Intel P4 3.2 GHz
System Bus > 500 MHz (800 preferebly)
1 GB RAM
DVD-RW 16x (Double layered - Sony or LG)
Intel NIC 10/100
8 in 1 Media reader
Need help on:
Intel or Asus mother board (except USB 2.0 ports, no peripherals on board)
Video/Graphic card ( I don’t play games on computer but still like to have something reasonable with good cache/mem)
Sound Card (medium to high class)
Already have:
160 GB WD HDD w/ 8MB cache
Woofer and speakers
21" Nokia flat screen monitor
the asus board that i got (from gizzy’s above recommendations) came with audigy-level of 8speakers and all the bells’n whistles .. only good thing from creative is that u KNOW u cant get wrong.. plus u get an added on board..
Will Longhorn be a real 64-bit OS? If it will be then it would be a good combo with Linux64. For now I can live with XP and Linux64 until the final Beta of Longhorn comes out officially.