Black Friday Sale

[Guest Taxed]

For those of you looking for new hardware to run ATX 2013, Best Buy has a Black Friday sale:

Dell desktop with intel i5 processor, 12GB memory, 1TB Hard drive, 24 inch LED monitor, Keyboard, mouse, Windows 8 for $499.

My son will be in line tomorrow at the crack of dawn. He wants to get some electronic gadgets for himself as well.

[GeneInAlabama]

$499 - Wow! But I wouldn't fight that mob even if it were free.

[easytax]

For those of you looking for new hardware to run ATX 2013, Best Buy has a Black Friday sale:

Dell desktop with intel i5 processor, 12GB memory, 1TB Hard drive, 24 inch LCD monitor, Keyboard, mouse, Windows 8 for $499.

My son will be in line tomorrow at the crack of dawn. He wants to get some electronic gadgets for himself as well.

Might I suggest getting something with an i7 processor ---- since requirements seem to be continuing to go up each year, perhaps with the i7 and maybe 16 GB ram you'll be able to skip an earlier upgrade for later.

Pricing may be just a tad higher but you may save in the long run.

Just a thought.

[Guest Taxed]

>>> with the i7 and maybe 16 GB ram you'll be able to skip an earlier upgrade for later

The average prices for a system like that is around $800.

[taxtrio]

I bought an i5 system this summer (per recommendations by ATX at the time for 2013)... Now I am getting emails suggesting I upgrade as I am just below "recommended" system for 2013. I printed the recommendations early summer... this fall ATX changed them to

i7 or better! Ugh.

[Guest Taxed]

>>> this fall ATX changed them to

i7 or better! Ugh.

Not too many ATX users are going to replace their system if they already have a I5 or I3 processor. It is still above their min. limits (2.8 GHz (Intel® Core™2 VPro) so you are ok.

[taxtrio]

Yes it still runs ATX better than my XP system... But I just can't rely or trust what they tell me anymore. Hard to believe them about any future promises!

I still wonder if the obamacare website was written by ATX programmers! Maybe they should have hired Drake to build their website!

[mcb39]

My beta testing ran well on i5; only thing that didn't pass the test was bandwidth over which I have no control. It also ran well under Pentium 2 T4300, 2.1 Ghz. I am using all Win 7 64 bit machines.

[Jack from Ohio]

My beta testing ran well on i5; only thing that didn't pass the test was bandwidth over which I have no control. It also ran well under Pentium 2 T4300, 2.1 Ghz. I am using all Win 7 64 bit machines.

Just as my recommendations suggested. Your system is very adequate for 2013. Do not worry about your internet connection. It will be completely sufficient for this coming season.