Hi there.
I just purchased a new monitor (Dell U2412m) last week and now I want to get a desktop, as my laptop is really not up to par and with it I basically can't use the new monitor. I made a note of the specs that you recommend and have been looking around, but to be honest I have a budget of about $1000 AUD (max, obviously less is even better), which obviously isn't much.
I've been looking and looking and getting more and more confused, as I don't really know much about computers. I can obviously tell whether or not prebuilt computers have the specs required, but most of them are way over my budget and when I start looking at "customise your own" places, well, that's when I get confused - there are so many options of everything (HDD, processor, graphics card etc) and I just don't know enough to know which ones to choose.
So, I asked for a quote from the place where I bought the monitor and they gave me one for the preferred specs (which is obviously way above my budget) and then a budget conscious one for the min specs (photo attached); however, this one doesn't include an operating system, so it wouldn't actually be within my budget anyway.
Today I quickly looked again on the Dell Australia site and they have a sale on till this Thursday and they have an Inspiron desktop for $824AUD (http://www.dell.com/au/p/inspiron-3650-desktop/pd?oc=z210438au&model_id=inspiron-3650-desktop), which is much better for me budget-wise. It also includes a keyboard and mouse, which I don't have and it obviously comes with an operating system (Windows 10 Home 64-bit), which again is obviously needed.
So, basically, do you think the Dell is a good deal or do you think the customised desktop is better?
Thanks in advance.