This is my first post here. I've got an eight-year-old Gateway desktop, 512mb RAM, small hard drive, worn out, tired, noisy and slow. Have about $600 or $700 to spend on a new tower. I mostly do audio editing with Adobe Audition, maintain a pretty big iTunes account, have lots and lots of photos, and an occasional video. I play simple games now and then, with EA's NASCAR Thunder 2003 being about the newest. I do word processing and email and spend a good amount of time on the Internet.
I know more RAM would be good, but is 4gb enough for the kind of thing I'm describing? Is there a real advantage to getting an i3 or i5 processor? Should I hold out for 3.0 USB ports? I don't want to look up a year from now and regret going too cheap, but I don't want to buy a bunch of capabilities that I don't really need, and probably won't anytime soon.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
I know more RAM would be good, but is 4gb enough for the kind of thing I'm describing? Is there a real advantage to getting an i3 or i5 processor? Should I hold out for 3.0 USB ports? I don't want to look up a year from now and regret going too cheap, but I don't want to buy a bunch of capabilities that I don't really need, and probably won't anytime soon.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.