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What computer do you have?
September 25, 2016 at 8:19 am
What computer do you own?
I also want to extend this thread to also be what computer do you recomend I buy because I'm thinking about buying a new one.
The main things I use my computer for is for communicating via webcam, music production, watching films on stuff like that.
I want a PC not a Mac, because I have things on my old PC I want to use on the new one I buy.
I'm thinking I might be willing to spend up to 800 pounds/1037 dollars.
I've seen good reviews of these lenovo computers.
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RE: What computer do you have?
September 25, 2016 at 9:25 am
Sorry, I've got an '11 iMac with OS X El Capitan. Good lil' computer. Really, I pretty much just surf the web. I've recorded stuff (accent tags) to YouTube via PhotoBooth. I have iTunes and Spotify. The former I use for radio, the latter for my own stash of music.
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RE: What computer do you have?
September 25, 2016 at 9:28 am
I currently use a Lenovo T520, it was barely used when I purchased it and I upgraded the RAM and swapped the HDD with an SSD. It's a great little laptop. My dream laptop is a MacBook Pro, but it's £2,500 for the model I want. Ouch!
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RE: What computer do you have?
September 25, 2016 at 9:34 am
(September 25, 2016 at 9:28 am)Bella Morte Wrote: I currently use a Lenovo T520, it was barely used when I purchased it and I upgraded the RAM and swapped the HDD with an SSD. It's a great little laptop. My dream laptop is a MacBook Pro, but it's £2,500 for the model I want. Ouch!
What does it do that makes you want it so much?
Or what will you do with it once you have it?
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RE: What computer do you have?
September 25, 2016 at 9:50 am
(This post was last modified: September 25, 2016 at 9:51 am by Iroscato.)
Currently using a Lenovo H30-50 with AMD hardware.
8GB RAM, Quad-core 2.00GHZ processor with Radeon R5 1GB GPU, 1TB HDD.
Small and compact, silent as the grave, and pretty good-looking. Considering it was a total freebie from work (seriously, my boss just straight-up asked me if I wanted a new PC and said he'd cover up to £300 for me), I'm very happy. It handles most of the games I throw at it easily enough, so I can't ask much more of it.
I am planning on slowly swapping out components soon, starting with tripling the GPU power. Then I'll put in an octa-core CPU, and eventually boost the RAM to 16GB or so, which should be plenty for the foreseeable future. And a nice new PSU to make sure it doesn't explode, of course.
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RE: What computer do you have?
September 25, 2016 at 9:52 am
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(September 25, 2016 at 9:50 am)Iroscato Wrote: Currently using a Lenovo H30-50 with AMD hardware.
8GB RAM, Quad-core 2.00GHZ processor with Radeon R5 1GB GPU, 1TB HDD.
Small and compact, silent as the grave, and pretty good-looking. Considering it was a total freebie from work (seriously, my boss just straight-up asked me if I wanted a new PC and said he'd cover up to £300 for me), I'm very happy. It handles most of the games I throw at it easily enough, so I can't ask much more of it.
I am planning on slowly swapping out components soon, starting with tripling the GPU power. Then I'll put in an octa-core CPU, and eventually boost the RAM to 16GB or so, which should be plenty for the foreseeable future. And a nice new PSU to make sure it doesn't explode, of course.
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RE: What computer do you have?
September 25, 2016 at 9:55 am
Thanks for starting this thread PaulPablo. I was meaning to ask the same. I am wanting to surf the web, make and edit short videos, write , and photoshop. Not into games and will not be down loading music or watching net flicks. If any one has any suggestions ....? Oh , price range $700-800 tops.
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RE: What computer do you have?
September 25, 2016 at 9:55 am
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A working one. Lappy toppy.
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RE: What computer do you have?
September 25, 2016 at 9:58 am
It's a dextop.
As for what you should buy - get one custom built by a good computer shop, it'll save you quite a bit off anything that comes pre-packaged and branded. Plus you can do what I did and get a nice full size case that can accommodate as many hard drives as your motherboard will accommodate (and get a motherboard with 6 SATA ports). You should also put the OS on a SSD, and use a regular drive for videos etc. Speaking of videos, you can now use libaacs with both VLC and MPC to watch Blurays without needing to first decrypt them with other tools or any pay-ware (note that MPC will need the x64 version and the database file goes in a different directory to the VLC instructions - I'll make a guide for that sometime... one goes in %programdata%\aacs\ the other in %homepath%\aacs\ or of course its equivalent \all users\ folder).
They should also be able to sell you a cheap Windows 7 license, you can upgrade to Windows 10 for free using this loophole as well (basically you're saying you need accessibility tools). You can also get Windows licenses really cheap here (and yes, they're legit).
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RE: What computer do you have?
September 25, 2016 at 10:00 am
(September 25, 2016 at 9:52 am)Bella Morte Wrote: (September 25, 2016 at 9:50 am)Iroscato Wrote: Currently using a Lenovo H30-50 with AMD hardware.
8GB RAM, Quad-core 2.00GHZ processor with Radeon R5 1GB GPU, 1TB HDD.
Small and compact, silent as the grave, and pretty good-looking. Considering it was a total freebie from work (seriously, my boss just straight-up asked me if I wanted a new PC and said he'd cover up to £300 for me), I'm very happy. It handles most of the games I throw at it easily enough, so I can't ask much more of it.
I am planning on slowly swapping out components soon, starting with tripling the GPU power. Then I'll put in an octa-core CPU, and eventually boost the RAM to 16GB or so, which should be plenty for the foreseeable future. And a nice new PSU to make sure it doesn't explode, of course.
Shame on you.
Good point, actually. I will probably make upgrading to an SSD the last thing I do, as they're absurdly expensive. Plus I got about 300GB of files on my current one, and the thought of backing up and transferring over everything is...not a fun one. Also, I've got my eye on this case, because phwoar....
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TBH, I think I might just build a seperate, superior PC bit-by-bit, and once it's ready replace my current faithful old girl.
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