Fair enough. I can’t remember the last time i even used a DVD to be fair. Only once to install linux on my sisters Laptop
I’m guessing most newer PCs can boot from USB right ? This is how I installed linux on my current (old) computer
And that’s another reason. Many people just don’t need them. I haven’t had a computer with a DVD drive for over four years.
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For that money I’d go with this:
It’s got the Ryzen 5, rather than the i3, so should stay current for much longer.
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That looks good. I’ll add it to my watch list thanks
I went for that one and I’m setting it up now
There’s an adhesive cling film bit inside the tower on the other side of the panel, shall I open the box up and take it off or should it be OK?
Read the instructions.
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I’ve done it.
Computer is rapid and very happy.
Only thing is I cannot find my 5ghz wifi network, I can only get the 2.4ghz one.
The PC came with internal wifi, and two wifi dongles which clip into the gold ports at the back
I normally remove it when I’m building a new PC. You usually find it on cases with a clear side-panel. It just stops the perspex from getting scratched. I’d remove it.
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That’s usually because 5ghz wifi is incredibly flakey. I run a 25m ethernet cable up the stairs --it’s far less hassle. 
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Fair enough, I won’t be doing any downloading anyways
Installed Ubuntu onto the SSD, can’t see my 1TB HDD listed anywhere in the " other locations " section.
Does it need formatting ? It is installed because I saw it listed during the ubuntu setup and its listed in " disk manager "
I want to transfer my music to it
Update: formatted it and now its working
It may have been pre-formatted as NTFS out of the box, but unless you re-map your /home folder to the big HDD it probably won’t get used. With Linux, users tend to live entirely with their /home folder for security. It’s the same with MacOS and more recently with Windows.
There’s a guide to how to move it here: https://www.maketecheasier.com/move-home-folder-ubuntu/
Thanks dude.
It’s just for storing my music, nothing else…
So happy with the computer its ridiculously fast compared to my Dell
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On the assumption you’re not gaming (sorry if I missed that) have you considered an Intel NUC? For general day to day computing they are a delight and you could easily build one for your budget.
The current LAN card doesn’t support 5Ghz.
Will one of these do ?
It has 5ghz ,
Open your up if it’s easy and look if it has the same connectors
It’s got a clear case so I can see inside and yes it looks the same.
Are all " PCi Express " the same size for all types ?
There’s different sizes of pcie connections, but from Google images all the WiFi pcie cards look like they have the same size
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So happy with it, thanks for your recommendation !
I’m fitting the 5Ghz lan card later
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Upgrading the RAM to 16GB as my current integrated GPU uses 2GB of my RAM to run, leaving me with 6GB usable/free