This. I just got to this thread (still active) today because I was out ill, but my next personal desktop will be built by me consulting with the Tech Report System Guide <http://techreport.com/review/29012/system-guide-current>. For Gillian's stated purpose, I would recommend something along the line of "The Sweet Spot" on page 8 of the article. It is a gaming oriented build, so the GPU might be overkill.
Ray Parks Consilient Heuristician/IDART Old-Timer V: 505-844-4024 M: 505-238-9359 P: 505-951-6084 NIPR: [email protected] SIPR: [email protected] (send NIPR reminder) JWICS: [email protected] (send NIPR reminder) On Dec 13, 2015, at 1:31 PM, Gary Schiltz wrote: > From what you’ve said earlier, isn’t your computer like 9 years old? > In that case, most everything is probably so out of date that it might > be best to just give it to some geek that likes tinkering with old > stuff. If it were me, I would build one from scratch. Surely some nice > geeky guy or gal would help you, and you would learn a lot in the > process. Of course, that begs the question of what OS to put on it. MS > gives system builders good deals on OEM versions of their OS. Or, see > how you get along for a while with purely open source, i.e. Linux, > OpenOffice/LibreOffice. My $.02, probably worth about that much. > > On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Gillian Densmore > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Ray I think you called it that damn thing crashed yesterday. >> >> Crashed (noun and adjective): >> Common accurence with windwos. Symptoms: Unresponsive programs, a blue >> colored screen, mouse and keybored ignored, and otherwise describing doom. >> >> >> Now it won't even boot. >> >> As I am now in the market for a new desktop because I've put about at least >> 300 into the DEL (see also doom, crash, and crappy computers, highblood >> preasure, and general dystopic state with a yen to crush the world) >> >> I'm disinclined to much more, if any into it. >> >> I'd prefer a computer that rocks. For me that meens can play games, kick >> ass parts so as it's not in the damn shop costing as much or more than I >> initially payed for. >> Based on my now soured taste twards this dell and having replaced the hard >> drive 3 times, It'd be preferable to have one with two seperate hardrives >> so as backup is simple and easy. >> >> >> I saw a green tank one Amazon for 900. (with free prime shipping) from >> CyberPowerPC with 16gigs of ram and Nvidia of some sort that sported 2 gigs >> of ram >> >> >> In in the interest of transparency: I might prefer to replace this DEL >> because it, or windows iritiates me. I'd prefer to Keep the Hard drive it >> has (If it's still good) >> It's power converter and motivators are bad then that's likely at least 30, >> and it doesn't feel like it's aging gracefully. It might make a good little >> linux box, provided I can put in a new hard drive >> >> >> What others do if they were in my place? >> >> New computer? (newer parts meen less wear and tear and other issues) >> >> Replace the failed part (god knows where to even get one in santafe)? >> >> Both? (Might buy a small amount of time till new computer) : >> >> What kind of computer would people recomend? I've used and enjoyed Apples in >> the past. If there's a PC brand that rocks by all meens sugest some. >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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