Spec me a new desktop
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He mentioned somewhere up there he was looking for under 1k.
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I'd be happier with a laptop and a dual monitor USBC/3 dock. There's some cheap i5 linux laptops that'll do Linux and dock.
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@dafyre said in Spec me a new desktop:
He mentioned somewhere up there he was looking for under 1k.
Ah so he did, buried it was.
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@tim_g said in Spec me a new desktop:
I'd be happier with a laptop and a dual monitor USBC/3 dock. There's some cheap i5 linux laptops that'll do Linux and cock.
Linux and cock is a useful feature
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Hell I'd just assemble it myself if it were me, half the cost is damned assembly and warranty.... but warranty is worth it. . .
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@bigbear said in Spec me a new desktop:
@tim_g said in Spec me a new desktop:
I'd be happier with a laptop and a dual monitor USBC/3 dock. There's some cheap i5 linux laptops that'll do Linux and cock.
Linux and cock is a useful feature
That was a typo! (fixed)
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@tim_g said in Spec me a new desktop:
@bigbear said in Spec me a new desktop:
@tim_g said in Spec me a new desktop:
I'd be happier with a laptop and a dual monitor USBC/3 dock. There's some cheap i5 linux laptops that'll do Linux and cock.
Linux and cock is a useful feature
That was a typo! (fixed)
It will live on in my quoted reply though...
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Under a grand though is very very cheap. . . my last desktop (and I was scrimping) was $700, that's with reusing some parts, Power supply and GPU. . .
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@dustinb3403 said in Spec me a new desktop:
Under a grand though is very very cheap. . . my last desktop (and I was scrimping) was $700, that's with reusing some parts, Power supply and GPU. . .
Was it with a big video card?
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@bigbear said in Spec me a new desktop:
@dustinb3403 said in Spec me a new desktop:
Under a grand though is very very cheap. . . my last desktop (and I was scrimping) was $700, that's with reusing some parts, Power supply and GPU. . .
Was it with a big video card?
The biggest black video card you could imagine.
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LMAO Now its time for bourbon...
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This has USB 3.1 C with thunderbolt, so it will dock well, this may be a nice option. Sit it down on your desk, plug it USB C, enjoy it on your two external displays. Nice thing about usbc with thunderbolt, is it charges the thing too... so you only ever have to worry about one cord.
It's a 13", so it will travel nice.
At less than $1200, there's room for better configuration if you want.
If I had the money and needed something new, I'd go this route for sure.
You'll just need to get your own SATA drive for it.
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@tim_g said in Spec me a new desktop:
This has USB 3.1 C with thunderbolt, so it will dock well, this may be a nice option. Sit it down on your desk, plug it USB C, enjoy it on your two external displays. Nice thing about usbc with thunderbolt, is it charges the thing too... so you only ever have to worry about one cord.
It's a 13", so it will travel nice.
At less than $1200, there's room for better configuration if you want.
If I had the money and needed something new, I'd go this route for sure.
You'll just need to get your own SATA drive for it.
That's from system76.com right?
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@jaredbusch said in Spec me a new desktop:
@scottalanmiller said in Spec me a new desktop:
@jaredbusch said in Spec me a new desktop:
With the Intel NUC does anyone know if Fedora works well there?
I would miss my 4TB 3.5" SATA drive, but I can buy a large 2.5" drive.
@scottalanmiller what about those HP boxes you linked. Any idea how well Fedora supports the hardware?
No idea, I've never tried on those. I've never used those at all, they just look really nice.
They do, that is why I am curious.
Until you try no one knows but as a general rule consider intel as highly compatibile briadcom as a mixed bag anything else as a no go...
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How about one of these?
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If you don't want to build your own, consider just getting a kid from the neighborhood to do it for you.
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@danp said in Spec me a new desktop:
How about one of these?
I wouldn’t mind upgrading my XPS 8500 model to one of those. The one that I have works great with Fedora 26 Gnome.
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HP EliteDesk 800 G3 would hit your requirements at $1157. 85 list price. That is with a SSD and a 3.5" 2TB 7200 RPM drive, so if you already have the drives and don't pay list price, it would be better. I haven't used the tower form factor since the micros came out so I haven't had my hands on one. The EliteDesk 800 Micro has been my go to desktop for about a year now, but it won't hold a 3.5" drive.
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@JaredBusch Any update on this?
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Worked with my rep @ CCB and have a quote for a machine to do what I need for ~$900 I gave up on the i7.
