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Miniumum Specs.
JsT
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I'm getting a new PC - and a mate of mine says he'll make it up for me. But I'm wondering what is the minimum sort of system I should be looking for? I'm thinking something like..
Reckon thats decent enough?
- 2.5Ghz Processer
- 120GB HD (Or 2 60GB)
- 1024Mb RAM
- Ge-force 4 Graphics (32Mb)
Reckon thats decent enough?
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2200+ (1800 MHz) (or more) is good.
They're cheaper than P4s, and as quick (well, more powerful for less MHz).
The rest sounds good.
Get decent components, as they have a bearing on the overall speed.
A crap motherboard/memory will bottleneck a decent processor.
Edited to add:
I've got an AMD XP 2200+ with 512 mb ram, 4gig HDD and 32mb graphics.
It does me fine, but I'm not a gamer...so graphics aren't a major concern.
Or if you have the money you may as well go for the 2400+
Make sure you get decent brands of RAM and hdds, especially the ram, as it is the most likely to fuck up.
If your mate plans on charging you to make it up, you could just do it yourself, cause it's really not that difficult
Yup.
I'd get the two smaller drives, rather than one big one.
You probably don't need that much RAM.
If you are a gamer, get a 64 or 128 M graphics card.
I assume you want to play games on it, and therefore I would reccomend at least a 64MB graphics card, even at the expense of RAM (you can happily get away with 512MB).
Hard drives. If storage space is paramount, then get the 120 GB drive, then you can add another when you can afford it. If you want to go for two drives, then you'll find 80GB drives don't cost much more than 60GB drives.
You haven't mentioned a sound card or speakers. Important if you like playing games or watching films on it (I assume you will have a DVD drive in it).
The specs seem fine, but get a graphics card with a bit more memory.
Mr_Wobble
they suck (celeron, that is)
As for processors, it's more down to down to personal taste and what you really need it for.
Stay away from Duron and Celeron. Cheap they may be, but nothing else.
AMD xp 2400+ ECS mobo very reliable, 80 gb hdd 7200 IBM are good. LEadtek ge force 4 mx good and cheap. 256mb ram min.
I got a Duron 800 with 512mb ram ge force 2 mx had it over 2 years i cant say i play one game that looks poor yet. GTA vice city looks and runs execellent on my pc.
I can build pcs for very cheap prices from £210 if need be
For 7.1 go for a Hercules Fortissmo III ---> Here
Anything else then a Creative Labs pretty-much-anything will do ya nicely ---> Here
ECS? Reliable? Sure? My 3 K7S5A's are a pain in the arse... :rolleyes: Maybe just unlucky.
AMD XP 2400+ (runs at 2.0Ghz) and Heatsink/fan ---> Here You could reasonably go quicker than this as AMD have just had huge price drops on their processors...
Never worked with this motherboard (mobo) but it looks good (loads of features) ---> Here
80GB Seagate Barracuda IV Hard drive ---> Here
For graphics an GeForceFX (thats the new range) 5200 could be worth a look ---> Here but if thats too much money then have a look at a Geforce4 MX440 ---> Here .
(As a little tip a Ti will always be quicker than a MX of the same Geforce card. Eg a Geforce4 Ti xxxx is quicker than a Geforce4 MX xxx)
Hmm RAM. PC3200 (quickest for that motherboard) DDR RAM ---> Here is some quality RAM - cheap and real good stuff.
Here is some of effectively the same RAM which is a bit better for overclocking.
Let me know if you need anymore help