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| 1283805 | 2012-06-25 07:28:00 | Hey there I am trying to add to my troubleshooter a PC analysis tool which gives an easy guide to whether a PC is old/slow etc So I was trying to find an authoritative listing (ideally one that gets updated regularly) for what is reasonable for PC, CPU and RAM specs. Any help would be really appreciated. |
adslgeek (14687) | ||
| 1283806 | 2012-06-25 07:36:00 | How long is a piece of string ??? Meaning a PC that has certain specs for general day to day email, web browsing etc, will be a lot lower than one used for Gaming, High powered graphic work or Video editing etc. Theres so many combinations its not funny. Thats where experience comes in, generally by looking at the spec's of a PC that you are working on, and comparing to the tasks it needs to do, you can tell if its under or over powered. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1283807 | 2012-06-25 07:47:00 | Post the specs here, as well as what he uses it for. | Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1283808 | 2012-06-25 07:57:00 | Nah I was meaning more of a general guide for modern PCs. Eg I only have 512k RAM and it's not really that usable. I remember seeing a "PC buyer guide page" that said what is deemed slow, medium and fast by modern standards. It doesn't need to be perfect, more of a guide. |
adslgeek (14687) | ||
| 1283809 | 2012-06-25 08:07:00 | Well being a non gamer and just want sometihng that does the job :p With that said me thinks for general for a bit of everything . i5 cpu of what ghz no idea, 4GB, 1TB perhaps and whatever is the avg video card like a Nvidia 9800 equiv, dunno what they are now, hope that helps . Maybe a 22" screen . DVDRW blah blah . . For someone who just need for basics, myself included and my peers . Maybe just a i3, 4GB, 500Gb or 1TB, 22" screen, builtin video . DVDRW . |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1283810 | 2012-06-25 08:26:00 | Ok I don't know what you're budget is but for a 'reasonable' pc (one that can handle some games and stuff, but not crysis 2) would be 4gb Ram i5 2500k hdd size 500gb + I don't know about the graphics card, but don't skimp on it if you want to play games A cheaper SSD if you can afford it? But, as wainuitech said, how can you define good specs. |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1283811 | 2012-06-25 08:35:00 | Why dont you code your own. You could use radio buttons to give selections like gaming office use ect. Then get it to find specs and compare with a database. | stratex5 (16685) | ||
| 1283812 | 2012-06-25 08:40:00 | Addition to above... Then you could give recommendations to which components should be upgraded. Also giving more options would make readings accurate. also to updating database, you could get it to update automatically online. i think ive given you plenty of options:) |
stratex5 (16685) | ||
| 1283813 | 2012-06-25 08:51:00 | Why dont you code your own. You could use radio buttons to give selections like gaming office use ect. Then get it to find specs and compare with a database. Yep that's the idea! :-) I was thinking it could rate a PC on average of components as suitable for standard use or gaming etc but I have a bucket of modules that I need to wrote into it... :-\ |
adslgeek (14687) | ||
| 1283814 | 2012-06-25 09:02:00 | Or this is probibily point less but you could just use microsofts system index and rate from that. | stratex5 (16685) | ||
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