Originally posted by wooly15
In that case, go for it. Are you going to be running XP or vista. If its vista, I would consider 2gig of RAM. Its an insane memory hog.
If it's Vista I would consider MORE.
Vista default (not using Aero Glass) took up 900MB or RAM while IDLING on a system that had only 1GB. Another system had similar, but was taking some of the RAM to share on the vid card (laptop). After whittling the entire thing down process-wise, I had it "merely" down to 700+ MB while idle.
Vista is bullhockey. IF you choose to use it, be prepared. By "be prepared" I mean take the minimum and double it: that's your new minimum. You then need to go beyond that minimum or you'll suffer later.
So, 1GB is the "new gaming minimum" these days. I wouldn't even dream of running Vista on it, but that's like saying Win98 ran on 64MB. Double that so your bare min is 2GB for gameplay on Vista. Then add more (3 or 4 GB) if you want it to be better.
RAM is dirt-friggin-cheap right now. In the past month certain brands have dropped literally 50% (and I mean name brands). Getting 2GB costs today what it took to buy 1GB 6 months ago. So, spend the same money and double what you want to get.
