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Question

System requirements

by Aug 22, 2013 4:41PM PDT

Hi guys noob here. I need to get a windows machine to run a rc flight sim program. The system requirements are


To successfully use Phoenix, you will need the following:

• IBM-compatible PC computer with 1.0 Ghz Pentium 3/4 or AMD Athlon/64 compatible processor

• Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 operating system
• 256MB system memory (RAM)
• 1.5 GB free, uncompressed hard-disk space*
• ATI Radeon 9800/NVidia Geforce Ti4200 with at least 128MB memory
• Microsoft DirectX 9.0c or higher
• DVD-ROM Drive for installation
• 1 free USB 1.1/2.0 port
• 100% DirectX 9 compatible sound card (optional)

Looking for a cheap option in a small footprint. I get confused with Atom and Celeron processors and the like and don't really know what equates to this so any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

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Skip the Atom and Celeron.
by Forum moderator Aug 23, 2013 12:59AM PDT

It looks like a throw back to 2000 type machines. For cheap look at any AMD A8 or better desktop. That gets you a comparable CPU and GPU for the job for the price.
Bob

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Thanks so much
by Tckwilson Aug 23, 2013 2:35AM PDT

So this would do the job.
Prozessor:
AMD® E1-1200™ Dual-Core Prozessor (1,40 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache)
I have a choice one with one with Nividia geoforce 605 ddr3 1 gig graphics and the other with on board AMD hd7310 about 40 bucks more for separate graphics think it is worth it?

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I had a laptop with that CPU.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Aug 23, 2013 2:49AM PDT

It was horrible. Unless you can try it out in advance of the sale I'm writing "no deal."

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Today for 299.
by Forum moderator Aug 23, 2013 2:53AM PDT
http://tech.woot.com/

My son got one and it worked so well I had the office get one for testing(!)

My son plays games like Just Cause and more so it must be quite the gamer for the bucks. I did add a second 4GB memory stick.
Bob
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