General rule: Pay at least $100 per part if you want a decent machine. Bump the price up a notch if you want higher performance. Here are my machine's specs, and this was built last Christmas.
Processor: 3.9Ghz 6-core
Memory: 24GB 1866MHz (I do game development and engineering design. 8-16 is fine for general use. Also, I am the type of person who has 20 apps open at any given time.)
Graphics: 2GB VRAM(This is a stand-in for the level of GPU that I really want, hence the lack of other info.)
Hard Drive: 2TB, almost 50% full.
Processor: 3.9Ghz 6-core
Memory: 24GB 1866MHz (I do game development and engineering design. 8-16 is fine for general use. Also, I am the type of person who has 20 apps open at any given time.)
Graphics: 2GB VRAM(This is a stand-in for the level of GPU that I really want, hence the lack of other info.)
Hard Drive: 2TB, almost 50% full.