What should look for beside the harddisk capacity when selecting one?
2007-01-15 20:48:16 · 10 answers · asked by Tan Ah teck 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
You should look for processor speed, amount of hard drive space, amount of RAM, and what video card it has, if you're a gamer. If you aren't a gamer, then all of that, except for the video card.
2007-01-15 20:54:22 · answer #1 · answered by alchemist_n_tx 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Three main things:
1. Good processor - An athelon processor that has only 2.7 GHZ would be faster than a pentium that is 3.1 simply because of the make. Just remember pentium is sh!t
2. Good ram - 1024 should do nicely. Try to get 1 stick of 1024 instead of 2 sticks of 512.
3. Good video card - most important thing for a gamer, vital for great graphics. Don't go lower than 128 bytes and ask about the different types.
2007-01-16 07:08:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pure Brilliance - Go for a Mac
Average/Good - Cheaper, Go for a Windows based desktop either running on Intel or AMD processors.
Here are a list of things you could look for
1. HDD Capacity
2. Memory (RAM)
3. Monitor (LCD/Regular)
4. Processor (AMD/Intel (recommended)/Asus/Mercury)
5. Keyboard (Regular/Optical/Wireless)
6. Mouse (Regular/Optical/Wireless)
7. CD Writer/ Regular CD Reader/ Combo Drive/DVD Combo Drive
8. Floppy Drive (not necessary0
9. USB Slots
10. Sound on Board?
11. Ethernet/Lan Card on Board?
12. S.Video Card
13. Wifi Enabled?
14. Integrated Infrared or Bluetooth?
15. Speakers (Regular / Logitech - Average/Creative -( Best = Costliest)
2007-01-16 05:05:56 · answer #3 · answered by ikillforfreetoparty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well there is processor speed, or just get any computer with new AMD processors.
Then there is virtual memory or (RAM) 512mb is good enough depending on what you will be using the computer for.
Next is Graphics card, this is what displays things on your monitor, now you will atleast want a Nvidia, depending whether you play games or not you will want one with built in cache (L@ cache)
That is basically what you want to look for, and Dell is one of the best computer retailers, they make the best computers and on their website they can tell you exactly what you need and they have a cool feature that allows you to customize your computer to basically every detail.
2007-01-16 05:04:47 · answer #4 · answered by bluebacker35 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frontside Bus (FSB) Capacity
Processor Speed
Processor Bit (things are starting to slow turn into 64bit)
RAM - amount and speed
Video Card Speed
USB 1.0 or 2.0 (of course 2.0 is better) and amount of USB ports (lots of stuff now in usb format)
Extra ports like firewire and such.
Laser Mouse
Looks?
Operating System (and if it comes with a free Vista upgrade).
DVD Reader/Writer
Card Reader
WARRANTY WARRANTY WARRANTY
This is just a small list.
2007-01-16 04:59:05 · answer #5 · answered by Moses M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should look at the processor speed in Ghz and the processor cache. the FSB speed in Mhz and the RAM speed also in Mhz. If you've got anything like over 3Ghz processor and over 800Mhz FSB and over 533Mhz RAM then your system is ready for a good solid performance. also look at the graphic card memory on the motherboard and if you want you can go for an extra graphic card possibly with a processor of about 300Mhz on the graphic card.
2007-01-16 04:57:19 · answer #6 · answered by Bap 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should read this :
How to Buy a New PC
http://pcworld.about.com/news/Aug112004id117331.htm
Unbiased & very helpful.
regards,
Philip T
2007-01-16 10:52:58 · answer #7 · answered by Philip T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
memory is important. if u want to game you need @ leats 2gb if u want to edit video u need at least 4gb
2007-01-23 21:24:34 · answer #8 · answered by futurecatcher 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
motherboard..graphic card.etc...ram size...dual speed etc
depend on ur usage if u using for normal surfing..or gaming
2007-01-16 09:22:13 · answer #9 · answered by dior babe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first of all you need to list what you want to do with it. gaming-serfing-dvd's-cd's-etc.
2007-01-16 04:56:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋