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    • JaredBusch
      JaredBusch last edited by

      I need a new desktop as mine did some funky shit over the weekend that ended with an OS reinstall on Sunday.

      Pop and snap but no magic smoke or ozone smell. I have a feeling the OS was doing an update as it was around noon when it happened and my dnf-automatic schedule runs at noon and midnight. So just shit coincidence there.

      Fedora would boot to recovery mode, but that was about it. Reinstalled and all is good, but I am not going to wait for a repeat, or worse, failure. Time to buy a new box. This one was purchased in 2011.

      What I need:

      • i7 or AMD equiv
      • 16GB RAM
      • support for 2 monitors
      • form factor to hold 1 SSD & 1 SATA
      • OS will be Fedora 26 + Cinnamon

      Prefer a pre-built as I have long ago lost the desire to tinker with hardware at that level.

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      • bigbear
        bigbear last edited by

        Video requirements?

        Price?

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          marcinozga last edited by

          Intel NUC perhaps? There are some models that support 1 M.2 and one 2.5" SATA disk. It's mostly pre-build, you just need to supply your own drives and RAM.

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          • bigbear
            bigbear @marcinozga last edited by

            @marcinozga said in Spec me a new desktop:

            Intel NUC perhaps? There are some models that support 1 M.2 and one 2.5" SATA disk. It's mostly pre-build, you just need to supply your own drives and RAM.

            I thought for some reason he said laptop.

            I definitely agree on the newer NUC setups. $260 will get him everything listed.

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              Alex Sage @bigbear last edited by

              @bigbear said in Spec me a new desktop:

              $260 will get him everything listed.

              Link?

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              • momurda
                momurda @bigbear last edited by

                @bigbear $260 will get him the cpu, maybe.

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                • scottalanmiller
                  scottalanmiller last edited by

                  http://store.hp.com/us/en/ConfigureView?catalogId=10051&urlLangId=&langId=-1&storeId=10151&catEntryId=1621651&quantity=1

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                  • scottalanmiller
                    scottalanmiller last edited by

                    https://www.amazon.com/HP-Workstation-Graphics-Z2E14UT-ABA/dp/B01NCLHQB3?tag=bom_tomsguide-20&ascsubtag=TGUS21061508527757007&SubscriptionId=AKIAJLYKPRLXUSF4GDIQ&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953

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                    • scottalanmiller
                      scottalanmiller last edited by

                      Or money no object...

                      https://www.amazon.com/HP-Elite-Slice-Desktop-Ultra-Small/dp/B01M8GTN2F?tag=bom_tomsguide-20&ascsubtag=TGUS92521508527757010&SubscriptionId=AKIAJLYKPRLXUSF4GDIQ&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953

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                      • bigbear
                        bigbear @Alex Sage last edited by

                        @aaronstuder said in Spec me a new desktop:

                        @bigbear said in Spec me a new desktop:

                        $260 will get him everything listed.

                        Link?

                        At Microcenter I got a 16GB, SSD Drive, i5 setup a few months ago for my son, $260. I missed the i7. All of it was clearance/sale stuff. But I cant imagine needing anything faster.

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                        • bigbear
                          bigbear @scottalanmiller last edited by

                          @scottalanmiller said in Spec me a new desktop:

                          Or money no object...

                          https://www.amazon.com/HP-Elite-Slice-Desktop-Ultra-Small/dp/B01M8GTN2F?tag=bom_tomsguide-20&ascsubtag=TGUS92521508527757010&SubscriptionId=AKIAJLYKPRLXUSF4GDIQ&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953

                          LOL we are prepping for first kid going off to college in 24 months. Cant imagine. I havent even bought a new Macbook since late 2013.

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                          • JaredBusch
                            JaredBusch @bigbear last edited by

                            @bigbear said in Spec me a new desktop:

                            @aaronstuder said in Spec me a new desktop:

                            @bigbear said in Spec me a new desktop:

                            $260 will get him everything listed.

                            Link?

                            At Microcenter I got a 16GB, SSD Drive, i5 setup a few months ago for my son, $260. I missed the i7. All of it was clearance/sale stuff. But I cant imagine needing anything faster.

                            I don't need the i7 often, but I do run some video transcoding ocasionally as well as compile code.

                            If nothing was reasonable on an i7 i would easily accept an i5

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                            • DustinB3403
                              DustinB3403 last edited by

                              Is there a price cap you won't go beyond?

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                              • RojoLoco
                                RojoLoco @DustinB3403 last edited by

                                @dustinb3403 said in Spec me a new desktop:

                                Is there a price cap you won't go beyond?

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                                • bigbear
                                  bigbear last edited by

                                  It was a deal like this, but better. And in store I believe the deals are better...

                                  http://www.microcenter.com/product/485572/NUC_Kit_NUC7I3BNH

                                  Not sure if you have a Microcenter around...

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                                  • DustinB3403
                                    DustinB3403 last edited by

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                                    • DustinB3403
                                      DustinB3403 last edited by

                                      Obviously you'd format the SSD and install Fedora.

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                                      • JaredBusch
                                        JaredBusch @bigbear last edited by JaredBusch

                                        @bigbear said in Spec me a new desktop:

                                        Video requirements?

                                        Display 2 monitors at native resolution. This is work not gaming.

                                        @bigbear said in Spec me a new desktop:

                                        Price?

                                        Not really relevant. I expect to spend under $1000 with 2 monitors. maybe $1500, but I do not have a budget.

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                                        • scottalanmiller
                                          scottalanmiller @DustinB3403 last edited by

                                          @dustinb3403 said in Spec me a new desktop:

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                                          All that and only 16 GB of RAM.

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                                          • scottalanmiller
                                            scottalanmiller last edited by

                                            That price is a bit nutty. An old, free OS. Laptop level RAM. Nothing special on the GPU, only on pay with my two year old laptop. A slow, small SATA drive. It's a nice CPU, but one gen old. The price makes no sense at all.

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