Desktop PCs - Do You Still Have Them?

[Jun aka Pekto]

As far as I can remember, this is the best in a long, long time as far as CPU choices go. My youngest kid has had her A10-7850k DIY for a while now. But, it's not quite optimal for more intensive 1080p gaming. I'm thinking of replacing it with a low-cost Ryzen 3/AM4/DDR4 combo. Her R9 390 is still adequate for the games she play.

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[WallyWest]

As far as I can remember, this is the best in a long, long time as far as CPU choices go. My youngest kid has had her A10-7850k DIY for a while now. But, it's not quite optimal for more intensive 1080p gaming. I'm thinking of replacing it with a low-cost Ryzen 3/AM4/DDR4 combo. Her R9 390 is still adequate for the games she play.

Why not Ryzen 5?

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[Jun aka Pekto]

Why not Ryzen 5?

That would be reserved for me. ....assuming I'm already tired of my i5-8600.

[WallyWest]

Just put together a Ryzen 3, B450M mobo, with 8 GB RAM desktop for the wife's home office.
Cost us around 26k with a 19" monitor, and UPS.

The micro ATX case looks sleek with tempered glass sides but real tight for putting in 3.5" HDDs.
Had to bend the power and SATA cables more than I'm comfortable with.

Haven't tried testing it's Vega 8 graphics capabilities though... baka mapagalitan pa pag may nasira, hehe.

[WallyWest]

Didn't know some DVI-D ports do not support D-SUB (VGA) connection even with a DVI-D to VGA adapter.

[ice15]

question... yung staff ba sa office nyo naka desktop pa din? if yes, why? (cost? old equipment na gumagana pa naman? tamad ang IT?)

sa amin kasi, starting the pandemic, pinalitan ng laptop ang gamit ng lahat ng staff (pati receptionist)

then when we went back to the office... nag issue sila ng 27 inch monitor for all the staff.

[oj88]

90% laptop na in the office. Only staff that are in the office full-time have micro PCs.

[ice15]

90% laptop na in the office. Only staff that are in the office full-time have micro PCs.

any specific reason why they're still using desktops?

[dr. d]

i use a desktop.
the screen is bigger than most laptops' , and the keyboard is standard full-size that i can position on the table any way i want.
for some reason, my hands are not comfortable, typing on a laptop keyboard.

about the only reason i might want a laptop, is because i can bring it with me.

[111prez]

"desktops" now are so small ... palm sized even ....

[oj88]

any specific reason why they're still using desktops?

They only work on-premise so there's really no reason to issue them laptops where they still need to secure at the end of the day, among other reasons.

[dr. d]

"desktops" now are so small ... palm sized even ....

na-dala na kami sa small desktops.
back in the day, "they tended to overheat".

they might not be overheaters now, but the memory of my experience remains.

[oj88]

i use a desktop.
the screen is bigger than most laptops' , and the keyboard is standard full-size that i can position on the table any way i want.
for some reason, my hands are not comfortable, typing on a laptop keyboard.

about the only reason i might want a laptop, is because i can bring it with me.

I have both.... several, in fact.

Work laptop - Issued by the office that I almost always bring with me
Daughter's micro PC - She's still in grade school so she doesn't need a laptop yet
Son's laptop - He's in college so yes, I got him a laptop
Wife's laptop - She uses it mostly for Excel and financial stuff

Everything below is mine:
Home PC - Mid-tower PC at home with 3 displays for my general purpose use and video editing/rendering
Workbench PC - Mid-tower PC for hobby stuff in my workshop. It has dual 17" 4:3 displays
Home server - Mid-tower PC running 24x7 hosting my Plex content, backups, and UniFi Controller
Vmware Host - Micro-server running 24x7 hosting my DHCP, DNS, and Pi Hole
Internet Router - Mini PC running 24x7 hosting Untangle

I also have a couple of dedicated laptops (old ones) that I use as a sandbox to run "questionable" software. One such software is Techstream... a Toyota diagnostic app which came from a questionable source. Another is an Epson ink pad reset tool, also not from your usual software source.

[Verbl Kint]

question... yung staff ba sa office nyo naka desktop pa din? if yes, why? (cost? old equipment na gumagana pa naman? tamad ang IT?)

Work that requires a lot of computing power (waaaay more than your standard ₱150k and below laptop) will typically still need a desktop.

[ice15]

They only work on-premise so there's really no reason to issue them laptops where they still need to secure at the end of the day, among other reasons.

hmmm. thanks

But, when those desktops stop working... is your office issuing them a laptop? or a new desktop?

[dr. d]

feeling ko lang,
are desktops cheaper than equivalent-power laptops?
kasi, if the company has no intention of allowing the worker to bring the computer out of the office...

[ice15]

feeling ko lang,
are desktops cheaper than equivalent-power laptops?
kasi, if the company has no intention of allowing the worker to bring the computer out of the office...

I think desktops are still cheaper... pero biggest expense ng laptop for an office is that you still need to buy a bigger monitor, dock and keyboard and mouse...

compared sa desktop basically, complete na when you purchase.

[dr. d]

I think desktops are still cheaper... pero biggest expense ng laptop for an office is that you still need to buy a bigger monitor, dock and keyboard and mouse...

compared sa desktop basically, complete na when you purchase.

well, yeah...
but we can always tailor our purchases against our budgets.
when i replaced my desktop, i re-used my existing big-enough monitor, keyboard, and mouse, even as " magkano lang ba naman ang tiklado at daga? " .

[oj88]

hmmm. thanks

But, when those desktops stop working... is your office issuing them a laptop? or a new desktop?

I think we still have several more units in storage. The micro PCs are cheaper to maintain, use about the same power as a laptop, and they don't break as much. They're fine for in-office employees who are not expected to be mobile or do remote work.