Hello,
I have an expiring scholarship for my son and I must spend $500 by the end of June on a store bought PC. This will be replacing an 8ish year old desktop running Windows 7. While it still works, it can be slow when many browsers and Excel are being run and takes a while to boot up.
Anyway, I have narrowed down to these 2 systems, both cost $549 (I can pay the difference):
1. Best Buy - HP, Ryzen 5 3400G, 12GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, Wireless AC, BT 4.2
2. Office Depot - Lenovo, I5-9400, 8GB RAM + 16 GB Optane, 1TB 7200 RPM HDD, Wireless AC, BT 4.1
Really I think my biggest question is what will perform better - the 12GB RAM with SSD or the 8 GB RAM with the 16GB Optane and HDD.
Main use will be multi tasked web browsing, Excel, often large spreadsheet, Youtube on one screen, multi-tasking on the other and connecting to work, currently using Citrix. The AC wireless was important for me due to the location of the room in relation to the router. Thanks in advance.
I have an expiring scholarship for my son and I must spend $500 by the end of June on a store bought PC. This will be replacing an 8ish year old desktop running Windows 7. While it still works, it can be slow when many browsers and Excel are being run and takes a while to boot up.
Anyway, I have narrowed down to these 2 systems, both cost $549 (I can pay the difference):
1. Best Buy - HP, Ryzen 5 3400G, 12GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, Wireless AC, BT 4.2
2. Office Depot - Lenovo, I5-9400, 8GB RAM + 16 GB Optane, 1TB 7200 RPM HDD, Wireless AC, BT 4.1
Really I think my biggest question is what will perform better - the 12GB RAM with SSD or the 8 GB RAM with the 16GB Optane and HDD.
Main use will be multi tasked web browsing, Excel, often large spreadsheet, Youtube on one screen, multi-tasking on the other and connecting to work, currently using Citrix. The AC wireless was important for me due to the location of the room in relation to the router. Thanks in advance.