What's the best operating system and processor(s) on the market right now for PCs?

Question

I'm going to get a PC soon and would like to find out what would be best. I'd be playing games on it and movies along with writing documents, HW, etc. Just want to make it fast.

Answer 1

I recently built a computer for productivity and gaming, its detail are as follows:



-Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1075T @ 3.0GHz (6-core).

Better than the i7 in my opinion.. simply because it's faster, and cheaper.



-RAM: Corsair 8GB DDR3 1333MHz (4x2GB).

Decent amount of gaming RAM.



-Motherboard: ASUS M4A78T-E.

Not the best motherboard, but it isn't bad either, it'll handle most of what you throw at it.



-HDD: 2TB WD Serial-ATA Internal

I don't care much for Western Digital, but this was a deal I couldn't pass up; got this for $20.



-Graphics: 3D-Enabled Cyclone GeForce GTX 460 1GB GDDR5 VRAM.

Amazing graphics. I can play Call of Duty (MW2) at 100FPS minimum.



-Monitor: 19" ASUS, 1440x900.

It's a monitor... what can you say?



-750W 'Ultra' Power Supply.

Maybe a little overkill for the system, but I have room for expansion.



-Blu-Ray Player.

Who doesn't love Blu-Ray?



-Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit.

The best OS on the market.



This computer is lightning fast. It has a Windows Index score of 7.5 (7.9 being the best) in each area but the hard drive (which got a 5.4). Windows leaves the 7's for those with large SSD drives, or RAID drives. You can build this PC listed about for about $900-$1000, but if you want to buy it, it's gonna be about $1500-$2000 USD, depending on where you buy it.

Answer 2

Core i7 processor with lots of DDR3 RAM a high-end graphics card (think ATI Radeon HD 6970) with Windows 7.



If you really want to boost it, get a solid-state drive (SSD) for your hard-drive. It's not as large as the mechanical variety, but it flies!



Also, don't forget to get a good power supply and cooling system.

Answer 3

I just saw the other answer, and you better listen to this.

If you listen to what others are saying about windows7 you could be in big trouble.

I did some checking up and found that as least 50/60% of world wide company's in whatever product your after don't yet support win7.

Answer 4

Windows 7 is the best OS