On Sat, 14 Dec 2013, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 23:21:22 -0500 (EST), Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > On Fri, 13 Dec 2013, Stephen Powell wrote: > >> > >> I have decided to buy a 64-bit system for myself for Christmas. > >> But [snip] > >> > >> (1) As a host system for Hercules. Hercules is an open source > >> [snip] > >> > >> (2) This system will also double as a desktop system. I'm not a > >> [snip] > >> > >> Does anyone wish to contribute any opinions? Anything from general > >> advice to specific hardware recommendations is welcome. And feel > >> free to ask follow-up questions. > > > > What's your budget? > > ... > > Good question. I'm not sure what things cost these days; but for > planning purposes, lets try a ballpark figure of somewhere around > $500 US. If I find that I cannot get what I want for that price, I > may be willing to spend more.
$500, I think, is overly optimistic. My main system which I built from components cost $600 seven years ago. And I even used parts (graphics card, DVD burner, keyboard, mouse, and CRT monitor) from my previous system to keep the cost down. It had a single core 2.0 GHZ Athlon64 CPU with 2 GB DDR2 RAM. These were top-of-the-line components at the time. (I've upgraded it numerous times since.) So, back to budget: I think $700 to $800 for a lower end, built-it-myself system is more realistic. Not including monitor, of course. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131214134820.03cf7...@debian7.boseck208.net
