Speccing a coding PC

[TophatGhost]

Heyo, just after a basic spec for a coding PC, maybe some Minecraft. Coding will be done in webapps so nothing too heavy. Standard storage requests, SSD for OS and 1tb for general storage. Some minor video editing or using Adobe Illustrator. TIA

 

[SpyderTracks]

Heyo, just after a basic spec for a coding PC, maybe some Minecraft. Coding will be done in webapps so nothing too heavy. Standard storage requests, SSD for OS and 1tb for general storage. Some minor video editing or using Adobe Illustrator. TIA

Did you not just buy a PC recently?

 

[TophatGhost]

Did you not just buy a PC recently?

Oh I did, this one is for my wife 😁

 

[SpyderTracks]

Oh I did, this one is for my wife 😁

Ah, ok, what's the max budget and what make and model screen is she using?

 

[TophatGhost]

Max budget probably around £1k but less would be better of course, given what she needs it for. She's got a standard 24" monitor and a Dell 4k 27" she got from her employer but she uses it for personal use too.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Max budget probably around £1k but less would be better of course, given what she needs it for. She's got a standard 24" monitor and a Dell 4k 27" she got from her employer but she uses it for personal use too.

I take it tge screens are 60hz?

 

[TophatGhost]

I take it tge screens are 60hz?

Correct

 

[SpyderTracks]

Correct

TBH the budget is really restricted for it's uses. Any kind of video editing or Illustrator work is going to hugely benefit from a dedicated GPU, but the budget doesn't allow for anything meaningful, even an RTX2060 12Gb would take you over (which is the lowest you want to go for hardware acceleration).

I'm not really able to offer any advice at that level I'm afraid.

 

[TophatGhost]

So ignoring my budget, what are we looking at?

 

[SpyderTracks]

So ignoring my budget, what are we looking at?

Without a budget, it's not really something we can advise on cause we could be going back and forth a million times.

 

[TophatGhost]

How about "bare minimum" style of thinking?

 

[SpyderTracks]

How about "bare minimum" style of thinking?

I would never recommend a bare minimum system. It results in poor performance and you pay a lot more for it

I wouldn't gp less than £1500 for something worthwhile. Pc hardware has risen substantially in cost since the pandemic, a lot of components are still inflated prices