Best PC for PE prep
Ignore title. Need a PC of my own to prep for PE interviews but don’t want to break the bank. Any recs?
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If money is an issue, then you really don't need to spend much here. I won't recommend any specific models but as long as it can run Excel, you should be fine. Nothing you build for the purpose of PE interview training will be particularly hard work for a computer.
Thanks for that. Yea money isn’t a huge issue necessarily but considering it’s only going to be used for excel, don’t think it’s worth spending over 1K. Appreciate it
It is definitely not worth spending more than 1K on a laptop just for PE interviews - or 500 for that matter. Plenty of budget laptops will be absolutely fine
Check Best Buy’s deal of the day. Got solid computers suitable for this
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