by szycho on Thu Jan 23, 2014 6:38 pm
So 8 gb ram for sure. It's also thinking about future, since you need loads of ram even if you only yews your browser.
After just booting computer I yews ~4gb/8. I know it's kinda overloaded, but normally i have only McAfee, xfire, fcb messenger and some drivers in background. My friend's clean system uses less than 2gb, but I'm certain it will increase damn quickly. But anyway I don't see point of having more than 8 now, unless you really yews only very strong graphics programmes.
i5 or i7? depends what you're using computer for. For example when I code quite much or process massive amounts of photos in PS, then i7 is essential. But unless, strong i5 is even more than enough.
For Matlab programming and some new games obviously strong GPU. Dunno which are best today, but usually more expensive == better.
AND what's most important(which unfortunately I don't have) SSD.
Nothing will increase speed more than ssd disc.