[NefCanuck]

Focused,Nov 7 2005, 06:37 PM Wrote:so i'm upgrading my computer finally....

what a world of difference since the last time i've had to do this serisouly....


can someone give me the low-down on what's up....

I"ll be using the computer for gaming, music processing [i have an in home studio], sufing for porn....etc.....i don't want a MAC...

do you guys have opinions on these 2 items for starters?

motherboard

processor

^^^  with sufficient ram and a decent video card....how much of a dif. will i notice from my current setup:

p4 1.7
256rdram
intel Mobo
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Here's one thing I can tell you right off the bat, if you only buy a "mid-level" machine now, in two years you'll be feeling the pinch to upgrade things based on what you've said you want to do.

Regarding video cards, buy yourself a motherboard that deals with the latest standard PCI-E(xpress) and a PCI-E card. AGP cards are being left in the dust and additionally, eventually all peripherial cards will be PCI-E as well (Think of PCI as a stock Focus, PCI-E is a Focus that's had a turbo slammed into it ;) )

HD space - The mantra is "as much as you think you need & half that again" programs aren't getting any lighter in their space demands and a small HD will bite you in the ass sooner than later.

RAM - 1GB is the bare minimum now, a lot of programs have mutated into RAM hogs, esp. games.

CPU - I run Intel, but that's because I'm overly cautious about making sure stuff works as opposed to sheer speed. AMD has long since matured into a viable alternative but their higher end processors are no longer the deals they once were vs. the comparable Intel chips cost wise (and don't even get me started on the ridiculous naming scheme that Intel came up with... I thought AMD's was stupid...)

If you have any questions yell, I've got good hearing :lol:

NefCanuck