Quote:I generally care about 3 things. It has to have 4 CPU cores (or an Intel i7 to keep it simple), a nvidia video card, and a solid state drive. Get these three things and everything else falls into place. I generally stay far away from anything HP, but am indifferent to the other brands. I'd personally never get a desktop, but I know desktops have generally better specs on average for people who don't mind them.

I'd agree with everything except Intel/Nvidia being a must. AMD/ATI can't dream to reach their ceiling, but AMD CPUs a great value and ATI cards are safer and not really that far behind Nvidia. I'd also call the SSD a luxury right now, but that's just my opinion


I will say that from a sheer performance standard Intel takes a dump all over AMD. 

 

Quote:I also will be in the market for a new computer after I upload all of my pictures amd some Word documents for permanent storage because several times it did not turn on all day. I thrink it's 4 years old now. My requirements include Wimdows 8.1 and an "all in one" monitor, which is the new thing out now (CPUs are being phased out.)

 

Oh JW...

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