In Reply to: What PC cost? posted by kjg on December 25, 2006 at 17:58:47:
That amount of hardware gets you plenty of horsepower for music uses, surfing, word processing, e-mail and normal tasks.Only CAD, serious graphics work, and other "workstation" tasks really requires more.
I built several P4 3 gig units several years ago and my wife are still running them fine today.
I always build with a processor that's several steps down from the latest new thing, gob it up with memory, get a good motherboard and don't look back.
Granted, I put money into a high end sound card - but that sure isn't the cost of the box
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- I'm with you - I usually spend $800 to $1000 per box and run them for years ( not including sound card) - Triodeuser 08:49:26 12/26/06 (0)