Help w/ Laptop PLEASE - Off-topic

Hey my girlfriend got accepted into Environmental Design and she needs a laptop with certain hardware specs, she has a macbook right now but is more of a Windows girl. This is what was sent to her for hardware requirements, any suggestions to what might meet these specs and what you would get.. Thanks for any input
Mac:
Apple MacBook Pro 15 Inch
2.2Ghz Quad Core i7
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6750M w/1GB
750GB HD
1680x1050 Screen
Mac OS X 10.6 or better
PC: (Example Only)
Dell XPS 15z
2.7Ghz Dual Core i7
8GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M w/2GB
750GB HD
1920x1080 Screen
Windows 7 64-Bit

djowett said:
Hey my girlfriend got accepted into Environmental Design and she needs a laptop with certain hardware specs, she has a macbook right now but is more of a Windows girl. This is what was sent to her for hardware requirements, any suggestions to what might meet these specs and what you would get.. Thanks for any input
Mac:
Apple MacBook Pro 15 Inch
2.2Ghz Quad Core i7
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6750M w/1GB
750GB HD
1680x1050 Screen
Mac OS X 10.6 or better
PC: (Example Only)
Dell XPS 15z
2.7Ghz Dual Core i7
8GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M w/2GB
750GB HD
1920x1080 Screen
Windows 7 64-Bit
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A lot depends on her budget and what specs she needs. I'd assume that she must have a dedicated GPU, and a decent processor.
MBPs pretty much compete with Dell's XPS line and/or the lower end Alienware line. You can also check out Lenovo and Asus to see if they have the same.
And laptops are very comoditised. Just get a brand you are comfortable with at a price you liked
Also, marry her. Now. There aren't many girls left that prefers Windows over Mac. I mean it.

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Post your comp specs!

I wanted to start this thread cause i'm interested in knowing what all the XDA'ers hardware is! I will start! Just post your specs here, and i'll try to keep track of the top 10 computers.
Try to keep this format if possible:
Laptop or desktop:
Processor, and speed:
Memory amount, speed, and type (RAM):
Graphics, memory, and speed:
Hard Drive space amount:
I'll start!
Laptop or desktop: Laptop
Processor, and speed: AMD Turion Ultra x64 at 2.2Ghz
Memory amount, speed, and type (RAM): 4GB, at 667Mhz, DDR2.
Graphics, memory, and speed: ATi Radeon 3200 HD, 1918MB shared, 667Mhz.
Hard Drive space amount: 250GB HD (SATA)
Laptop or desktop: Desktop
Processor, and speed: AMD Phenom x4 x64 at 3.0 Ghz (AM3 socket processor)
Memory amount, speed, and type (RAM): 6GB, 1Ghz, DDR3.
Graphics, memory, and speed: Dual nVidia 9800GTX, 2GB (1GB each), 1Ghz GDDR3.
Hard Drive space amount: 2TB HDD, and 250 GB eSATA (External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment)
1. OpenGL32's workstation.
2. So far, mine!
3. NotATreoFan's desktop and laptop.
4. Liamhere's computers.
5. Stylez's computers.
6. Lasterato's Desktop I suppose?
7. Kraize's Desktop.
8. orb3000's laptop.
9. Derekwilkinson's Laptop.
10.
Remember, this might not be correct, its just from my point of view.
Laptop or desktop: Laptop
Processor, and speed: Core 2 Duo 1.83ghz
Memory amount, speed, and type (RAM): 2GB, at 667Mhz, DDR2.
Graphics, memory, and speed: Intel GMA 950,
Hard Drive space amount: 150GB HD
Pretty nice for a laptop. Its not half bad. I suppose its a mac?
Desktop
Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.20GHz
2.19GHz, 1.99 GB RAM
On-board Intel graphics
HDD Space:
1) 150gb - XP3, Red Hat, BackTrack
2) 500gb - Storage
Thats pretty nice. I do recommend you get a graphics card, those accelerated graphics suck. Lol.
True, but right now for my needs it's fine I'll probably get one when it's cheap and when I need it. Mostly use Linux these days.
Mines getting on the well old side of things, waiting for 32nm processors then i7 here i come!
I'm running Vista Ultimate x64
P4 650 3.4GHz With HT
4GB DDR2 533
nVidia 8600 GTS 512mb
Dual ASUS DL DVD-RW Lightscribe Drives
oh...and we can't forget the good ole' FDD
D-Link Wireless N PCI
MS Wireless Entertainment Desktop 8000
Antec Super Lanboy Case
4 HDD's (1x250, 2x320, 1x500) with a formatted total of 1761GB
The nicest thing is probably my 850 Watt Antec Modular PSU (the black and yellow thing) >.<
...oh and my Monitor 24" Dell Monitor running at 1980x1200.
lasterato said:
Mines getting on the well old side of things, waiting for 32nm processors then i7 here i come!
I'm running Vista Ultimate x64
P4 650 3.4GHz With HT
4GB DDR2 533
nVidia 8600 GTS 512mb
Dual ASUS DL DVD-RW Lightscribe Drives
oh...and we can't forget the good ole' FDD
D-Link Wireless N PCI
MS Wireless Entertainment Desktop 8000
Antec Super Lanboy Case
4 HDD's (1x250, 2x320, 1x500) with a formatted total of 1761GB
The nicest thing is probably my 850 Watt Antec Modular PSU (the black and yellow thing) >.<
...oh and my Monitor 24" Dell Monitor running at 1980x1200.
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i think you just ate all our computers out.
altough you couldve gone better with windows xp...
Desktop:
Intel Core2Duo E8400 3.0GHz, 6MB Cache - OC'd to 3.49GHz
8GB, 1066MHz, DDR2
nVidia GTX285, 1024MB GDDR3
3TB Disk Space, 2x 1.5TB Seagate 7200rpm drives in RAID0
24" Dell 2405FPT LCD (1920x1200 | 16:10)
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Laptop: aka My Kitchen
Intel Core2Duo T9300 2.5GHz
4GB, 800MHz, DDR2
nVidia 9500m GS, 512 GDDR3
320GB Disk Space
18.4" Full HD 1080p LCD
Blu-Ray ROM
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Laptop: Toshiba Tecra
Intel Core2Duo T5200 2.1GHz
4GB, 600MHz, DDR2
nVidia 128
160GB Disk Space
15.1" Full TFT LCD
Blu-Ray ROM
Windows 7
kidnamedAlbert said:
i think you just ate all our computers out.
altough you couldve gone better with windows xp...
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I would agree with you. But I don't think it ate mine. Sure his processor is faster, but I acquire more RAM than he, so I personally think mines faster. His P4 might be 3.4Ghz, but mines quad-core at 3.0 Ghz, and theres 2 of them, and my RAM is DDR3 at 1000Mhz, while he's stuck at 533. [: And look at my graphics cardS, while he has a graphics card.
Don't get me wrong, his computer is a beast, but he has a little bit more before he gets me.
LilGBlood said:
I would agree with you. But I don't think it ate mine. Sure his processor is faster, but I acquire more RAM than he, so I personally think mines faster. His P4 might be 3.4Ghz, but mines quad-core at 3.0 Ghz, and theres 2 of them, and my RAM is DDR3 at 1000Mhz, while he's stuck at 533. [: And look at my graphics cardS, while he has a graphics card.
Don't get me wrong, his computer is a beast, but he has a little bit more before he gets me.
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Wait. Did I forget to mention, take my computer and multiply it by 4 to get the one working computer? It's 4 computers hooked up to one monitor and each of them are combined with each other to work faster to achieve more. I call it. My custom home server!
Kraize said:
Wait. Did I forget to mention, take my computer and multiply it by 4 to get the one working computer? It's 4 computers hooked up to one monitor and each of them are combined with each other to work faster to achieve more. I call it. My custom home server!
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Roflmfao. Your joking right?
I do have a home server though. My uncle lives here with us, and he's a masters in Computer Engineering. We have some HP media server. He has a Blackbird 002 comp. Its sickk.
LilGBlood said:
Roflmfao. Your joking right?
I do have a home server though. My uncle lives here with us, and he's a masters in Computer Engineering. We have some HP media server. He has a Blackbird 002 comp. Its sickk.
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No. I'm serious I would have a Blackbird but I'm a poor 16 year old and if I save money I can't buy the new WinMo devices that come out xD lol. I'll probably be running a couple blackbirds in college @[email protected]
Desktop
AMD Phenom(tm) 9650 Quad-Core Processor 2.30GHz
4GB, 800MHz, DDR3
GeForce 9500 GT (1.01, 1GB, 1.40GHz)
1.5TB OF SATA DRIVES + 670gb USB Drive
21" XERON lcd screen
Windows Vista home premium x64
Desktop:
AMD x2 3800+ 2.2GHz
M2N-E Sli
2 x 6600gt 256MB
2GB DDR2 800 ocz
160GB IDE
500GB SATA
250GB SATA
750GB USB Buffalo
Habu Razer Mouse
Saitek Gaming Keyboard
19" acer TFT
XP Pro sp3
Laptop:
Eeepc 701
Intel Celeron M 353 OC 901MHz
4GB SSD
2GB SD
2GB DDR2
XP Pro sp3
stylez said:
Desktop:
AMD x2 3800+ 2.2GHz
M2N-E Sli
2 x 6600gt 256MB
2GB DDR2 800 ocz
160GB IDE
500GB SATA
250GB SATA
750GB USB Buffalo
Habu Razer Mouse
Saitek Gaming Keyboard
19" acer TFT
XP Pro sp3
Laptop:
Eeepc 701
Intel Celeron M 353 OC 901MHz
4GB SSD
2GB SD
2GB DDR2
XP Pro sp3
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Not half bad.
Workstation: Self-Build | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.00 GHz | Gigabyte X48-DS4 | 2 x 4096 MB DDR2-1000 | 2 x ATi HD4870 CrossFire @ 850 MHz / 1100 MHz | 4 x OCZ SSD 2.0 128 GB RAID0 | Hauppauge WinTV Nova HD-S2 | LG DVD-RW SATA | Watercooled Complete | Acer P243 Crystalbride 24' TN-TFT | Logitech MX5500 | Logitech MX Revolution | Logitech Cordless Rumble Pad| Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1
Notebook: IBM Thinkpad T500 | Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 | 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1333 | ATi HD3650 / Intel HD4500 Switchable | 128GB OCZ SSD | Intel WiFi-Link 5300 | Intel Gigabit Network | Sony-Ericsson UMTS-HSDPA Modul | Bluetooth 2.1 EDR | 15,4 WSXGA+ TFT Transreflective | LG DVD-RW SATA | 6-Cell-Battery | 9-Cell-Battery | T-Mobile UMTS-Flatrate
Notebook 2: FSC Amilo Si1520 | Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 | 2 x 1024 MB DDR2-667 | Intel GMA950 | 320 GB HDD | Intel WiFi-Link 3945 | Intel 10 / 100 Network | Bluetooth 2.0 | 12,1 WXGA TFT Glare | LG DVD-RW E-IDE | 6 Cell-Battery
Yes, i'm a Hardware-Junkie
While your processor is faster, on your workstation than mine, and you have a slight more amount of ram than me, my RAM is ddr3, and I have dual nVidia 9800's, GDDR3. I think mine is still better. But I will but yours in first place. Congratulations.
=) i wait one year and my "ultra high super duper mega sys" is older than jopie heesters

Questions on these laptops

ACER ASPIRE 5742ZG
intel dual core 2.0 ghz
3gb ddr3
320gb sata
ati mobility radeon HD 5470 512MB
ACER ASPIRE 5742G
2.4ghz core i3
4gb ddr3
329gd sata
ati mobility radeon HD 5470 512MB
can i play nfs games from prostreet upwards and call of DUTY from modern warfare upwards on the
ZG laptop because the both has same Vga cards. the only difference is the processor so can i play these games on the first one or should i buy the second one
Second one for sure an intel i3 is good processor its dual core but it has hyperthreading which makes it act like a quad core I personally have an ausus laptop with an i3 the 370m processor model it has 4gb of ram and 500gb of hardrive and the graphics are run thru the processors gnu and it gives me 2gb of graphic processing but since its processor runed it takes them from my ram but still I run a couple of games on it and she runs em good and the ate card on those is a shared processor card which uses ram also not like a stand alone card which doesn't need to take from the ram
Sent from my MB611 (Cliq 2)
yrdito said:
ACER ASPIRE 5742ZG
intel dual core 2.0 ghz
3gb ddr3
320gb sata
ati mobility radeon HD 5470 512MB
ACER ASPIRE 5742G
2.4ghz core i3
4gb ddr3
329gd sata
ati mobility radeon HD 5470 512MB
can i play nfs games from prostreet upwards and call of DUTY from modern warfare upwards on the
ZG laptop because the both has same Vga cards. the only difference is the processor so can i play these games on the first one or should i buy the second one
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You'd probably could play these games. I played COD:MW1 on a 6600 processor (dual core) and NVIDIA 230m.
I'd suggest that you go for the i3 if you can afford it.

Like this bundle?

Specification
Cooler Master Storm Enforcer Gaming Case - Black
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition 3.30GHz Six Core Processor
Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz C8 Memory Kit
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB GDDR5 Graphics Card
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB GDDR5 Graphics Card
Crucial RealSSD M4 512GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive
Western Digital Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s HDD
RAID 0 Setup
LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive
Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card
XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard
Razer DeathAdder Respawn Gaming Mouse
Benq XL2410T 24
Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Sound Headset
Microsoft LifeCam Cinema HD 720p Widescreen Webcam
Good setup?
Go on, guess the price!
Sounds like it would be a really beast setup!
I'm guessing about 3 or 4k for that build.
just off the top of my head though/
flyboyovyick said:
Specification
Cooler Master Storm Enforcer Gaming Case - Black
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition 3.30GHz Six Core Processor
Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz C8 Memory Kit
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB GDDR5 Graphics Card
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB GDDR5 Graphics Card
Crucial RealSSD M4 512GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive
Western Digital Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s HDD
RAID 0 Setup
LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive
Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card
XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard
Razer DeathAdder Respawn Gaming Mouse
Benq XL2410T 24
Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Sound Headset
Microsoft LifeCam Cinema HD 720p Widescreen Webcam
Good setup?
Go on, guess the price!
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For the cash you're spending, get better sound. Get a home 5.1 hi-fi system and spend some money on sound-proofing.
Also, PIPE-DREAM.
The price of that is about £2,400.
I used an online configurator thing and thats what i got.
Just for fun! LOLZ!!
flyboyovyick said:
The price of that is about £2,400.
I used an online configurator thing and thats what i got.
Just for fun! LOLZ!!
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FVCK YOU.
And here I was gonna ask for pics when you finally build it.
BTW, I spotted an actual flaw with your build: The PSU is seriously underpowered. You are running a pair of 6970s, and I'm afraid 650W might not cut it.

Computer Hardware

So most of here are geeks in the good scene of the word. We all have our mobile devices that we love and hack and tweak and mod. 98% of the time, to do what we need to do to our mobile devices, we rely on our PC. I'd be willing to bet that allot of you also have a strong attachment to your PC hardware as much as your mobile. Weather its for development, gaming, testing, surfing, working, pr0n? Use this thread to post specs and/or pics and show off all the hardware that sits between you and your modded mobile device.
Main PC (no image cause my desk is a wreak) but enjoy my desktop =]
AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz CPU
GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 Mobo
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
eVGA Nvidia GTX 260 896MB
3x 250GB SATA 3.0
1x 1TB SATA 3.0
LG DVD +/-RW DL
Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
40" 1080P (1920x1080) HDTV (use for tv and as display)
I use this for everything. Dev, Gaming, School, Work. You'll find visual studio and Borland Delphi 7 along with the likes of MW3 and BF3. I also burn many a DVD and do most of my phone tasks here.
Mobile PCs
See attachment
Top Left, Clockwise -=> Dell Precision M6300, Dell Precision M90, Toshiba A215, HP TouchPad, Acer 5670
All configured similarly, less the Touchpad. Minor variance in CPU from 1.86GHz Core Duo to 2.4GHz C2D. All 4GB DDR2, All Win7 Ultimate (M6300 64Bit). I actually use the Acer the most as its Power/Weight ratio is awesome. It will do post modern 3d gaming with its 256MB Ati x1600 dedicated GPU. But I mostly work in Visual Studio on this. It is nice to be able to take a break and pwn some no0bs in the face and have great framerates . I love my Toshiba as a communications laptop. Its integrated web cam is top notch. And my Dell Precision's, well they are just 17" powerhouses. Mostly used for Mobile Gaming or movie viewing on their awesome large 17 inch displays (1440x900 native).
I did a search and didn't find any like posts. If I just missed it, feel free to merge this with it. If not, I look forward to see what everyone else uses when their not on their phone!
I got an Asus K53SV-SX838V notebook which has some nice specifications. In fact I use my notebook more then my phone.
I do use my notebook for playing COD MW3 and movies and tv series and sometime I like to try other operating systems like Linux, but will do that most time in vmware or live usb.
It's specifications are:
CPU: Intel Core I7 - 2679QM, 2.2Ghz with turbo boost till 3.1Ghz
GPU: Nvidia Geforce GT 540 + Intel HD 3000
RAM: 8GB
SSD: 128GB Crucial M4
Further it has an 1366x768 resolution and its 15.6 inch. Also it has one USB 3.0 port and an multitouch touchpad and HDMI and a VGA port and an standard webcam.
I'm very happy with it and it was an good deal, I bought it for € 587 excluding the SSD ofcourse at end of january , it came with an 640GB harddrive which is now my external harddrive.
I have a stock Toshiba Satellite for a laptop but my gaming rig is as follows
AMD Phenom II 1090T 6 Core
16GB Corsair Dominator GT
Crossfired 6970's
1.5 TB SATA HDD
128 GB Crucial M4 SSD
7.1 Audio
Nothing real special but it works for me.
Asus P5K Premium Black Pearl Edition
8GB ram
few terabytes of hardrives
2X 8600 GTi in SLi
C2D 2.6 (I think)
Some dust in the case
On a 23" Acer
Runs Skyrim without the slightest lag on all highest settings
Also MAcbook for everyday work, also connected to the 23" and it's closed all the time with an external KB and mouse. lol.
got556 said:
I have a stock Toshiba Satellite for a laptop but my gaming rig is as follows
AMD Phenom II 1090T 6 Core
16GB Corsair Dominator GT
Crossfired 6970's
1.5 TB SATA HDD
128 GB Crucial M4 SSD
7.1 Audio
Nothing real special but it works for me.
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How is the buldozer? not just for gaming but other any other cpu intensive work? Im looking at getting the AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz on newegg right now for 149.99 (it really is in my shopping cart lol), I'll hold off a few though as ive never actually been able to chat at someone who owns one. This quad i think is at an awesome price/performance ratio though.
My big main PC is the first one that I put together myself:
Intel i5-2500k (stock)
16GB G.Skill DDR3
2 overclocked XFX AMD 6970s
125GB Corsair SSD boot drive
1TB Samsung data/application drive
3.1 Sony soundbar home theater system
47" LG LCD TV.
I've still got my HP school laptop as a backup, but I haven't touched it in a looong time.
My computer sucks :-/ here I go:
AMD Sempron 140 @ 3.65GHz
AMD ECS 890GXM-A 1.0
SuperTalent 2GB (1 x 1 GB) DDR3 1600MHz
ATI Radeon HD 4850 1GB GDDR3
1x 300GB SATA
Windows 8
My PC is getting kinda dated but still does everything I need so no point fully upgrading yet
Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe Mobo
AMD X2 6000+
4 x 2GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400
EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti FPB 1GB GDDR5
around 9TB of HDD space 1.5 installed rest hot swapped
22" Samsung 2253BW and 23" Acer X233H
I gave up on desktop, I replaced it with a Lenovo Y470p laptop. Its the first laptop I've purchased even though I built plenty of desktop in past. Never wanted get a one until they are small enough with a decent gpu and price.
This one isn't high end either, but with the AMD HD7690 which is 10% slower than a desktop HD5750/6750, its good enough to handle Skyrim in high settings. And since I only play mostly HalfLife2 mods, that's good enough for me. The laptop screen is abysmal, but I wasn't going to shell out an extra $500 to get an HP Envy 15 with the same hardware spec and any screen larger than 14".
Although I'm using it stationary as a desktop replacement connected to my 32" LCD. The main problem I'm having in term of gaming is the HDMI output signal lags by 30-40ms compared to the main screen. Add that to the 80ms in game lag (due to crappy ATT DSL) and the input lag of LCD itself, and the result is getting owned by wallhackers.
I will never get used to the keyboard and touchpad on the laptop so I'm still using my Logitech G5. I'm down on my last G5 since the other one goes choppy, I think I need to stock up more from ebay, I can't get used to any of Logitech new mice since they seem lower quality. I certainly won't be using any wireless mice or ones with glowing LED lights.
The only mod I did is to turn off the turbo boost for the Core i7 so the temperature doesn't shoot up to 90*C.

(Q) GPU WAR!!!

I am going to build a computer but its going to take some time, I was wondrring what I should use I was looking at MSI GTX 660 Twin Frozr III 2GB(Non Ti), or Gigabyte Radeon HD 7870.
This is my current setup; HP 6214y:
AMD Athlon II x4 620 @ 2.6GHz
8GB DDR2
Radeon HD 6770 @ 900/1300
Antec Earthwatts 650w PSU
My New Build:
NZXT Phantom 410
Gigabyte 990FXA
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz
AMD FX 6300/8320?
GPU?
Same PSU or Bigger?
2TB HDD WD Green
Asus 21.5" 1080p LED
My plan is to be able to upgrade in the future as well as, to game, daily tasks, etc...
Should I hold out till next year for the newer card series(Gtx 700 vs Radeon HD 8000)?
Mmm, you'll find your answer HERE!. Read it real carefully.
I had already posted it there to the reason I started this 1 is because possibly more people look at it and basically just make it a gpu thread verses a whole computer questions related to thread.
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As posted above there's already a thread for PC related questions.

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