Last updated on 04-06-2024
We anticipate that you may wish to purchase a new computer to see you through your time at Falmouth University. This page will be updated to reflect our current buying advice for students enrolling on our undergraduate courses who wish to purchase a personal computer.
Depending on your needs you may prefer a desktop or a laptop. We often find our students prefer a laptop due to the portability. Although laptops tend to be more expensive, they do not need additional peripherals.
Although we have facilities with up to spec PCs available on campus, having a personal computer can be helpful for work done from home or when facilities are in high demand. We have separated our computer recommendations by course, which you will find below.
In the following document we provide a rough recommended specification and price range, as well as a list of recommended retailers.
- MSI
- ACER
- ASUS
- LENOVO
- GIGABYTE
- HP / Omen
For these courses we recommend a computer that has plenty of power, as students will be working on or with complex 3D assets.
Desktop Specifications
- Rough price range: £1300-£1500
- Processor: 14th gen Intel Core i5-14600KF
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 3060Ti - NVIDIA GeForce 4070
- Memory: 16GB - 32GB DDDR4/DDR5
- Main Storage: 1TB or higher m.2 nvme storage
- Secondary Storage: 1TB or higher sata ssd storage
- Operating System: Windows 11
Laptop Specifications
- Rough price range: £1500-£1800
- Processor: 13th gen Intel Core i7-13700HX
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 3060Ti / NVIDIA GeForce 4070
- Memory: 16GB - 32GB DDDR4/DDR5
- Main Storage: 1TB or higher m.2 nvme storage
- Operating System: Windows 11
Desktop Specifications
- Rough price range: £900-£1100
- Processor: Intel Core i5 14400F
- Memory: 16GB DDDR4
- Storage: 1TB SSD or HDD
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
- Operating System: Windows 11
Laptop Specifications
- Rough price range: £1000-£1200
- Processor: Intel Core i5-12450H
- Memory: 16GB DDDR4
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
- Storage: 512 GB HDD or SSD
- Operating System: Windows 11
Laptop Specifications
- Rough price range: £500-£700
- Processor: Intel Core i5-1335U
- Memory: 8GB DDDR4
- Graphics: Intel Integrated Graphics
- Storage: 512 GB HDD or SSD
- Operating System: Windows 11
Our robotics students often purchase a laptop focussing on portability and battery life due to the mobile nature of the course. A desktop PC is not advised.
We highly recommend students purchase an external solid state drive for transferring the large video content that you will be working with on the course. Here are two recommendations.