My old PC is pathetically slow. I need something that will handle the following tasks:
Quickbooks Pro. I use this desktop occasionally for business purposes. Not 8 hours a day, but a few hours a week.
Office productivity.
DVD ripping (DVDFab) and conversion (Handbrake).
Running a media server (PlayOn) that will provide streaming video to my Roku, Wii, etc. without hiccuping.
I'm thinking I need at least Windows 7 Professional to guarantee that I can run my old XP software...
i5 vs. i7, I'm not sure... will an i5 work for me?
Any recommendations? Build specs? Deals I should jump on?
Originally Posted By DDiggler:
My old PC is pathetically slow. I need something that will handle the following tasks:
Quickbooks Pro. I use this desktop occasionally for business purposes. Not 8 hours a day, but a few hours a week.
Office productivity.
DVD ripping (DVDFab) and conversion (Handbrake).
Running a media server (PlayOn) that will provide streaming video to my Roku, Wii, etc. without hiccuping.
I'm thinking I need at least Windows 7 Professional to guarantee that I can run my old XP software...
i5 vs. i7, I'm not sure... will an i5 work for me?
Any recommendations? Build specs? Deals I should jump on?
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=dxdwmn3&cs=19&dgvcode=ss&c=US&l=EN&dgc=CJ&cid=24471&lid=566643&acd=10550055-4485850-8WvuHnO8EeGSr7okrvv5MA0
Coupon code drops it to $750: LM?BF7P$FR9KCK (expires today) (the desktop also comes with a $50 gift card)
Make sure to add the win 7 recover dvd.
I've got an i5 and it rips and converts DVDs no problem. I don't imagine Quickbooks is that resource-intensive?
Originally Posted By NoVAR:
I've got an i5 and it rips and converts DVDs no problem. I don't imagine Quickbooks is that resource-intensive?
I don't think it's that bad... It's mostly the multimedia streaming I'm concerned about... would like to be able to stream while I'm working on other things.
I would think an i5 should be plenty to do all that, probably all at the same time. I've never tried to run anything like PlayOn though. I just checked the minimum requirements for it, if a pentium 4 is the minimum, an i5 should run it smoothly.
I5 would do you fine.
