Fatal Swan
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I'm another self-builder-in-the-past-that-can't-be-bothered-now. If self-building and you get a compatibility issue (wrong type of RAM, etc) as I did once then it can be a pain to diagnose and sort out, return the part, replace. Like bikes really, you have to enjoy doing it and finding out as you get things wrong and I can still be bothered with bike but not PCs.
The last couple I've bought have been from the Del Outlet site. Worth keeping an eye out there as they do have some good deals (search on both Business and Home parts of the site) and normally enough stock in different models to pick a spec that roughly suits as long as you're not too fussy. What I've done with the last couple is buy an SSD drive (from Amazon, Crucial etc) at the same time and then on first using the PC use clone the HDD to the SSD, which is easy to do. It's the SSD that makes the biggest difference by far, as FluffyChicken says.
The last couple I've bought have been from the Del Outlet site. Worth keeping an eye out there as they do have some good deals (search on both Business and Home parts of the site) and normally enough stock in different models to pick a spec that roughly suits as long as you're not too fussy. What I've done with the last couple is buy an SSD drive (from Amazon, Crucial etc) at the same time and then on first using the PC use clone the HDD to the SSD, which is easy to do. It's the SSD that makes the biggest difference by far, as FluffyChicken says.