I am looking to get a new PC. I'll be upgrading from a P4 2.8ghz Dell 4700. I am looking to get the best bang for my buck because just as with the Dell I bought 4 or 5 years ago, I don't plan on upgrading again for another 4 years or so (I bought this when I started at my job to run websphere development studio).
I will be ordering two new 22 inch monitors at the same time ($199 each) to add to the19 inch I have now (see http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1408/1419754302_50374db9af_o.jpg)... so I want to be sure I have enough multitasking capability to really get good efficient use out of the massive screen real estate. I do not play games on the PC, I rarely play any kind of movies (because the Xbox is hooked up to the TV and the network), and I don't expect those habits to change anytime soon. So with programming, occasional photoshop usage, and the need to have many system hog IDE's running concurrently, I think that a 400-500 dollar computer should do the trick, right?
Would you mind weighing in on some of the sales on Ebay that I have considered as far as the specs are concerned? Remember, I am not really looking for top of the line here, just a stock performance increase (I have no interest in overclocking). As it stands, the Quad cores I am looking at will be 6.4 times faster than my current PC. Not to mention the desired memory upgrade of 4Gigs will quadruple the amount of ram I am working with now. All this for $400 less than I paid for my Dell refurbished 4 years ago!
The goals here are multi-tasking large bloated pieces of software with ease across three monitors (I already have the graphics cards), and I have a home server with all the space I would ever need... so hdd space is really not a concern either (my current build fits in just under 8Gigs and that is with 5 IDE's and all graphics apps I need).
TIA
Rob
http://cgi.ebay.com/LOADED-CORE2-QUAD-Q6600-x4-SYSTEMw-4GB-RAM-512M-DVDRW_W0QQitemZ230280237871QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230280237871&_trkparms=39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A15|240%3A1308&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
This next one doesnt come with RAM or a HDD. The HDD isnt as much a problem because I have 4 750G Sata drives sitting right next to me, but the RAM may end up costing a bit to get me to 4G if I want that.
http://cgi.ebay.com/BEST-BRAND-NEW-QUAD-CORE-BAREBONE-COMPUTER-ON-EBAY_W0QQitemZ280255128510QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280255128510&_trkparms=39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A15|240%3A1308&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
http://cgi.ebay.com/INTEL-CORE2DUO-E2180-BAREBONE-SYSTEMw-2G-RAM-512M-VIDEO_W0QQitemZ310072653992QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item310072653992&_trkparms=39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A15|240%3A1308&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
I will be ordering two new 22 inch monitors at the same time ($199 each) to add to the19 inch I have now (see http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1408/1419754302_50374db9af_o.jpg)... so I want to be sure I have enough multitasking capability to really get good efficient use out of the massive screen real estate. I do not play games on the PC, I rarely play any kind of movies (because the Xbox is hooked up to the TV and the network), and I don't expect those habits to change anytime soon. So with programming, occasional photoshop usage, and the need to have many system hog IDE's running concurrently, I think that a 400-500 dollar computer should do the trick, right?
Would you mind weighing in on some of the sales on Ebay that I have considered as far as the specs are concerned? Remember, I am not really looking for top of the line here, just a stock performance increase (I have no interest in overclocking). As it stands, the Quad cores I am looking at will be 6.4 times faster than my current PC. Not to mention the desired memory upgrade of 4Gigs will quadruple the amount of ram I am working with now. All this for $400 less than I paid for my Dell refurbished 4 years ago!
The goals here are multi-tasking large bloated pieces of software with ease across three monitors (I already have the graphics cards), and I have a home server with all the space I would ever need... so hdd space is really not a concern either (my current build fits in just under 8Gigs and that is with 5 IDE's and all graphics apps I need).
TIA
Rob
http://cgi.ebay.com/LOADED-CORE2-QUAD-Q6600-x4-SYSTEMw-4GB-RAM-512M-DVDRW_W0QQitemZ230280237871QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230280237871&_trkparms=39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A15|240%3A1308&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
This next one doesnt come with RAM or a HDD. The HDD isnt as much a problem because I have 4 750G Sata drives sitting right next to me, but the RAM may end up costing a bit to get me to 4G if I want that.
http://cgi.ebay.com/BEST-BRAND-NEW-QUAD-CORE-BAREBONE-COMPUTER-ON-EBAY_W0QQitemZ280255128510QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280255128510&_trkparms=39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A15|240%3A1308&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
http://cgi.ebay.com/INTEL-CORE2DUO-E2180-BAREBONE-SYSTEMw-2G-RAM-512M-VIDEO_W0QQitemZ310072653992QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item310072653992&_trkparms=39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A15|240%3A1308&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14