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Sadly,my Toshiba laptop crashed.

i can reccomend a few things for you togo. first off, the E6750 is a great choice, its cheaper than just about everything else. i dont reccomend that motherboard though. i know a few people who have had it die. i recommend this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059 and the memory.... go with a good, well respected brand name. i would go with this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145590 and the power supply... total ick. never go with a cheapo psu. only go with brands like, OCZ, Corsair, Enermax, and a few others. for most any application, i reccomend this psu. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817194003 the 8800GT is a good choice too. go with BFG, XFX, or PNY though

My computer is nothing special.
I'd take it this is what I want to be looking at:

Compaq
Microsoft XP Home

Compaq Presario
AMD Athlon 64 Processor
3200+
1.99 GHz, 1.18 GB of RAM

not bad. a little outdated but still..

Heck, why not =P

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB21.00A5.B07
SMC Version: 1.17f0
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled

The computer I'm using now:

IBM Thinkpad Rseries
System: SUSE Linux
Processor: Intel Core2 Duo

My PC at home:
Make: eMachines
Model: unknown
System: Windows XP

I'm not a computer person, so I don't know too much else.

togo, if you are willing to shell out the dough then.. I would reccomend this one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128064 As for latencies not being important, i dont know where you heard that, but Latencies are just as- if not more so- important than ever. now that memory is reaching ever higher speeds, the latencies have gone ever higher. the low-end DDR3 has timings of CL9. Many applications and games favor low latencies over Bandwith. Beleive me, my parents computer came with 2GB of Hynix DDR667 @ 6-6-6-25. i replaced it with OCZ DDR2 667 @ 4-4-4-14 and the performance increase was astounding. truly amazing. i dont reccomend that memory because it overclocks, but because it is from one of the best memory makers out there. Not to mention, DDR2 is dirt cheap now. That is one of the cheapest DDR2 kits available in 2GB.


EDIT>> Now that AMD Phenom has hit the shelves, and the benchmark tables.... it still cannot outperform the C2D clock for clock. and it doesnt have a hope against Intels Yorkfield Core. I have seen the benchmarks, and though AMD has narrowed the gap quite a bit, it still cannot compete on terms of Highest performance.

Here we go again. Time for the quick specifications...

DELL Inspiron 600m notebook

Intel M - Centrino 1.72GHz (overclocked- stable at 126'F temp) @ 333MHz BUS
1.5GB DDRRAM
128MB ATI Raedon X1300 graphics (650DAV)
120GB Western Digital IDE harddisk @ 5600rpm
Pioneer 8x DVD+/-RW & 24x CD+/- RW disk drive
Ports: Serial Port / Printer Comm. Port, Ethernet 10/100, Modem, 2 USB 2.0, 2 Input lines, 1 headphone line, VGA monitor output
Wireless 802.11n networking
14.1" LCD screen
1x 40mm cooling fan (heat sync failing though...needs to be replaced- again)



HP Pavilion 2510 (rebuilt entirely **AGAIN**)

Intel Core Duo 2.66GHz @ 1066MHz BUS (socket 775)
4.0GB DDR2RAM
512MB ATI Raedon FireGL V5600 graphics
250GB Western Digital SATA harddisk @ 7200rpm
300GB Western Digital SATA harddisk @ 5600rpm
Sony 12x DVD+/-RW & 32x CD+/-RW disk drive
Pioneer 16x DVD-ROM & 48x CD+/-RW disk drive
X-tras: 5.1 audio, Printer Comm., Serial, Ethernet 10/100, Dual DVI output (and many more not wanting to list)
Wireless 802.11n networking (including wireless ad hoc sharing connection between work and home)
2x 22" DELL LCD Monitors (got them half price, so of course I had to get them)
4x 80mm cooling fans

Server
DELL ...? (Its just a DELL case because it was small and had good ventilation)
Intel Core Duo 2.66GHz @ 1066MHz BUS (socket 775)
8.0GB DDR2RAM
512MB ATI Raedon X1600 Pro
Apple OS X Server
Fibre Channel card (for my OC-12 line at home & for my domain)
Western Digital Raptor - 150GB @ 10,000rpm
Western Digital Raptor - 150GB @ 10,000rpm

... and so on with the server. I'm too tired to post the rest.



Edit:
Power Supply Units:
Notebook: Crappy
Desktop: 700 watts/ 30 Powersave
Server: 850 watts w/ 250 watt Emergency System (16 minute protection)
L. Format Printer: 400 watts/ 4 watts Powersave

Mine is 4 years old (yes, I bought it around the time I saw Balto for the first time, and made the site around 6 months later)

Athlon XP 2000+
768 MB DDR (256 originally)
80 and 160 GB seagate hard drives
Geforce4 MX 440 64MB
17" cathodic screen (well I have also a 32" HD ready TV now, so I'm sticking with it...)
LG DVD recorder

I was considering buying a new one, but I think I'm going to stick with this one for longer. I'm not among the ones to spend money only to have new things which aren't that necessary. And mine is still working very well and is enough for what I'm doing (I'm not playing recent games, and I only do some internet and programmation on it, as well as watching movies in streaming to my TV) Some recent games still work though, I'm playing Sam & max season 1 on it and it's working perfect...

My Toshiba had

1.Hibernation mode.

2.Resume mode.

3.Advanced Power Management.

4.Security.

5.Internet Access

and

6.A CD-ROM Player.