Specs for new desktop:Plz suggest

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@teggy

For a PC that’ll be your workhorse for moderate to medium use, i would recommend AMD Processor. The reason is cost.

AMD CPU+Mobo can be purchased for >$150, if you were looking at the same spec Intel chip, it would run you well over $200. (figurative example, actual prices maybe different). You could easily use that extra money to purchase a decent LCD monitor or go bigger on a Hard Drive.

Otherwise go with the specs firenze has provided. That should be a decent enough system.

If you use your PC to do multimedia and/or play games, etc. You may want to get a good graphics card as well. NVidia has a good name in graphics industry.

AMD Quad core 3.0 Ghz cpu+mobo combo: $145
AMD Dual Core cpu+mobo combo: $130

Intel Quad Core 2.66 Ghz +mobo combo: $250
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.80 Ghz+mobo combo: $170

For more, you can check out Tigerdirect.com or other similar websites just to get an idea of how much putting together a system can run you.

450-Watt Mid Tower Case: $40.00
AMD Quad core 3.0 Ghz cpu+mobo combo: $145
Seagate 500-Gig SATA Hard Drive: $60.00
PNY DDR2 2gig Ram: $25.00 (Choose carefully to make sure memory is compatible with motherboard)
17" Acer LCD Monitor: $99.00
LG Multilayer DVD Burner: $30.00
Wiresless Keyboard/Mouse combo: $25.00
or
Wired/USB Keybd/Mse/Spkr combo:$25.00

Grand Total: $424.00 (tax/shipping not included) + $40.00 for a somewhat decent 512MB Video Card](TigerDirect Sunset)

very nice suggestions :k:

if u play gam,es make sure u get an nvidia 8800 gt or above