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Thank you all very much everyone for your replies. Certainly some interesting reading. I should have already said what my existing setup was at the start. I have my main OS is booting up from a Crucial SSD and the Samsung HDD is what I use for saving my photos and videos. I'm thinking about...

Hi all, Over the years I've saved my photos & videos from my camera and phone onto my now 16 year old Samsung Spinpoint P 250GB hard disk drive. While it has served me well, I know that it will eventually stop working and I should have a back up solution anyway! I know I should have done this...

Great thanks for info. :)

It's for viewing automotive parts, put it isn't something that is going to require a lot of graphics card horsepower.

Thank you for your reply. I should have said that the case is something that I will require, but I appreciate the spec with saving £100. Do you have any suggestions for a CPU heatsink and if you think it's worth getting an M.2 cooler as well?

Hi all, I'm looking to upgrade a fairly standard i5 vanilla office PC from 5 years ago that is primarily used for the usual Word processing, spreadsheet etc. duties. The only specific task from the usual "run of the mill" business activities is that it is used for viewing engineering diagrams...

Thanks for the replies all. The S2721DS looks nice, unfortunately the Dell website says it won't be available to ship until the 2nd Oct! I think I'll give repairing the existing monitor a bash for a replacement. Are there any other makes from Asus, LG etc. worth recommending in the same price...

Hi all, My Dell U2412M has suddenly stopped working. The monitor went blank all of a sudden, and there is no light appearing on the power LED even though there is power coming through the cord. I swapped out the fuse in the plug and changed power cords and still nothing. I suspect its either a...

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Will there be much of a performance boost with the new Skylake CPUs and will the new Mobo's not cost a bit more (or are current gen. ones ready for Skylake?). I've got a Windows 7 coming through in the post. I've been using Linux Mint for the last few months after Win XP decided to go all...

Thanks for the advice dacads and Lemin. :) Its a pity that Samsung don't make HDD's anymore. My current drive has served me reliably for the last 8 years. I think I'll go for the option of adding a SSD for my OS too. :) Cheers.

Cheers. So, I'm assuming my 430W PSU is OK then. :-) I'm a bit dubious with having a Seagate HDD. I've heard they aren't as reliable as WD. :confused:

Hi all, After 8 years of loyal service, it's time to give my system a long overdue retirement: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.86GHz Geil 2GB Ram Samsung 250Gb Spinpoint HD BFG NVidia GeForce 9700GT Antec Midi tower case with USB 2.0 front ports. Apart from usual optical drives and peripherals...

Thanks for the help guys. Its a semi-rebuild I'm going to do. I will pretty much buy everything barring the case (an Antec 430W). I'll also need a new graphics card too as its an AGP. I have a 1TB drive, so drive capacity is not an issue. My budget will between £300-£500.

You might want think about using BE who are owned by o2 and use the same network.

I own the Dell 2209WA and its fantastic! Unless you really need full 1080HD I'd suggest going for this bad boy. :cool:

Eek! What have a started here! :D Well I'm upgrading from an old skool P4 3.2Ghz and will be primarily using the system with Photoshop and video editing for initially transfering old VHS/Hi8 recordings then in the near future digital camcorder. I started a thread on the Graphics card forum...

Thanks. That EasyCap device looks interesting. I'm semi-building a new system so I thought I'd look into a card with dedicated video capture features as gaming isn't going to be an issue for me. I should have also said my PSU is a 430W Antec.

Is it worth splashing on an i7 or would an i5 be sufficient for the task? TIA

Hi all, I'm out of the loop with video cards these days so I need some advice from the forum regulars. :) Basically I'm wanting a new card to transfer a lot of old Hi8 and VHS tapes but also use it with new digital camcorders in the long run. Many thanks in advance people :)