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Sam spade
Does anyone know what are the minimum requirements for a new pc with Windows
7. Looks like I'd want Works,Quicken for software and an antivirus,
7. Looks like I'd want Works,Quicken for software and an antivirus,
Sam spade said:Does anyone know what are the minimum requirements for a new pc with
Windows 7. Looks like I'd want Works,Quicken for software and an
antivirus,
According to MS website:
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
Also a notable one for me was an addtional 1 GB RAM and addtional 15 GB
Harddrive space for XP mode.
Sam said:Does anyone know what are the minimum requirements for a new pc with Windows
7. Looks like I'd want Works,Quicken for software and an antivirus,
Windows 7?
Not many people can't afford this machine that is commonly found on the
used market.
$20 DDR-2 800mhz ram is $10 a gig. You need 2 sticks.
$40 Motherboard (dual core compatible) with 4 x DDR-2 800mhz ram slots
(will max out at 8gb), with or without video, eSata or Firewire.
$40 Dual core CPU which you can easily overclock to over 3ghz. Stock
speed around 1.8 - 2.2ghz.
$30 200gb Sata 7200rpm hard drive.
$15 DVD burner, older IDE's are definitely this cheap and work fine.
$20 Video card if your motherboard doesn't have one built in, PCI
Express, 128mb, very basic.
$20 Case and power supply.
$100 22" LCD monitor (1680 x 1050) or $50 for a 17" (1280 x 1024) or $70
for a 19" (1280 x 1024)
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$285 or $185 with your existing monitor. Later upgrade the hard drive
to a 10k rpm model, bigger monitor, ram to 8gb, and a better video card.
Not many people can't afford this machine that is commonly found on the
used market.
$20 DDR-2 800mhz ram is $10 a gig. You need 2 sticks.
$40 Motherboard (dual core compatible) with 4 x DDR-2 800mhz ram slots
(will max out at 8gb), with or without video, eSata or Firewire.
$40 Dual core CPU which you can easily overclock to over 3ghz. Stock
speed around 1.8 - 2.2ghz.
$30 200gb Sata 7200rpm hard drive.
$15 DVD burner, older IDE's are definitely this cheap and work fine.
$20 Video card if your motherboard doesn't have one built in, PCI
Express, 128mb, very basic.
$20 Case and power supply.
$100 22" LCD monitor (1680 x 1050) or $50 for a 17" (1280 x 1024) or $70
for a 19" (1280 x 1024)
____
$285 or $185 with your existing monitor. Later upgrade the hard drive
to a 10k rpm model, bigger monitor, ram to 8gb, and a better video card.
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