what is decent spec computer nowadays

paul4798

hi all,
what is a decent spec nowadays?
what spec should i get ie how much ram and processor?

i use it for excel and word and internet and also games such as football magager also considering changing to broadband.

thanks

Paul

StrikeEagle

I suppose a good spec is anything over 2.6GHz such as a P4 Prescott or AMD Sempron or AMD 64bit.

Ram you probably want a minimum of 512 (2x256 sticks rather than 1x512 as this is generally accepted as faster). 1 gig is always nice thou

For future proofing ideally you want a motherboard with PCI-E rather than AGP.

Toxteth_OGrady

what is a decent spec nowadays?

In my experience the answer to that is always the same.

About 200 quid more than I can afford. :P ;D ;D ;D

8)

TOG

salli9

ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Viz_2

Can somebody also suggest a decent spec laptop please.
It is to be used for power point and word processing stuff.

akmodi

HI Paul,

Firstly---do not waste money on buying much more than what you can use---the same spec will be available for much less in 2 years time--when you need it.

I would recommend 2500 AthlonXP--or 3 GHZ P4 (pentiums are better than p4), 512 MB ram--as one stick--not 256x2 unless using an Nvidia motherboard, 160GB hard drive, DVD writer--16x Dual Layer, etc.

For VIZ: see Aria.co.uk and see their specials--they have a very decent one for 470.

rygon

for using spreadsheets and work etc a pentium 2 or 3 would do in my mind.(using windows98) .not the fastest of processors but should be able to cope with that graphics for games etc will take the most memory up

paul4798

well guys as you can see for the spec i have now

Compaq presario
AuthenicAMD, AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor
56.0mb ram

owt would be a better computer.

Paul