Chris is on the Money IMO.
On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 10:04:27AM -0400, Christopher Fisk wrote:
> 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.
Yep.
> 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.
I like the Core i7 line.
> 3: Windows 7 64 bit.
Yep.
>
> 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.
Yep.
> 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.
Yep.
> 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.
Yep.
> 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.
Duh :)
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Bryan G. Seitz
