I had the advice below from someone with a lot of experience wrt SSd/NVMe performances and durability: WD Red, Seagate Ironwolf, and Samsung PRO are all reliable and not too expensive for consumer SSDs (though their prices vary widely over time). All available as SSD or NVMe. Crucial makes devices that work as well (also Toshiba OEM devices tend to be OK) That's all I can bring as answers. Cheers, Didier -- Didier Spaier didieratslintdotfr Le 13/04/2023 à 22:55, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit : > Okay, so, after eleven-and-a-half years, my old HP Desktop running an > i7 2600 with 4GB of RAM finally bit it, and while I was able to dust > off an old Dell, its running a 9-year-old Celeron and hasn't a spare > bay for any of the data drives in my old HP, so I've decided I can no > longer put off buying a new computer. > > I'd like to spend $700 or less, but I've secured funding that will let > me go as high as $1000. > > Based on past experience, I'd like to get another HP Desktop since > every HP me or my family has owned lasted over a decade of daily use > in less than ideal operating environments while I don't think we've > ever had any non-HP last half that. > > I'm not particularly picky about the CPU, though I'd like something > from at least this decade that would be an appreciable upgrade over > the i7 2600, and my understanding is that AMD's Rizon product line > provides better bang for buck than Intel's i line. > > I'm even less picky about the GPU since I'm blind and won't be hooking > up a monitor, though having the GPU to spare to run accessible games > that insist on wasting GPU cycles on polygons that won't be displayed > or to play around with non-graphics applications that benefit from GPU > would be nice. > > I want to upgrade to at least 8 GB of Ram and would prefer at least 16 > GB of RAM. > > For Internal storage, I suspect just about any SDD that comes with a > pre-built tower is going to be overkill for my system drive, but > insufficient as my primary data drive(my root partition on this dell > is 16GB with another 16GB swap partition and most of the drive for my > home partition), and the old HP has a pair of 3.5" SATA HDDs(1 4TB, > the other 2TB) I'd like to transplant to the new PC, so it would be > ideal if all I needed was to slide the drives into bays and run new > SATA cables. And while 4TB SSDs are a thing, the current price is such > I'd sooner keep my current primary data drive and upgrade the > secondary and external(also 2TB) HDDs to hold a complete back up each > instead of a complete backup between them. > > I don't care what OS is preinstalled as I'm going to be formatting the > SSD and installing Debian Linux regardless. > > For removable storage, I would prefer to buy a tower with a built-in > CD/DVD/BD combo Writer or failing that, such an optical drive that I > can just slide in and run a SATA cable. I would prefer to not deal > with the hassle of hooking up an external drive. I would also like at > least one and preferably two full-sized SD slots, preferably of a > style that leaves the SD card flush with the face of the reader. > > For ports and jacks, I suspect any Tower I buy is going to have more > USB and video ports than I'll ever use, but I would prefer to buy > something with 3.5 mm earphone and microphone jacks, or failing that, > a just works with Linux solution for adapting my 3.5mm wired earphones > for whatever ports it has. > > They're probably standard nowadays, and would be a nice to have, but I > can live without Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. > > Also, probably a pipedream, but something I can just pop a Debian > install disc into and start the installation on first boot would be > nice, but I suspect just about anything from a mainstream vendor is > going to come with a broken boot order and require sighted help from > one of my housemates to fix. > > Also, I have no interest in buying a laptop, and while I'm comfortable > installing SATA drives, I want something pre-built. > > At the moment, my frontline pick for my potential new machine is the > following HP system from Amazon: > > https://www.amazon.com/HP-Bluetooth-Con … amp;sr=8-3 > > Which I understand is running a 2-year-old version of AMD's equivalent > to the I7, has an SDD large enough to hold copies of my most accessed > files, has the space to add my HDDs, has a SD slot(though of the kind > where the card protrudes a bit), lacks a optical drive but has a bay > for adding one... the biggest stumbling block is that it doesn't seem > to have 3.5 mm audiojacks and I'm not sure how long the current > discount from MSRP will last(It'll likely be Monday before I have the > funds needed to purchase in hand, and it might be Tuesday before > they'll be available to my debit card). Also, I was pointed at the > following Optical drive: > > https://www.amazon.com/LG-Super-Interna … deae8f9840 > > As a possible option to install in the HP, though I'm wondering if its > actually compatible as one of the pre-existing Q&A on the HP mentioned > the drive bay being proprietary to HP instead of standard and the > drive in question being LG. > > So, anyone have any advice for a blind linux user in the market for a > new, pre-built desktop? > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list