What is the native resolution of your monitor. That will determine your video card, which will determine your power supply. Do you plan to xfire/sli down the line? If so that will also affect your PS choice.
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> wrote: > > ok. luckily... in a few months :) hopefully... there will be a new > mbpro here for me @ work. > so, this workhorse @ home, just needs to be a box, with a lotta ram, a > big ole hdd, a nice big video card, and some usb ports. > of course, dvd, etc... but thats all... im looking to spend ~1200-1500 > and thats it... i spent 899 on my last > circuit city sony box, and made well over 100k with it :) im looking > to make the same kinda investment and make even more > with this one .... i love spending little, getting a cheap box that > normal geeks would scoff at, and rather than play games > on it... BANG OUT a buncha sites, and make nice cake with it... > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Matthew Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> If you are on the fence, spec out a dell, then get the parts into your > >> shopping basket on newegg. Do a price comparison. Is the hundreds of > >> dollars you save worth it, or is the extra expense worth it for > something > >> that arrives at your door ready to go and has tech support attached. > > > > Sometimes you can also find one or two components that will save you > > substantial money. You could spec out a Dell and put very little RAM > > in it, then buy the RAM from NewEgg. That gives you a machine you > > didn't have to assemble, you just have to swap out the memory > > yourself, which is pretty easy to do. > > > > I mentioned previously that my new laptop will be a Mac. I plan on > > buying it with minimum RAM because buying pre-installed memory > > upgrades from Apple is WAY more pricey than buying it yourself. > > > > -Cameron > > > > . > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314764 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
