Hi everybody, long time no post.
As usual, the world moves far too quickly for me to keep up with all the hardware stuff. I need a new PC for work, budget is about £600 but I'm going to want to buy another monitor too, for dual screen. Which means I'm wanting dual DVI.
I don't do anything too intensive (it's mostly Office 2007, Photoshop and a little video editing), though it would be nice to have a decent graphics card for the potential of playing games after hours. Office 2007 is sluggish even on my current Core 2 Duo laptop so anything that's going to run that nice and briskly is going to be good for me.
Monitor-wise, I already have a Dell 2005FPW at work, which is a 20" widescreen LCD @ 1680x1050. I was thinking I'd try to get another Dell 20", but I've used mismatching dual screen setups for years now so it's not entirely necessary (though matching resolutions does make my life a little easier). If you want to chuck in a monitor then max budget is £600 including VAT & delivery.
Case will have to have front USB & audio. DVD writer. At least 250Gb storage; 500Gb preferred.
What I don't need:
- Keyboard and mouse
- Dedicated sound card
- Operating system
My problem is that I don't know how all the current hardware compares, i.e. which AMD vs Intel, ATI vs GeForce, Asus vs Abit etc. I just want the best bang I can get for my buck, and you guys know your stuff, or so I remember!
As usual, the world moves far too quickly for me to keep up with all the hardware stuff. I need a new PC for work, budget is about £600 but I'm going to want to buy another monitor too, for dual screen. Which means I'm wanting dual DVI.
I don't do anything too intensive (it's mostly Office 2007, Photoshop and a little video editing), though it would be nice to have a decent graphics card for the potential of playing games after hours. Office 2007 is sluggish even on my current Core 2 Duo laptop so anything that's going to run that nice and briskly is going to be good for me.
Monitor-wise, I already have a Dell 2005FPW at work, which is a 20" widescreen LCD @ 1680x1050. I was thinking I'd try to get another Dell 20", but I've used mismatching dual screen setups for years now so it's not entirely necessary (though matching resolutions does make my life a little easier). If you want to chuck in a monitor then max budget is £600 including VAT & delivery.
Case will have to have front USB & audio. DVD writer. At least 250Gb storage; 500Gb preferred.
What I don't need:
- Keyboard and mouse
- Dedicated sound card
- Operating system
My problem is that I don't know how all the current hardware compares, i.e. which AMD vs Intel, ATI vs GeForce, Asus vs Abit etc. I just want the best bang I can get for my buck, and you guys know your stuff, or so I remember!
