05-11-15, 02:41 PM
Thanks chaps ---- only leads to more questions im afraid
Whats a server and can I use it just the same as a pc also it looks like it will be noisy-big air grill on the front and only has 2 usb on the back and looks scary - dont think it will be one of those.
You say the sff ram is more expensive so I had a little look which only leads to more questions as I dont know what it takes - it just says ddr3 and there is 1 stick of 4gb in there now
I was thinking if I was to go with the 8100 to upgrade the HD for an ssd (costs £50 ) 128gb and will come fitted what kind of speed difference do you think it would make if I did that would it be say equivalent to 4 or 8 G ram or would I be better leaving the HD as is and spending the money on ram
I am thinking I could always upgrade the ram whenever if I thought we need some extra
The pc its replacing is an hp sff and has done served us well despite the kids doing their best to foc it up so that is why I am attracted to another the same also space wise it suits us to sit the monitor on it.
Also a little perspective on what we have now compared to the 8100 (the 8100 will be 64bit win 7 )
10 year old
Its 3gb ddr pc2700 166MHz xp pro (not sure how much ram is available)
P4 2.4GHz
And when I say a bit of photo editing we dont have any issues on that front with the pc we have now although when we change im sure we will see that we did have issues.
Whats a server and can I use it just the same as a pc also it looks like it will be noisy-big air grill on the front and only has 2 usb on the back and looks scary - dont think it will be one of those.
You say the sff ram is more expensive so I had a little look which only leads to more questions as I dont know what it takes - it just says ddr3 and there is 1 stick of 4gb in there now
I was thinking if I was to go with the 8100 to upgrade the HD for an ssd (costs £50 ) 128gb and will come fitted what kind of speed difference do you think it would make if I did that would it be say equivalent to 4 or 8 G ram or would I be better leaving the HD as is and spending the money on ram
I am thinking I could always upgrade the ram whenever if I thought we need some extra
The pc its replacing is an hp sff and has done served us well despite the kids doing their best to foc it up so that is why I am attracted to another the same also space wise it suits us to sit the monitor on it.
Also a little perspective on what we have now compared to the 8100 (the 8100 will be 64bit win 7 )
10 year old
Its 3gb ddr pc2700 166MHz xp pro (not sure how much ram is available)
P4 2.4GHz
And when I say a bit of photo editing we dont have any issues on that front with the pc we have now although when we change im sure we will see that we did have issues.
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