Brun

Thinking about having a new pc built. It's just gonna be an internet tool with the odd bit of photoshop action - no gaming

I was thinking sommat along the lines of:
2Gig+ processor
80 gig HD
512mb (any advantage in having more?)
19/20/21" monitor
A cheeky case with perpex panel for neons
Above all it needs to be quiet as my present pc does my head in

I've got keyboard, mouse, speakers and cd drive so they are not required

thundertiger

sub £500
with a decent screen.

bb

Soulgirl

If you are running photoshop and perusing the net and doing emails etc, I would probably recomment 1gb of memory although some would say that was overkill. Personally, I find it really helps in the long run when your pc get bogged down. I would probably say a bigger hard drive was a necessity these days.

Perspex 'neon'd' panels are great if they are on display... mine is under my desk so doesn't get the air time it deserves

Brun

Cheers
Not sure i need a bigger HD than 80gb as i have run a 19gb for the last 4 years without coming close to filling it

darlodge

Were you thinking of a CRT screen or TFT?

I've got an 80GB that has about 20GB used as wel. I've never need that amount of storage.

Darren

P1Fanatic

If your not gaming or hoarding mp3's/films then you dont really need anything bigger than 80gb. Half Life 2 is about 4.5gb install on its own so if you play a few recent games the disk space goes pretty quick.

Simon.

P1Fanatic

Although I must say they are dirt cheap. I just got a Western Digital Caviar 160gb SATA HDD for about £56 all in.

Simon.

lightning101

Well a 22" dell monitor is £150 on aria.co.uk - cases range from 15 - £50 with 400 - 450 watt PSUs - motherboard £50 - Processor 3200+ 64 bit for £96

512mb ram for £50 good brand

120 gb HDD - £36

mid range 9600 pro graphics card £60

16x NEC DVD writer £35

Hope that helps

P1Fanatic

Where can you get a new 64bit 3200+ for £96? I just bought one and cheapest I found was £123 all in OEM. I paid £128 for the Retail version with heatsink and fine (which both work fine at stock speeds so no need to pay extra unless you intend overclocking).

Simon.

lightning101

Sorry it was on overclocker weekly specials the other week - back up to 109+vat now.

Brun

CRT for me. I have no use for a TFT as i've got plenty of space. I would really like a huge CRT. I'll go no lower than 19"

lightning101

Aria.co.uk are doing the 3000+ athlon 64 for £73.50 + vat and 19" monitors for £70 at the moment.