Hi all
Well recently had a shock, always built my own Pc's right back to 286, 386, 486 Dx2 etc and before SATA came along always used Adaptec cards and SCSI drives. My current setup is an AMD A8-5600K with 8 gig of DDR2 memory and is now eight years old so started to look at upgrading. It seems there has been a big step change in most areas with a stronger gaming aspect than I remember and a lot of new terminlogy. I use the Pc for general desktop use like Excel and Word, 2D cad using Qcad these days and some programing in C and VBA with no gaming requirement. I have always used AMD processors with Gigabyte motherboards and WD hard drives but even them choices seem to be harder because I do not want to spend money on processing power and storage I don't need. As for the OS, now stuck with W10 like most but loved NT4 server and XP once I accepted it.
Like most have noticed some extreme prices for stuff lately and assume this is just due to shortages and demand, if so then I will sit back and wait till things stabilise and become more sensible, in the meantime will be looking for advice on what to consider and what to avoid.
thanks Roy
Well recently had a shock, always built my own Pc's right back to 286, 386, 486 Dx2 etc and before SATA came along always used Adaptec cards and SCSI drives. My current setup is an AMD A8-5600K with 8 gig of DDR2 memory and is now eight years old so started to look at upgrading. It seems there has been a big step change in most areas with a stronger gaming aspect than I remember and a lot of new terminlogy. I use the Pc for general desktop use like Excel and Word, 2D cad using Qcad these days and some programing in C and VBA with no gaming requirement. I have always used AMD processors with Gigabyte motherboards and WD hard drives but even them choices seem to be harder because I do not want to spend money on processing power and storage I don't need. As for the OS, now stuck with W10 like most but loved NT4 server and XP once I accepted it.
Like most have noticed some extreme prices for stuff lately and assume this is just due to shortages and demand, if so then I will sit back and wait till things stabilise and become more sensible, in the meantime will be looking for advice on what to consider and what to avoid.
thanks Roy