New desktop PC for home ~£500 ?

[cojak]

I always go to Overclockers. Mr C is very happy with his PC.

[DallasDad]

Is nearly new or new old stock a suitable alternative option?
Last years whiz bang hi-spec go faster stripe PC is this years Ebay bargain.

[unixman]

Hot UK Deals is your friend. Watch the Computers section for a few days. Desktop PCs come up regularly.

Regarding laptop/desktop, you could always have a laptop with external keyboard and monitors. Desktop sounds better in your case tbh.

[d000hg]

It is possible if there is more than one VGA or HDMI port on the motherboard.
With the example I gave there is 1 x VGA and 1 x HDMI

You sure you can't use both at once? My Mac Mini has that type of setup.

Does HMDI allow splitting, the way DVI does? What happened to DVI anyway, did HDMI kill it?

[DimPrawn]

You'll get a better spec desktop for £500 than you will a laptop.

Yeah, but they are so last century. Rather embarrasing if anyone sees it.

[MrMarkyMark]

Yeah, but they are so last century. Rather embarrasing if anyone sees it.

True, but given a couple of years, can then be recycled into a useful household item

[ChimpMaster]

Still looking for a sub £400 desktop. It's amazing how stingy I can be to save that extra couple of hundred quid sometimes.

[anonymouse]

Cheap, cheap

Still looking for a sub £400 desktop. It's amazing how stingy I can be to save that extra couple of hundred quid sometimes.

I have one of these for working away, use it as a media centre and browsing. Just plugs into the TV hdmi port, add USB hub and mouse, and start surfing.
(Usually PremierInn with 40inch TV)

Windows1062+Android 4.4 Dual OS Inter Mini PC Computer TV Stick Quad Core 2/32GB | eBay


It depends on how quick you want the PC to be. Although I'm looking one of these instead, just easier/neater with the extra USB ports.

Mini PC Intel Quad Core 1.83GHz Dual OS Windows 10 & Android 4.4 RAM2GB/ROM32GB | eBay

[Fred Bloggs]

I always go to Overclockers. Mr C is very happy with his PC.

Definitely this. They do good prices on parts, if you spec a full PC they build it for you with no charge for labour. You get a three year warranty too. When my son had a new PC from them and decided 6 months later to upgrade it, they credited the removed parts against the new ones at their full retail price, which was outstanding and still no labour charge too. They make a really neat and tidy job of assembly, all cables tidied away and cable tied/clipped neatly. I will definitely use them for any desktop computing needs in the future.