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I've been running an old (5-6yrs) PC with Win XP and an AMD2 2.2GHz CPU, 2 GB Ram, 150GB WD HD and nvidia FX 5500 graphics card. It served me well for many years, no problems but it was getting slow because of the increasing demands from web pages and new software. So I finally pulled the trigger on an upgrade.
I don't usually tout any particular company but I have to say if you're ever looking for a new desktop and you want control over the build, magic micro did a helluva good job for me. For just 6 bills I got a Cube case w/temp gauge and very clean looking interior build, all wires neatly tied together and tucked away. It's really good quality materials. I'm not big into gaming anymore though this rig handles most of the videos and graphics jobs pretty well. I opted for an Intel i5-3570 quad core 3.4GHz, 16GB Ram, 500GB WD VelociRaptor HD and GeForce GT 440 graphics card, installed Vista x64. There are newer OS's Win7-8 and faster CPU's i7-3770K or i7-3960X, 32-64GB Ram, SSD drives and GeForce GTX 690 graphic cards but I simply didn't need or want to pay for that much. Depending on your needs you can easily pick the pieces, let them assemble and save money. I've yet to run enough programs to even slow this thing up yet.
I used to build my own PC's and others but over the years I got tired of the hassle. It's simply, time consuming grunt work that if someone else fubars an installation, they pay for the booboo's.
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I don't usually tout any particular company but I have to say if you're ever looking for a new desktop and you want control over the build, magic micro did a helluva good job for me. For just 6 bills I got a Cube case w/temp gauge and very clean looking interior build, all wires neatly tied together and tucked away. It's really good quality materials. I'm not big into gaming anymore though this rig handles most of the videos and graphics jobs pretty well. I opted for an Intel i5-3570 quad core 3.4GHz, 16GB Ram, 500GB WD VelociRaptor HD and GeForce GT 440 graphics card, installed Vista x64. There are newer OS's Win7-8 and faster CPU's i7-3770K or i7-3960X, 32-64GB Ram, SSD drives and GeForce GTX 690 graphic cards but I simply didn't need or want to pay for that much. Depending on your needs you can easily pick the pieces, let them assemble and save money. I've yet to run enough programs to even slow this thing up yet.
I used to build my own PC's and others but over the years I got tired of the hassle. It's simply, time consuming grunt work that if someone else fubars an installation, they pay for the booboo's.
eace