Computer specs for computer science

Hi,

In September I will be going to uni to do a computer science course. I'm going to purchase a desktop for £399 that has these specs shown in the image below. I will also be buying a dedicated graphics card (nvedia GTX 950) as well as another 8gb of RAM. Would you say the pc will be sufficient for a normal computer science course and programming and will it still be a good PC in about 2 years time. I know it's cheap but I'm on a tight budget. Thanks in advance

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shawn_o1

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I got my laptop 4 years ago prior to enrolling in compsci. And it still works today.

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CJTWhite

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Yes that looks okay, though I'm an Intel fanboy so I'd recommend them instead of AMD :colondollar:

This is more than enough for compsci, it won't be very strenuous on your PC

EDIT: Oh, and I'd recommend building your own, if you're interested in compsci you probably know your **** already :smile:

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kkboyk

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Original post by samhelyes

Hi,

In September I will be going to uni to do a computer science course. I'm going to purchase a desktop for £399 that has these specs shown in the image below. I will also be buying a dedicated graphics card (nvedia GTX 950) as well as another 8gb of RAM. Would you say the pc will be sufficient for a normal computer science course and programming and will it still be a good PC in about 2 years time. I know it's cheap but I'm on a tight budget. Thanks in advance

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You don't need any high spec computer, and any decent computer or laptop will do. Every universities have computer labs for their CS students (generally opened 24/7 at some unis) to use if they are in need of a high spec computer

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Hashtosh302

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Original post by samhelyes

Hi,

In September I will be going to uni to do a computer science course. I'm going to purchase a desktop for £399 that has these specs shown in the image below. I will also be buying a dedicated graphics card (nvedia GTX 950) as well as another 8gb of RAM. Would you say the pc will be sufficient for a normal computer science course and programming and will it still be a good PC in about 2 years time. I know it's cheap but I'm on a tight budget. Thanks in advance

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This is more than enough for compSci, its even good for a bit of gaming, however you have an integrated graphics card and not a dedicated one. Mind I ask, from which shop are you buying this dekstop from?

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hellodave5

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Personally would recommend you try a build if you have the money to take a little bit of risk. I have done 2 now and not broken anything, with no computer background and simply self-teaching using YouTube.

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bigboateng_

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A trash can running linux is good enough for comp sci.

but man, invest in a graphics card

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samhelyes

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Original post by Chaz W

Yes that looks okay, though I'm an Intel fanboy so I'd recommend them instead of AMD :colondollar:

This is more than enough for compsci, it won't be very strenuous on your PC

EDIT: Oh, and I'd recommend building your own, if you're interested in compsci you probably know your **** already :smile:

Yeah I'd get an intel but its way more expensive and my budget is very tight😂 and as for building a PC I looked into it and it would have cost me around the same price for the one I purchasing and so i thought i may as well buy one thats already built

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samhelyes

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Original post by shawn_o1

I got my laptop 4 years ago prior to enrolling in compsci. And it still works today.

Great

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samhelyes

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Original post by Hashtosh302

This is more than enough for compSci, its even good for a bit of gaming, however you have an integrated graphics card and not a dedicated one. Mind I ask, from which shop are you buying this dekstop from?

It's from Curry's/PC World. Link here http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/desktop-pcs/desktop-pcs/cyberpower-empire-gt-ii-gaming-pc-10141718-pdt.html

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samhelyes

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Original post by bigboateng_

A trash can running linux is good enough for comp sci.

but man, invest in a graphics card

Yeah I'm going to be buying an extra 8GB of RAM as well as an Nvidea GTX 950 graphics card

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tg1998

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more than powerful enough. compsci doesn't necessarily require a huge amount of power unless using the likes of unity or graphics software.

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niteninja1

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Original post by samhelyes

Hi,

In September I will be going to uni to do a computer science course. I'm going to purchase a desktop for £399 that has these specs shown in the image below. I will also be buying a dedicated graphics card (nvedia GTX 950) as well as another 8gb of RAM. Would you say the pc will be sufficient for a normal computer science course and programming and will it still be a good PC in about 2 years time. I know it's cheap but I'm on a tight budget. Thanks in advance

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Do these things scrap the HDD and get an SSD.

Have a look at novatech they do custom builds.

Also don't buy the OS check here

https://www.dreamspark.com/Student/Default.aspx?tab=2&wa=wsignin1.0

If your uni has a membership if they do you can get two copies of Windows 10 pro free for life

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niteninja1

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Original post by samhelyes

Yeah I'd get an intel but its way more expensive and my budget is very tight😂 and as for building a PC I looked into it and it would have cost me around the same price for the one I purchasing and so i thought i may as well buy one thats already built

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Novatech custom build desktops to your spec have a look at them.