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Old Feb 3, 2008 | 10:39 am
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My desktop just died -- I have to replace it today!

A momentary power failure (and a failure of a Belkin UPS) fried my primary desktop computer that I use at home. As today is Superbowl Sunday, it struck me that this is the day I should go up to Frys and replace it, rather than wait until next weekend. So, this is the day but, unfortunately, I haven't paid as much attention to recent configurations as I should.

I need:

A CPU: I was thinking an Intel Core 2 Duo because that's what's in my laptop and it runs all the software I need just fine. I don't recall the numbers, but my laptop has, as I recall, a 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo.

Memory: at least 2 gig, but eventually expandable to 4.

A motherboard with:

multiple free PCI slots for:
- a gigabit NIC
- a SCSI card
- a multiple 1394-port card
- an ATA card (I have 6 drives in the current machine, 4 of which are ATA)

A couple of built-in USB ports

Graphics bus support for one of the more recent graphics cards (I don't play games, but I do edit video).

Support for up to 4 gig of RAM

A graphics card: As I said, I don't play games, but I do use the machine for video editing.

Finally, please note, I have to do this on a budget -- replacing this computer was an unexpected and unplanned-for expense.

Any suggestions for appropriate components would be welcome (particularly if they're made within the next 2 hours).

Thanks.
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