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My desktop at home turned 4 years old this year and it is time to look for a replacement. I have not looked at specs since the last time but the laptops in the office are faster than my dev machine, bloody SSDs.
So what is a reasonable spec for a purely VS development box and minimal gaming? Cost is not a factor but I don't buy gold plated audio cables and I don't need an alien ware monster.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: I don't need an alien ware monster.
nobody needs one
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I tend to define want as need when it comes to tech.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Doesn't matter how much I try that, my bank balance disagrees 
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Yeah but I'm a man of simple wants! I used to look at monsters like the alienware thing but since I don't game much any more it is a waste of money, bloody hell I used to buy a workstations, now I just want a reasonably high end desktop.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Replied at length - CP crashed.
summary:
but I just want a turbo-nutter gaming machine - even if I only play Candy Crush on it!
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modified 15-Jan-15 22:10pm.
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No no no - not saying I would, only that I'd want the kit even if I did only play candy crush on it.
Of course I'd play PooperPig!
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Check out the Vibox machines on ebay, I had one for a while and they're pretty powerful for the price, just stick an SSD into one and you're good to go.
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My "standard" tips: i5, minimal 8 GB RAM, a SSD and good graphic card (1 GB RAM DDR5).
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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I would have thought an i7 would be the minimum requirement.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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The difference is very small. The i7s have hyperthreading and a bit more cache, that's it. You pay $60 extra for that.
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i7s feel a lot quicker. I have one of each, an i5 and an i7, and often have to build an entire Linux kernel. The i7 is noticeably quicker IMO.
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That's because you're building a linux kernel. It doesn't matter for gaming or regular single-threaded compilation.
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I see, so if its a Linux kernel its built with a multithreaded compiler/assembler and if its a windows app it isn't?
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There is an option somewhere in visual studio to do a multithreaded build, but it's not enabled by default and (perhaps because) it doesn't mix with precompiled headers, minimum rebuild, and bunch of other options that I don't know off the top of my head.
Meanwhile in linux land, there's make -j and gcc -pipe and whatnot and it just works.
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OK, fair enough.
I had a quad i5 PC in a company I worked with a few years back. That was an impressive machine.
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We bought our son a Lenovo Y50 in August to start his College career. It had an I7Q (4 cores, versus the H with 2 cores), 8 Gb of Ram and a very nice display (although not the 4K one). I am jealous and nearly ordered one for myself. Nice machine.
There was another Lenovo that I nearly bought until I started reading reviews...then started searching again until I found the Y50.
Why Lenovo?.. I have used several as my work machine (lot's of travel) and I find their quality to be decent, and durable.
Good luck with your search, my only real advice is to narrow your requirements, then read reviews from multiple sites before making your decision.
Ken
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I also use Lenovo at work but I am specifically after a desktop and their range of them is limited. I hate working with a laptop and my existing ultrabook rarely gets turned on now that we travel with pads.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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A while ago I seem to remember using my email address to sign up to some game or other - I think it was one of those 'pokie' games on FarceBook - in order to test something (it wasn't working for Mrs Maxxx so I was trying a 'everyone or just me' approach.
since then I get several emails every day from various gambling sites with their wonderful offers (give us $10 and we'll match it! that sort of thing)
The question is; should I use the 'unsubscribe' link in these bastard's emails?
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If it was "it" that would be easy - but I get several messages a day - it seems there are a lot of gambling sites out there!
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They are probably legitimate gambling sites, they don't need to scam you as they will make more out of you if you join, so unsubscribing may work but I would not bet on it.
Check if the sender address changes regularly, getting around the simplistic junk filter.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: I would not bet on it
Oh ha-di-ha ha!
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I never use an unsubscribe option unless it's for a site/service that I have specifically filled out a form to subscribe to.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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