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Nov. 5th, 2004 09:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camwynI am pondering buying a new computer. I just got my last paycheck from the Red Cross, and I had a lot of paid-time-off days comig to me, so it's a nice bit of money. I should like to upgrade to a system that doesn't go into hysterics about The Sims 2 quite as often, but I am no twitch gamer and otherwise rarely need that kind of processor power. Basically, a good processor and a really nice graphics card should do most of it, I think. For baseline stats, I'm looking for:
512 MB RAM (or more)
60 gigs hard drive storage (or more)
GeForce 5200 or better video
Windows XP Pro
2.4 GHz or faster
I am not fussy about the rest of it. Integrated sound is fine with me, as is integrated networking. I do not much care about a dial-up modem's capabilities if one is included with the system. USB is nice. So is a quiet power supply. Tempting as they are, I do not need a pimpin', stylin', shiny, or otherwise modded case. I already have speakers. I have a monitor at the moment and while I am not all that happy with it, there is no room on my desk for bigger, and I would rather wait until I have my own place before buying a flat-panel display.
Any suggestions for where to look?
512 MB RAM (or more)
60 gigs hard drive storage (or more)
GeForce 5200 or better video
Windows XP Pro
2.4 GHz or faster
I am not fussy about the rest of it. Integrated sound is fine with me, as is integrated networking. I do not much care about a dial-up modem's capabilities if one is included with the system. USB is nice. So is a quiet power supply. Tempting as they are, I do not need a pimpin', stylin', shiny, or otherwise modded case. I already have speakers. I have a monitor at the moment and while I am not all that happy with it, there is no room on my desk for bigger, and I would rather wait until I have my own place before buying a flat-panel display.
Any suggestions for where to look?
