On Mon, 2 Aug 2010, Anthony A Riederer wrote:
Where are all the opinions. I posted a message last week looking for some
recommendations on an upgrade path. So far I have gotten 1 response. I value
your suggestions. I need ideas.
I do not have a hardware recommendation to put here but I'll put my
general thoughts on the matter in play.
1: It seems to me that any of the video cards from the last few
generations can run pretty much any game you throw at it at high
resolution. As long as the other features you're looking for (dual head?)
are there and the price is right... I have an "old" Nvidia GX260 which
has never had problems.
2: Processors are more building out vs faster nowadays. Dual core vs
quad core is what you should be thinking. IMO more is better. Get a quad
core there.
3: Windows 7 64 bit.
4: As much memory as you can justify. Memory is cheap. I have 6GB in my
current machine, I would say fill however many slots you have with 2GB
sticks. so a 4 slot system toss 8GB in.
5: Don't skimp on hard drive. Get a good SSD which you can toss your OS
partition onto. Add to that a RAID 1 HDD set of 1.5-2TB set of drives
with good read/write performance for your data. Pick up an external USB
of eSATA drive to backup your stuff.
6: Don't skimp on Power Supply. my current power supply is 750 watts and
runs my system well. If/When I upgrade next I won't get anything smaller
than 1,000 watts.
7: Make sure you have at least GB ethernet built in. Even if you're not
at GB speeds currently, pretty much everything comes with it, no reason
not to make sure it is there for any eventual upgrade.
Christopher Fisk
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