New Computer ... need advice - updated. Thanks Everyone!
Gwill:
Only by Pescado standards.
And if we're going to go by those, we might as well argue that no one needs 4GB of CC under any circumstances.
MutantBunny:
Yes, you're right Gwill. No one really needs 8 gigs now--but they will in a few years. If you get a mobo that's ready for that now then you're good to go when you need it.
I'm leery of cheap mobos having recently experienced being 'mobo challenged': my old PC had 1 gig, would hold two gigs-so it said when I got it. But when trying to install 2 gigs--it wouldn't recognize the extra gig. I tried different memory still wouldn't go. Heard it was Xp, heard it was the mobo, heard it was the memory itself. Too much hassle ordering memory, RMAing it, repeat. Got frustrated and stopped trying.....I THINK it was the mobo to begin with--lying Micron selling cheap nonsupported Intel board. I will never buy a premade unit again. It's too easy to put a PC together. If one fears all the components won't jive then copy someone elses setup off one of the forums where people go brag about their PCs. It's just too easy...
Even Vista won't recognize the 4 gigs until you go get a patch for it from MS (stupid MS.)
I have a Logitech LCD panel right in front of me now when I play and I can monitor the memory usage moment to moment :P I have just under 2 gigs of CC (thanks to jfade!) in normal day events for the Sims, I use at least 2 gigs of ram. ANd it often goes a bit above the two gigs. But Vista is a memory hog too. In percentages: of 4 gigs of ram, Vista uses on average 25%. With Sims running it runs at about 60% sometimes spiking a bit over that.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: MutantBunny on 2007 June 18, 15:23:40
Yes, you're right Gwill. No one really needs 8 gigs now--but they will in a few years. If you get a mobo that's ready for that now then you're good to go when you need it.
In a few years, your computer will likely suffer from some other fundamental shortcoming necessitating a full motherboard replacement anyway.
Ambular:
Quote from: cassblonde on 2007 June 18, 10:19:32
Gwill, One of our computers has a legit copy of XP the other one(my current gaming computer) is 'not genuine' and I get that damn timer box all the time at boot up. I would prefer to go with XP but have a sneaking bad feeling that no one sells it anymore I will find out though.
XP should still be available for a while yet--even after MS stops distributing the OS, there will still be copies circulating in the market, and AFAIK they have no plans to stop validating or activating new installations any time soon. So you should be good there--and I concur with the others, definitely don't get Vista! And 2 GB RAM should just about cover you for the time being. (I manage quite nicely on 1.5, but I also obsessively scrub my machine to get rid of unnecessary memory-eating processes.)
If you're going to really skimp on anything, BTW, I would recommend it be the sound. Integrated sound should be perfectly adequate for running Sims games; you really don't need a spiffy sound card unless you're an audiophile and using the machine for music playback.
jsalemi:
Quote from: AmberDiceless on 2007 June 18, 16:36:30
XP should still be available for a while yet--even after MS stops distributing the OS, there will still be copies circulating in the market, and AFAIK they have no plans to stop validating or activating new installations any time soon.
The response to Vista has been so poor that I noticed over the weekend that even Dell is once again offering XP as an option on most of their new computers. They had stopped doing that after Vista first came out.
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