WIDEPART, the top of the line of the last generation is a smart idea.?

Question

since i know little, could you tell me what it was you bought, if you dont mind? brand, model,price, seller? this will help a beginner a lot. thanks for your reply. i appreciate all the help im getting.
ps. pls disregard the question mark at the end of the above statement. i tried editing it out but it just wont go away.

Answer 1

since noone else will help you I will. When buying a computer (or building one for me) the RAM is the most important aspect of a computer) you can have a 3 ghz processor (3000 mhz) and 256 mb of ram and the damn thing will run as slow as my grandmother. When you open a program or do something, the processor pulls it from the hard drive (your hard drive is where everything is statically stored) and puts it in ram for you to use. The more ram you have the better. With this in mind, i wouldn't build a computer for my grandmother with less than 512 mb of ram (1.5 gb for a gamer).

The next important thing depends on if you're a gamer or not. if you're a gamer, you need a good 3d graphics card with at least 128 mb of ram (and this is increasing as newer games are requiring shader technology and pci express) and a 64-bit processor. 32-bit processors are to 64 bit processors AS 2 lane roads are to 4-lane roads; you can push more traffic at once down the road.

The last important thing is the hard drive. I wouldn't have a hard drive with less that 80 GB of space. Your hard drive is where everything is stored for when you turn your computer off, its still there. I don't think there's a computer today that comes with less than 40 GB.