What do you guys think about computers?

[JacKieChan>]

So I'm going to be buying a new computer in the next couple of weeks.

Back like 3 years ago a computer geek friend of mine said all you ever need in a HD in 20GB..that was 3 years ago..now computers seem to come standard with 80-120 as the basic. This seems a bit unecessary.

What your thoughts/oppinions about that?

I was thinking of going with about

80GB HD
512GB MEM
128 video card

That's the basics...rest is choice.

[Mr. Peanuts]

that sounds ok jackie,

80-120 is necessary, you will be surprised how fast the space manages to disappear.

[triceratops]

i dont know. ive had a 80gb for like over a year and ive only accumulated 30gb worth of shit.

80-120 is only necessary if youre some kind of downloading mongoloid like concreteschylyreddrdr

[Stabwound]

That's all pretty vague. There is a world of difference between the both ends of the spectrum of 128MB video cards, RAM, etc.

[Stabwound]

Oh and I only have 40GB but I could easily fill a 1000GB hard drive. But I guess you're not like me where I am perpetually downloading at least 100kb/sec at all times :P.

[JacKieChan>]

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Originally posted by Stabwound
Oh and I only have 40GB but I could easily fill a 1000GB hard drive. But I guess you're not like me where I am perpetually downloading at least 100kb/sec at all times :P.

How much porn are you dl?
Or is it music?

[Troll King]

It's better to have more space than you need then to suddenly find out you ran out of hard drive space. The price difference isn't that large either. I've seen 40 GB and 120 GB hard drives made from the same manufacturer being sold at the same store with only $50 (all prices Canadian) difference. ($150 vs $200) with 80 GB sandwiched in the middle. $50 isn't really much, especially when it's tripling the size.

[abrasion]

600gb HD and 2gb ram with a 512 GFX Card! Hoo-RAH!

[Ace]

www.alienware.com

its nice to dream.........

[Kim]

I heard from somewhere that you need this contraption to play our little 2d spaceship game.

[Fit of Rage]

I would max out the RAM before I upgraded the HD.

[kamakazi-insomniac]

Alienware is like a Harly without the history. All your buying is the name,

[Jason]

http://www.hardforum.com

Check it out. That's enough computer info to make your head spin.

[Jeansi]

If you have a net connection that is constantly on I'd say you really need over 100 Gb, 2x100 isn't that expensive really.
40 Gb goes to music, 20 to games, 20 to neccessities and the rest to movies.

[Bilange]

I dont know if you have a CD Writer or not, but if you dont, when you download ISOs you have to keep em on the disc and load it with a virtual CD driver/software, right?

You'll find that 40GB is not enough.

If you ever want to make videos (shameless plug: own-age.com for Quake videos, check out annihilation), you will need alot (and i mean it) of place for uncompressed data. Same for audio CDs extracting, but it about 600mb per CD, no biggie.

512Mb is enough for anybody -till Doom3 and such games.