Quad or six core, probably intel if you are buying now, as AMD's new architecture is still sub-par, though there have been some notable improvements.
Sata III drives, at least one SSD for speed and probably a raid array of slower drives for capacity. How fast how big how reliable, how cheap? There is a 4-way tradeoff here.
At least 16 gigs of ram possibly 32. The fastest your motherboard can support, and pay some attention to CAS timings, usually an extra 5$ will improve them notably. This makes a 64 bit OS a must. give a general budget (500$, 1000$, 2000$) and I can get you more details.
Do you care about noise? A quiet machine will be more expensive, but I consider it worthwhile now but I didn't under my tighter budgets as a student...
Interesting reading, but a bit dated; http://arstechnica.com/ga...2012/04/ars-bargain-box/
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Sata III drives, at least one SSD for speed and probably a raid array of slower drives for capacity. How fast how big how reliable, how cheap? There is a 4-way tradeoff here.
At least 16 gigs of ram possibly 32. The fastest your motherboard can support, and pay some attention to CAS timings, usually an extra 5$ will improve them notably. This makes a 64 bit OS a must. give a general budget (500$, 1000$, 2000$) and I can get you more details.
Do you care about noise? A quiet machine will be more expensive, but I consider it worthwhile now but I didn't under my tighter budgets as a student...
Interesting reading, but a bit dated; http://arstechnica.com/ga...2012/04/ars-bargain-box/
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."