dual chip processors worht it?

[chris b]

I have to agree with what was said, I dont think you will be doing anything that would see an advantage of a dual core processor. Your better off buying more ram with the saved $$. For ram, you might want to look at some low latency ram, but again I dont think youll need it.

I also have to agree that its probably more cost efficiant to get the bigger HD's. I mean you can probably get 150-150 gb for around 100 if you look for rebates and specials.

[ssmallz]

Why do I want a bigger hard drive if 80 gigs is plenty of space. I'm looking to mainly optimize the speed of the apps I'm running

[chris b]

I was looking at mainly the cost per gig for a bigger HD, but if 80gigs will do then go for it. If speed is a factor look at a HD with a bigger cache or the 10,000 rpm drives.

[ssmallz]

Do you notice much a difference between a 7500rpm drive and 10k rpm drive? How big a cache is optimal? I think the big thing with this comp is that I want to find the right balance between price and speed. I'm looking to find the point where everything is pretty much close to optimum w/out blowing the price outta the water. I'm willing to spend the $$ as long as there are significant speed advantage and my apps run significantly smoother

[wacki]

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Why do I want a bigger hard drive if 80 gigs is plenty of space. I'm looking to mainly optimize the speed of the apps I'm running

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Then get a raptor (150GB faster than the 75) or a gigabyte I-ram (overkill)