Yorgi wroteKassem wrotenope stick to an i7 or i5 Quad Core... if you're gonna get a new machine, you'd better get something good.
As Kassem said:
Stick to i7.
Do you realize that the i7 is the most powerful chip to go on a microcomputer in history?? What part of
limited budget wasn't clear?
And to answer the OP, it all depends on what you need your PC for. But you should ask yourself some questions:
- laptop or desktop?
Laptops are less powerful, their components aren't as good quality as their desktop counterparts, they're more difficult (if not impossible) to upgrade. They're also more expensive.
But they're mobile.
- notebook or netbook?
If you decide to go laptop, you should at least
think about netbooks. They are small laptops (between 8 and 11 inches), usually running Atom processors (made by Intel, they are single-core CPUs). They don't have the highest specs but have 3 notable advantages:
* Mobility (you can take it everywhere)
* Battery can last for up to 6 hours.
* Cheap.
Note This post is written from my netbook.
- What CPU do I need?
CPU are the central unit of your PC. The more powerful they are, the more instructions per second you could do. High-CPU apps include gaming, multimedia, ...
- How much RAM do you need?
Think of memory as how much information can the PC hold at the same time. The more memory you have the more apps you can have at the same time.
There are other questions you should ask yourself like 'what graphical card do I need?' or 'What about x86_64?' but I do not intend to give you a lesson in computer architecture ;-P
Just to give you an idea: my main PC is a Toshiba laptop Core Duo at 1.83Ghz, 1GB of DDR Ram and an Intel VGA. It is barely strong enough to run Vista, but
would run XP or w7. It
does run Ubuntu perfectly and I do not need more power.
So unless you are looking for a gaming machine, you do not need more powerful than what you first posted.
