Home desktop PC shopping, 2025 edition

[El Chupacabra]

Hi folks, I don't ski and I'm not interested in learning anything new.

Recommend me a turnkey skis/binders/boots/poles/onsie/goggles/helmet solution that'll have me looking good at Breck.

Buy everything here:

https://www.tipsyelves.com/?utm_sour...hoC45IQAvD_BwE

[highangle]

Buy bespoke components and build your own thing, Chupei. It's better.
Or shop around for off-lease enterprise gear you can hop up. It's cheaper.
Or envision a grand unified system of networked computers and media and home devices, and engineer a topology and construct that structure, the way one might build a table in the woodshop, or a deck.

[Core Shot]

If they remake office space the movie can there be a scene about the right cover sheet on the TPM reports?

[El Chupacabra]

Bump, back to shopping, as the Windows 10 end date approaches. I'm considering grabbing this while on sale - specs seem like it'll be future proof for awhile:

https://www.costco.com/asus-v500-min...000364747.html

In case that price doesn't show, it's $679 for an Asus tower, Intel Core i7-13620H Processor - 1TB SSD - Windows 11 Home, 32 gb RAM.

I think I may grab it while on sale, and look for other PC deals during the July 4th and Amazon Prime sale days ahead. I can return it easily to Costco if I find something else.

[XXX-er]

Look for refurbished, once a computer has been returned/ the box has been openned they can not sell it as new I bought a Lenovo LT and it worked fine

[El Chupacabra]

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Bumping as I think I&#39;m gonna return that new desktop from Costco, and pick up a refurb -- looks like lots of options on ebay and Amazon.</p>
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I looked at my current two monitors -- they are connected via VGA cables, but have HDMI and Display Port inputs.&nbsp; They are a HP LA2206xc and a LA2206x (one has a camera built in, the other does not).&nbsp; Specs:</p>
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https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/828395-REG/HP_Hewlett_Packard_XN376A8_ABA_Compaq_LA2206x_21_5 _LED.html#:~:text=HP%20LA2206x%20Overview&amp;text =of%20considerate%20features.-,From%20the%20VGA%2C%20DVI%2DD%2C%20and%20DisplayP ort%20connectivity%2C,both%20user%2Dfriendly%20and %20capable.</p>
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Is this Intel i5 processor so old that I should pass?&nbsp; This desktop has an optical drive built in, which I like:</p>
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https://www.amazon.com/HP-EliteDesk-800G4-Computer-Professional/dp/B0BZT6TNL6/ref=pd_ci_mcx_pspc_dp_2_t_1?pd_rd_w=PnGIf&amp;cont ent-id=amzn1.sym.cd152278-debd-42b9-91b9-6f271389fda7&amp;pf_rd_p=cd152278-debd-42b9-91b9-6f271389fda7&amp;pf_rd_r=7E3C3E0NQ9X3Y1A9RQ65&amp; pd_rd_wg=TYzYk&amp;pd_rd_r=ee1cf06c-e7a9-4220-9ae4-6a5a5f46125b&amp;pd_rd_i=B0BZT6TNL6</p>
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And here&#39;s a cheap AMD Ryzen 5 desktop, no optical drive, but I may be able to add one (there&#39;s a panel plate):</p>
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/166363878590?mkevt=1&amp;mkcid=1&amp;mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&amp;campid=5337259887&amp;toolid=10001&amp;custo mid=f0184fe06a2411f083ba3a9d3dc59b020INT</p>
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Anyone still following this thread and have any thoughts on these?&nbsp; (Still don&#39;t want a mini PC box, and don&#39;t want to build it myself...)&nbsp; Thanks!</p>
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