot. said:
AlexC1981 said:
That Overclockers nano PC does look expensive to me. I have one of these HP mini PCs sitting behind my TV and it's more powerful than the Overclockers one and much cheaper (the one below is used, not sure what the new price would be). I believe you can attach a couple of 4K monitors to it. One through the HDMI port and one on the DisplayPort.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-EliteDesk-800-G2-Min...

It's not quite as small, but it is very slim and is designed so you can fix it to the back of a monitor/TV on the VESA wall mount fixings.

I use it mainly for films, youtube and web browsing on a standard HD TV. believe Lightroom might need something with a graphics card to run it well. Bear in mind that it is too small to fit in a dedicated card and there's only room for one SSD/hard drive.

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 16th December 20:34
I’ve got an i7 version of this pc with an ssd, mated up to a 32" monitor and it’s superb.

Previously had a Dell XPS27 at work and one at home, both still running well but wanted a bigger screen at work.
The HP Elite has two display ports plus a vga, you can get a usb3 to hdmi adaptor too if needed.