CPU, Memory, or a Hard drive???? Which is better if you're desperatly in need of more hard drive for music and videos and things like that?????????
615296
"in need of more hard drive" Duh... A HARD DRIVE!!! You say it in your question.
615297
Yeah, sorry I was not able to complete the list, You think I am stupid? Fill in the blanks or have someone build it for you!
202922
4GB, but it won't matter. Ram amount won't matter if the video card or processor can't handle the 1080p signal getting sent to it. It's quality goes down before the video is even sent to the ram.
1760260
Absolutely perfect for it. You can pick out the various components to suit your wallet and needs, but do NOT skimp on the RAM! And, install a second drive if possible. They're both very inexpensive if you you know where to buy them. I have always used http://www.transintl.com/macupgrades/index.cfm for my HDs and RAM.
1344618
If they'r enot going to jump straight to 150GB or more, why even bother? Solid-state memory has already exceeded 32GB and has MUCH better performance attributes, including durability, energy/battery life, and flexibility.I will hold out for either a 1TB version or 64GB flash disk (or 32GB Flash disk + CF card expansion capability). And forget it if they try to ram some proprietary codec down my throat!
283711
I think you should get the bigger one if you want lotsa movies. I recently put on about 50 songs and it took up .1 GB, but movies take up lots. I have the 8GB also cuz I love the green!! But you are better off getting more GB and paying a little extra than having to buy a new one because of no space left.
1064246
Whatever fits your personal need. I would do cloud storage since I'm on the go. But here are some of your options 1) External HDD 2) Cloud storage 3) USB sticks
1497740
Haven't watched any movies yet, but lots of HD YouTube videos. I have fast Internet so everything loads fast. Videos stream flawlessly if originating server is fast or there isn't a clog in the pipe elsewhere. Buy plenty of RAM; 8GB minimum in my opinion. More is better.
125176
It's an ideal machine. Since you're working with video, you might want to make sure the ram is maxed out if it's not already. 8 gigs is max.
308664
Victor, the Windows Task Manager shows how much memory is being used, as well as how much of the CPU is being used. The most memory intensive task I've seen is watching a Hulu video. That task uses LESS than 1 gb of memory, although the CPU may hit 100% from time to time. Of course, if I wanted to watch two or three Hulu videos at the same time, or maybe try to use PhotoShop, then 2 gb of memory would be useful. But, I doubt many folks use a $300 netbook as their Photoshop editing computer.
1475312
Stuff like flash (youtube) is very processor (cpu) dependent; I recently put this in an old machine which had an old intel core 2 duo e4700 and it was fine. So compare that with your own setup.It did seem like it was stuttering if anything else was running. It might be worth it to put another 10 dollars into the video card, but if all your going to be doing is running youtube video it's fine. (Although seriously consider bumping up slightly.)
583035
I don't have that much music,(about 400 songs) but I mainly wanted the video so I could watch t.v. shows and movies as well as the music. Do you know how much memory a movie/tv show takes up?
2276387
If you are going to use it for mostly music (record, download, etc) then the supplied Ram is more than enough.
1807972
After installing Words, Excel, PowerPoint and some essential applications, you'll be left with about 90 gig of hard drive. I think that's more than enough for everyday tasking. I store about a thousand songs and 50 full HD music videos and it only takes up 20 gig. I still have 70 gig left and don't know how to use them up haha. FYI, with 1 gig, you can store hundreds of words/excel/powerpoint files.
654274
I use 16gb at 1866mhz. I have seen people use up to 64gb at that for video editing. What exactly would you be doing with your build?
2064775
Good response. I would caution against an external HD for video (music and other relatively small files are fine). I have a Iomega external and I am unable to use it with my video editing software (I am unsure why). Also my external drive will not support files larger than about 4GB (videos).
642211
You might not even need one, I'd look at you storage space available, I added a 4GB just for the heck of it.
730081
Right now I have on one of mine, 13.9GB of total usable space (the other 2.1BG takes up the operating system). I currently have 4.35GB of free space left open. The other part is filled up with the following content: That includes 113 full albums averaging between 6 to 15 songs per album using 4.40GB of space and 59 music videos that is using 5.12GB of the storage space. The music videos are assorted sizes form 3.10MB to 177MB. I am always adding and removing songs and videos depending upon what style of music I'm into at the time. It's all drag and drop when you sync it to the player in your pc so moving things around is easy. I always try to leave at least 1 or more GB of free space open so that the music videos don't get jerky. I own more than one of these and it's really more about having not running out of battery before I can get back to recharge. Music uses a lot less battery, but the videos can wear down the battery pretty fast. These are small and very portable and I use them plugged into the car stereo for road trip music playlists and while waiting around in long lines, etc. at sci-fi conventions where it's not easy to get back to the room to recharge. Probably TMI but I hope this helps you in some way!