Join Date : Oct 2011
MN, USA
Posts : 293
Windows 7
@ Jaidyn it'll be playing one game. Video and music renderer and that's about it. The need for so much RAM is due to background tasks such as Microsoft office and an incideous (if that's even a word) amount of chat clients. Such as MSN, AIM, YAHOO, IRC, and Skype all at the same time. As well as a very large amount of monitoring such as home and pc security, l33tsig, whatpulse, ect, ect.
It's not so much what is active that will bother me it's what is in background or inactive but resident.
@gary I would stay away from those sites, build your own, or even better help your local computer store stay in business and help him keep food on the table.
System Manufacturer/Model Number eMachines / EL1358G OS Windows 7 CPU AMD Athlon II X2 220 - 2.8 GHz Motherboard eMachines EL1358G Memory Kingston - 3 GB Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays Acer S231HL 23" Screen Resolution Acer @ 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech Illuminated Keyboard Mouse Logitech M215 PSU LITEON 220W Case eMachines Cooling Open case Hard Drives HDS721010CLA - Hitachi 1TB
WDC WD10EARS - Western Digital 1TB [External] Internet Speed 15 Mbps Down / 3 Mbps Up Other Info HP Deskjet 1000 Printer, HP Deskjet 3050 Printer, HP Officejet 4500 Wireless Printer, HP DVD Writer 1270e
Join Date : Nov 2011
United States
Posts : 28
Windows 8 developer preview
@Austin, They are about a mile from my house I built my Linux PC from them. Parted out an older HP and reused optical and hard drive. They will sell all the pieces and you can build it.
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP M1050Y OS Windows 8 developer preview CPU Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.80GHz Motherboard Asus PTGD 1-LA Memory 1GB Graphics Card DDR ATI Radeon X300SE Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Monitor(s) Displays Samsung LCD
Keyboard HP Mouse HP wireless Case HP Hard Drives C & D 800 GB
N 200 GB Internet Speed Cable Other Info 6 or 7 year old PC with many upgrades. I also have a homebuilt PC running Linux AMD Athlon II 64, Jetway MB LinuxMint 9 (isadora) GNOME Built with a new case and motherboard, Recycled hard and optical drives for under $300. With Wine I can run just about anything on it, but will always need Windows for iTunes and especially work.
System Manufacturer/Model Number eMachines / EL1358G OS Windows 7 CPU AMD Athlon II X2 220 - 2.8 GHz Motherboard eMachines EL1358G Memory Kingston - 3 GB Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays Acer S231HL 23" Screen Resolution Acer @ 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech Illuminated Keyboard Mouse Logitech M215 PSU LITEON 220W Case eMachines Cooling Open case Hard Drives HDS721010CLA - Hitachi 1TB
WDC WD10EARS - Western Digital 1TB [External] Internet Speed 15 Mbps Down / 3 Mbps Up Other Info HP Deskjet 1000 Printer, HP Deskjet 3050 Printer, HP Officejet 4500 Wireless Printer, HP DVD Writer 1270e