Hi All,
I currently have 1 very slow computer (a Dell Dimension 3000 running on an intel Celeron with 256MBs of RAM I think it was XP’s Service Pack 3 that made everything slow down) that I only need to surf the internet for and really basic MS Office stuff. And I have one decent computer (a Dell Vistro running on a Intel Core 2 Dou E4400 @2Ghz, 1GB of RAM) that I want to play Starcraft 2 on. Here’s my dilemma, I want to have a smooth basic internet / MS office experience on 1 computer (for my wife) and on the other computer I want to have a smooth Starcraft 2 game playing experience (for myself). Currently, I’m experience some lags especially at start up on the beta version.
My options are:
Option A:
Get rid of the Dell Dimension 3000 and pick up something like the Dell Inspiron 580 (with an i5 processor, 4GB of memory and a Geforce G310 vid card – and Windows 7). I think this should be good enough to play SC2 smoothly. Cost = ~$610 (before taxes)
Option B:
Buy a 1GB of DDR RAM for the Dell Dimension (~$35); I’m hoping this should get rid of the lag .
Buy 4GB of DDR2 RAM for the Vistro (~$120) and a $100 video card. I think this should be sufficient to play SC2.
Total cost = $255 (before taxes)
Price difference is like $350 but I get a brand new computer in option A. At the same time, I figure on the new Windows 7 operating system, a few service packs later and I will need to be upgrading my RAM again. But saving $350 is not a bad idea either and defer my new computer purchase for another 2-3 years Why would you guys do?
I currently have 1 very slow computer (a Dell Dimension 3000 running on an intel Celeron with 256MBs of RAM I think it was XP’s Service Pack 3 that made everything slow down) that I only need to surf the internet for and really basic MS Office stuff. And I have one decent computer (a Dell Vistro running on a Intel Core 2 Dou E4400 @2Ghz, 1GB of RAM) that I want to play Starcraft 2 on. Here’s my dilemma, I want to have a smooth basic internet / MS office experience on 1 computer (for my wife) and on the other computer I want to have a smooth Starcraft 2 game playing experience (for myself). Currently, I’m experience some lags especially at start up on the beta version.
My options are:
Option A:
Get rid of the Dell Dimension 3000 and pick up something like the Dell Inspiron 580 (with an i5 processor, 4GB of memory and a Geforce G310 vid card – and Windows 7). I think this should be good enough to play SC2 smoothly. Cost = ~$610 (before taxes)
Option B:
Buy a 1GB of DDR RAM for the Dell Dimension (~$35); I’m hoping this should get rid of the lag .
Buy 4GB of DDR2 RAM for the Vistro (~$120) and a $100 video card. I think this should be sufficient to play SC2.
Total cost = $255 (before taxes)
Price difference is like $350 but I get a brand new computer in option A. At the same time, I figure on the new Windows 7 operating system, a few service packs later and I will need to be upgrading my RAM again. But saving $350 is not a bad idea either and defer my new computer purchase for another 2-3 years Why would you guys do?