£1500 spec me

Also, I've been looking at monitors, and the nec multisync 24wmgx3 seems to be getting good reviews. I was wondering what you guys thought of it in comparison with the:

Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor £399.99
P LP2475w 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor £424.99

A little over-priced? I read it was trying to bridge the high-end gamer, low-end professional arena. What do you think?
 
Truckerlb said:
Will it simply be a case of popping the CD of W7 in on 22nd Oct in order to update the RC, or do I have to re-install completely?
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Reinstall, and the build 7100 RC is perfectly good. I've been running it on all 3 of my PC's with No problems at all.
 
Truckerlb said:
Also, I've been looking at monitors, and the nec multisync 24wmgx3 seems to be getting good reviews. I was wondering what you guys thought of it in comparison with the:

Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor £399.99
P LP2475w 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor £424.99

A little over-priced? I read it was trying to bridge the high-end gamer, low-end professional arena. What do you think?
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If you can afford the NEC then buy it. It will last you longer than your PC, and your eyes will thank you. (They'll probably send you Valentines day cards and make you breakfast in bed also)

Edit: (NEC are pretty much the best of the best in terms of consumer level screens, you won't find better until you get into the real Pro level stuff. I've worked in a media/design company doing the IT, and NEC is what we used for 90% of the staff doing web/print/multimedia. The only exceptions were in the mixing studios where big **ck off CRT's were used. If you are going to go overboard on one item, go overboard on the monitor imo - but do shop around)
 
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Why not just buy one ready built if you are unsure on building yourself
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Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £181.73 1 £181.73
Razer Diamondback 3G Frost Blue 1800dpi Gaming Mouse - Retail £23.47 1 £23.47
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 XT 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card X2 (Includes Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.) £121.73 2 £243.46
Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £119.99 1 £119.99
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM + Windows 7 Upgrade Voucher (66I-03525) £86.95 1 £86.95
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad-Crossfire PCI-E 750W Power Supply £73.03 1 £73.03
LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - Retail £73.03 1 £73.03
Kingston HyperX 6GB (3x2GB) Intel XMP DDR3 12800C9 1600MHz Tri-Channel Kit (KHX12800D3K3/6GX) £69.55 1 £69.55
Saitek Cyborg Illuminated Gamers Keyboard - Multi-Colour Backlight £41.73 1 £41.73
Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502IJ) £39.12 2 £78.24
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £177.38 1 £177.38
Akasa AK-967 Nero Direct Contact Heatpipe CPU Cooler (AM2/AM2+/939/LGA775/LGA1366) £22.60 1 £22.60
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99 1 £5.99
World In Conflict PC Game


£1401

an asus monitor extra £150
 
Truckerlb said:
Also, I've been looking at monitors, and the nec multisync 24wmgx3 seems to be getting good reviews. I was wondering what you guys thought of it in comparison with the:

Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor £399.99
P LP2475w 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor £424.99

A little over-priced? I read it was trying to bridge the high-end gamer, low-end professional arena. What do you think?
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I'd get the HP personally. The NEC is a fantastic monitor (I have one), but with the ~£400 deal from OCUK stopping recently, they're all back up to £600+, and I think if you're going to spend that much, you should start looking at the NEC 2490, the professional one, or get the HP LP2475.
 
Ok, so it's all bought!! THANK YOU for all your input.

This is the spec I went for in the end:

• Intel Core i7 920 D0 2.66Ghz overclocked to 4Ghz
• Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
• Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600MHz) Low Latency Tri-Channel
• Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366)
• Samsung SM2494HM 24" TFT LCD Monitor
• Asus ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
• Windows 7 RC Operating System
• Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply
• Coolermaster ATCS 840 Classic Case – Black
• Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM
• Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache – OEM
• Formac 320GB Portable USB Hard Drive
• Pioneer DVR-217FBK 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM
 
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