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CP-118-AM AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX) (CP-118-AM) 1
£87.95 £87.95
MB-088-AS Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS) 1
£59.95 £59.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL) 1
£53.95 £53.95
GX-041-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X550 256MB DDR TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (RX550-256) (GX-041-HT) 1
£39.95 £39.95
HD-071-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 250GB ST3250624A ATA-100 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-071-SE) 1
£55.95 £55.95
CD-029-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Beige) - OEM (CD-029-NE) 1
£22.95 £22.95
CA-047-AN Antec P150 Quiet PC Case - 430w HE Modular PSU (CA-047-AN) 1
£79.95 £79.95
GX-084-LT Leadtek Winfast DTV2000H Hybrid Digital & Anologue TV Tuner Card (GX-084-LT) 1
£36.95 £36.95
Subtotal £437.60
VAT £76.58
Total £514.18

The purpose was generally for an all round update, as my current system has some years on it now, but on top of that i want it to replace my TV/DVD, seems as the tele broke recently.
I'm not looking for a top of the line HTPC or whatever, as i don't watch it that often, and i don't play games so the GPU is just there cos i need dual DVI support so i can use one monitor for TV/movies and the other for my normal web browsing etc. One monitor is my current CRT, and i'll be buying a new 19" TFT for someplace else.

My questions are:

1) Is that graphics gard suitible for the job? Could I possible get something cheaper?

2) Is that a decent TV card?

My budget is roughly £500.

Any other thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated.
 
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