Computer Upgrade
OK , this is an opportunity for all those "techno", "technoids", or "puter people", or members of the "Nerd Herd", to show your stuff.
I am going to upgrade my computer, the rig I am looking at is as follows.... Acer Aspire AMD Athlon 64x2 dual core processor 2mb L2 cache 3GB DDR2 ram, upgradable to 8GB 500GB SATA 7200 HD DVD RW+/- ATI Raedon X1250 video Gig/Lan, 10/100/1000... Vista Home Premium, (gonna give it a try), XP is my plan "B" Plus all the usual connections.... 8 USB 2.0 Firewire 6 audio PCI 1x, PCI 16x, PCI v2.3 etc...etc... So here are my thoughts, ... I know that to have any decent graphics I am going to have to go with a graphics card such as nVidia, no problem. Any thoughts on the desktop in general? Let me know..... Joe B. |
I don't know much about Acer
No floppy drive :lmao: I wouldn't worry to much about the video card unless you are into gaming or run a lot of graphics programs. Maybe look into a TV tuner that works similar to Tivo so you can save or record tv programs and put them on a disc. If you copy a lot of DVD's and/or CD's , maybe dual optical drives. Go to techbargains, Dell usually post some good deals available through the site. Usually on Weds. http://www.techbargains.com/ |
The only time I hear anyone mention Vista is when it is prefixed with a term like "damn"........ :rolleyes:
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3GB DDR2 ram, upgradable to 8GB - I would max it out for Vista
500GB SATA 7200 HD - 500GB!!! Save some $$'s and spend it on RAM, 160 to 200 is plenty DVD RW+/- - As mentioned a second drive is great for making copies ATI Raedon X1250 video - Good enough, unless you are into games Vista Home Premium, (gonna give it a try), XP is my plan "B" - I have Vista on my notebook, it is memory hungury... max your RAM |
This is the setup the way it comes, Yes 500gb is huge, I plan on adding another DVD/CD burner, and a graphics card. Memory is cheap so I will probably bump that up too.
Anyway, thanks for your input/output..:rofl1: Joe B. |
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