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Originally posted by chiss
RAM: Depends if you want performance. For performance but still cheap, pick up 2 sticks of OCz PC3500 Performance Ram (256mbx2 dual channel). No more and no less than 512mb. Please don't waste your money and buy 1 gig of ram. That would be the dumbest thing you can do unless you are into heavy video editing, because you will never notice a difference.
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He won't notice a difference if he's not gonna play games, but if he's planning on playing games, even 768 MB after 512 will make a HUGE difference. It won't make the graphics any better...hell, it might not even make it run smoother, but load times will speed up drastically. The biggest increase I've seen is FPS and load times. I figured going from 512 to 768 wouldn't make a big difference, but it does. Going to 1 GB on today's games is easily worth it.
-Lasereth