Comments on: Tips on Buying a Desktop Computer

By: AsronE

AsronE — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:33:42 +0000

There is on tips on sound card. I want to buy a desktop in $1142. I want to use this computer in game music movie and office purpose. Please help me by giving tips.

By: rohan

rohan — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:36:24 +0000

hi,
my pc clock stops to work when i turn off my pc or even after few minutes of setting the correct time.
can u please give me the solution of this.

By: David

David — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:58:53 +0000

Hitting the $200 mark (unless you buy a used one) is going to be pretty hard. I have a $500 build you can look at if you are interested (notice this is only the case).

http://byopc.com/2008/06/25/500-gaming-rig/

If you want something close to $200, its really only going to be for web surfing, typing, music and videos. Check craigslist or something.

By: charlemagne

charlemagne — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:49:11 +0000

were going to upgrade our PC but they dont want top spare that much. whats the best specs for about 200?

By: Adam McKerlie

Adam McKerlie — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:38:50 +0000

Honestly, I know nothing about SAP IDES, but after a quick search on google I found this page on the requirements. Hopefully it'll help.

By: Kuna

Kuna — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:43:28 +0000

I want to load SAP IDES to a desk top . Please recommend me a PC with right CPU ( Processor ,RAM , hard drive ,Monitor,graphic card etc ) within 20,000/-

regards,

By: Adam McKerlie

Adam McKerlie — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:51:24 +0000

Hey Nils, thanks for your response.

I contemplated adding something in about SSD drives while writing this guide but left it out for one reason. While SSD drives are popping up in laptops you really aren’t seeing them in desktops yet. The reason is that they’re still too expensive to be viable. The average person (even the hard core user), won’t have a SSD drive.

Maybe in a year or two, they’ll be worth it but right now they just cost too much. Plus, they really aren’t the solution to slow loading windows. I did a test once and the SSD improved the time by 10 seconds. That 10 seconds realy isn’t worth the extra $500+ for the hard drive.

By: nils

nils — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:51:44 +0000

Seems like a decent guide, but I question the absence of any mention of solid state hard drives which are quickly becoming what could be the norm for high-end desktops as well as laptops.

A nice 64 gig SSD combined with a larger disk-based drive for media storage is a boon to anyone plagued by long seek times like the loading of Windows and games with large levels (even though developers have had the ability to eliminate this annoying but prevalent characteristic for years).