What is the current processing speed of a decent computer (in GHz)?

Answer 1

Processor speed is not as important as it was.Anything above 1.5 Gig is plenty fast for most needs.RAM is more important.Get 1 Gig,more is usually a waste.Don't expect to suft the net on dialup.You need DSL.

Answer 2

Computers nowadays come at around 3 GHz. It has been difficult to make this so-called "clock speed" faster and faster; instead, computers nowadays have larger amount of processors or cores.When buying a computer, you should consider your needs. If all you need to do is edit some documents in Word and Excel, and browse the internet, you probably WON'T need an extremely fast computer; any new computer will be more than fast enough.

For other tasks, you might need a faster computer, or more hard disk space, than what is available on the cheapest computers.

The computer speed depends on the processing speed in GHz, and on the number of processors or cores. But if you run many programs at the same time, or large programs, the amount of RAM can make a HUGE difference as well.