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    What's good for a workstation these days?

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    • DashrenderD
      Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said in What's good for a workstation these days?:

      @MattSpeller said in What's good for a workstation these days?:

      @momurda external PSU is the mark of the beast

      Agree there, that's awful.

      @JaredBusch said in What's good for a workstation these days?:

      I only buy the micro form factor any more.

      0_1481239945901_upload-97d6628e-b1fc-4a14-aeb5-5a5b958c90d8

      These units require the use of an external powersupply.

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      • stacksofplatesS
        stacksofplates @Mike Davis
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        @Mike-Davis said in What's good for a workstation these days?:

        Like @stacksofplates I like the HP z series for a true workstation. They have some different form factors, but you can buy a used one pretty cheap for the power they have because they started off life as $1,600 workstations. The only down side might be that the Xeon is a little more power hungry than some other processors. (and the form factor if you want something small enough to mount to the back of your monitor)

        Ya we jam ours full of everything. The 440s have 128GB RAM with dual 6 core and the 840s have 256GB RAM and I believe dual 12 core. Both have M4000s also.

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        • hobbit666H
          hobbit666
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          Dare I say it ........... we use Lenovo for our Desktops. Range of i3-i5 8GB Min RAM depending on user requirements

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          • dafyreD
            dafyre @hobbit666
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            @hobbit666 said in What's good for a workstation these days?:

            Dare I say it ........... we use Lenovo for our Desktops. Range of i3-i5 8GB Min RAM depending on user requirements

            Hopefully this changes soon.

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            • stacksofplatesS
              stacksofplates @hobbit666
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              @hobbit666 said in What's good for a workstation these days?:

              Dare I say it ........... we use Lenovo for our Desktops. Range of i3-i5 8GB Min RAM depending on user requirements

              We still have some S20s (thinkstation) around. I have one at home also.

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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch @Dashrender
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                @Dashrender said in What's good for a workstation these days?:

                @scottalanmiller said in What's good for a workstation these days?:

                @MattSpeller said in What's good for a workstation these days?:

                @momurda external PSU is the mark of the beast

                Agree there, that's awful.

                @JaredBusch said in What's good for a workstation these days?:

                I only buy the micro form factor any more.

                0_1481239945901_upload-97d6628e-b1fc-4a14-aeb5-5a5b958c90d8

                These units require the use of an external powersupply.

                Same powersupply that laptops use. and it is not like a computer doe snot need a power cord.

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                • ntozierN
                  ntozier @JaredBusch
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                  We had been buying the HP Prodesk 600 G2s (i5 3.2Ghz 6500, 8GB DDR3, 500GB HDD)

                  We have a few public facing areas, and other areas where clients are located and decided that something smaller and less intrusive would be better and for those areas we get the HP EliteDesk 800 G2 (mini, i5 3.2Ghz 6500, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD) because we are mounting them on the back of monitors.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender @JaredBusch
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                    @JaredBusch said in What's good for a workstation these days?:

                    @Dashrender said in What's good for a workstation these days?:

                    @scottalanmiller said in What's good for a workstation these days?:

                    @MattSpeller said in What's good for a workstation these days?:

                    @momurda external PSU is the mark of the beast

                    Agree there, that's awful.

                    @JaredBusch said in What's good for a workstation these days?:

                    I only buy the micro form factor any more.

                    0_1481239945901_upload-97d6628e-b1fc-4a14-aeb5-5a5b958c90d8

                    These units require the use of an external powersupply.

                    Same powersupply that laptops use. and it is not like a computer doe snot need a power cord.

                    Oh of course - I was simply pointing out that people are dishing on external power supplies (for non mobile computers I also hate external PS - but really , does it matter?).

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender @ntozier
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                      @ntozier said in What's good for a workstation these days?:

                      We had been buying the HP Prodesk 600 G2s (i5 3.2Ghz 6500, 8GB DDR3, 500GB HDD)

                      We have a few public facing areas, and other areas where clients are located and decided that something smaller and less intrusive would be better and for those areas we get the HP EliteDesk 800 G2 (mini, i5 3.2Ghz 6500, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD) because we are mounting them on the back of monitors.

                      In places I don't need a DVD reader, I'll be putting these in on my next round of replacements.

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                      • ntozierN
                        ntozier @Dashrender
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                        @Dashrender I've been thinking about picking one up for me to replace my aging i3 TV box. 😉

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @ntozier
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                          @ntozier said in What's good for a workstation these days?:

                          @Dashrender I've been thinking about picking one up for me to replace my aging i3 TV box. 😉

                          Hey if it has HDMI out (not much AV equipment has DisplayPort yet) and can handle 4 K - I'd be game for that.

                          really I'm considering an XBoX One S. Cheapest way to get a 4K BluRay player, plus the bonuses of the game station, etc. To bad it will probably never have Playstation Vue on it. LOL

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                          • DanpD
                            Danp
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                            I've had good luck buying Optiplex 9020 SFF, new with warranty, off of Ebay. Similar to this one.

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                            • ntozierN
                              ntozier
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                              @Dashrender It does not have a HDMI out, it has two DPs though. I use a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter to hook my laptop up to my projector at home. I bought a el cheapo $7 adapter but they make 4k ones and have them on Amazon for about $20.

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                              • guyinpvG
                                guyinpv
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                                I have some historical fears of SFF myself. Cases that come stocked with no upgrade path. Tiny underpowered PSes that overheat at the smallest dust ball or fry after a RAM upgrade. Bad thermal in general. After all, most "office" desks put their computers in little enclosed cabinets.

                                There is also this bizarre connection in my brain between how small it is, and how under-performing it is. I'm fine with SFF but it better still have good power compared to the specs I mentioned before. SSD will certainly help there.

                                I definitely still need DVD drives and front USB and SD card readers.

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                                • ObsolesceO
                                  Obsolesce
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                                  For my workstation at work, I'm very happy with my Dell Precision T3610. It's got a great Xeon in it, 16bg RAM (upgraded from 8 since I was always running out), and a nice Nvidia Quadro... dual monitor set-up.

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                                  • ObsolesceO
                                    Obsolesce @Obsolesce
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                                    @Tim_G I can't recommend that enough... I'll probably never outgrow it (until software specs require more than it has at least).

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