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<blockquote data-quote="drothgery" data-source="post: 1581847" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>Recommendations based on buying a system from a major vendor (Dell, HP-Compaq, Gateway/eMachines, IBM, etc.)</p><p> </p><p><strong>CPU</strong>: 2.8 GHz (or faster) Pentium 4 or any Athlon 64. Celerons are very bad. Retail Athlon XP systems are slightly bad.</p><p><strong>RAM</strong>: 512 MB. More costs a lot; less isn't cost-effective.</p><p><strong>Hard Drive</strong>: 80 GB+. More if you're keeping a lot of video around.</p><p><strong>Optical Media</strong>: At minimum, a DVD reader and a CD-RW. You'll probably really want the DVD reader at some point in the not to distant future, and they don't cost that much.</p><p><strong>Video</strong>: Make sure you've got an AGP or PCI Express slot (note: PCI Express is not the same as PCI or PCI-X), so you can upgrade later (for occasional gaming or the next version of Windows) -- an integrated-video only system is bad -- but anything will do for office apps and web surfing for now. Best value for now is probably in the Radeon 9600/GeForce FX 5700 range.</p><p> </p><p>Worth noting: Intel is launching new CPUs and chipsets at the end of this month. AMD launched some new CPUs and new socket designs last week. So waiting a few weeks is probably a good idea. But it's easy to get into the trap of always waiting for something better (as there always is something better coming soon), so if you've got the money and want a new system, don't put it off too long.</p><p> </p><p>For the person who asked up-thread - the chipsets Intel launches on June 21 will be the first that support PCI Express. Athlon 64 chipsets that support PCI Express are expected later this summer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drothgery, post: 1581847, member: 360"] Recommendations based on buying a system from a major vendor (Dell, HP-Compaq, Gateway/eMachines, IBM, etc.) [b]CPU[/b]: 2.8 GHz (or faster) Pentium 4 or any Athlon 64. Celerons are very bad. Retail Athlon XP systems are slightly bad. [b]RAM[/b]: 512 MB. More costs a lot; less isn't cost-effective. [b]Hard Drive[/b]: 80 GB+. More if you're keeping a lot of video around. [b]Optical Media[/b]: At minimum, a DVD reader and a CD-RW. You'll probably really want the DVD reader at some point in the not to distant future, and they don't cost that much. [b]Video[/b]: Make sure you've got an AGP or PCI Express slot (note: PCI Express is not the same as PCI or PCI-X), so you can upgrade later (for occasional gaming or the next version of Windows) -- an integrated-video only system is bad -- but anything will do for office apps and web surfing for now. Best value for now is probably in the Radeon 9600/GeForce FX 5700 range. Worth noting: Intel is launching new CPUs and chipsets at the end of this month. AMD launched some new CPUs and new socket designs last week. So waiting a few weeks is probably a good idea. But it's easy to get into the trap of always waiting for something better (as there always is something better coming soon), so if you've got the money and want a new system, don't put it off too long. For the person who asked up-thread - the chipsets Intel launches on June 21 will be the first that support PCI Express. Athlon 64 chipsets that support PCI Express are expected later this summer. [/QUOTE]
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