New desktop pc tech spec rec(ommendations)

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by hermit, Feb 22, 2008.

  1. hermit

    hermit Private First Class

    It's time to flush this ME p.o.s.! Recommendations & advice greatly appreciated: I do stock research (no trading programs) with about 4 tabs open. Want to view/download movies & music as well as move music collection from vinyl/tape to cd. 1) Any real performance gain between 1.6 & 2.6 GHz processors? 2) Vista requires about 1 gig to run smoothly: true? 3) 2 gigs RAM run better? 4) For what I need am I bucks ahead buying an older faster single processor? Dell seems to have best deals on factory refurbs (1 yr warr), but almost no one has anything good to say about them. 5) Sound card recommendations?
    Thanx
     
  2. MickeyRoush

    MickeyRoush Specialist

    Well I'm sure someone else will chime in, but:

    Yes.

    Yes, but you will also need a graphics card with adequate specs also.

    Yes, but a good video card will help even better. So you may do better with 1Gig of RAM and a good video card verses 2Gigs of RAM and a poor video card/internal video. You'll get various opinions here depending on a users previous experience.

    Considering you are wanting/needing to multi-task, it might be better to go with a dual core processor. I'm currently using a One Core Processor (One Physical Processor) with 2 Logical Processors (Hyperthreading enabled). I use http://www.majorgeeks.com/CPU-Control_d5875.html to control the Affinity and it helps with multi-tasking. But I would still recommend going with a Dual Core or something similiar.

    Many to choose from here:
    http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=57&name=Sound-Cards
    I only have experience with Creative Labs. But you can read the reviews and decide for yourself what will suit your needs.
     

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