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Originally Posted by JSWolf
An SSD is best for the OS and programs. To get a large enough SSD to also hold all the data, you'd need a large SSD and that ups the price.
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True enough.
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I would say get at least a 256GB SSD for the OS and programs. Also get at least a 1TB hard drive for the data. I don't find Calibre to be too slow at all using a hard drive.
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My laptop has a 64GB SSD (and has had so since 2011), which is plenty for the OS and software if you keep it clean of temporary files. With 128GB, you're completely safe, except if you use gargantuan programs.
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As for 16GB of ram, you don't need it. 8GB is plenty. a quad core 5th or 6th generation i5 or i7 would do for the processor.
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You're too quick to make such statements. If you convert 3-6 books at a time (and 6 is easily feasible on a 4-core, HT-equipped CPU), you *will* need 16GB of RAM if your books are large enough. I've done plenty of conversions (mainly Delphi Classics) in which the memory usage easily exceeded even 16GB.
Even LadyKate herself stated that on her 32GB equipped system, the memory usage is at around 35%, which would come down to 11.2GB. Therefore I'd certainly go for 16GB; especially because DDR4 memory is so cheap now that it's almost for free.
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As for the screen, a 15.6" or 17.3" full HD (1920x1080) screen because you'll want the most real estate for the Calibre GUI.
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Assuming you can read a 15.6 inch screen at 1920x1080. By default, Windows 10 will set the screen scaling to 125%, which basically gives you the same screen space as a 1536x864 screen at 100%.