[Dream] Quad core or just Dual core?

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On 2/27/07, andrei.henry at utoronto.ca <andrei.henry at utoronto.ca> wrote:
> > I don't build it if it's not Lego - that's my philosophy. I could get
> > a friend to do it for me, but the store I'm ordering from builds the
> > computers from scratch. That is, they offer a standard configuration
> > you can customise all you like, and test it properly before sending
> > it.
>
> wimp :)
~~

Guilty as charged.

>
> another recommendation then: get SATA-2 (aka SATA 3.0Gb/s) hard drives with
> 16 MB buffers (cache).  peeps on this list recommeded staying away from
> 15000 rpm drives, as they run hot and loud.  high-speed ram can't hurt
> either.
~~

Duly noted. The drives available for these configurations are all SATA2.

>
> dunno... is your monitor some really funky non-standard size?  if it's not
> unique (3247 X 699, anyone?!?), then there should be a preset for it.  my
> 128MB sapphire (at least 2 years old) has about 20-30 presets for all sorts
> of monitor sizes that i had never heard of.
~~

It's 1680x1050, and actually I'm sure it's pretty standard now that
widescreens are becoming more widely available.

>
> > Also, I would like my new computer to be
> > Vista *compatible,* but I'm definitely not going for Vista until all
> > my equipment supports it.
>
> which will probably be some time, then, and you may want to upgrade a part
> or two anyways once you make the switch.  anyhoo, i read somewhere that
> Vista requires video cards that supposrt DirectX 10, which is relatively
> new.  not sure if that's only required for the fancy aero features, or if
> all of vista requires it.
~~

K - thanks for the feedback - I really appreciate it!

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