Spec me. £1000.

[DanMc07]

Any reason for the huge case?

I would opt for the P182 Nice cable management and nice looking case!

Also...the 8500 GT isn't worth it.

Asus ATI Radeon X1650 Silent 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£41.99
(£49.34)

Would probably outperform it

No reason for the huge case, other than it looks good, I will show him the case that you have suggested and see if he likes the look of that.
Seen as he wont be gaming (he playes on the likes of miniclip ) I dont think there would be a need for a dearer graphics card?

 

[Cr0fty]

£3 dearer. Much better...

 

[DanMc07]

£3 dearer. Much better...

pennies make pounds haha.
But tbh, if hes not gaming, all graphics cards work the same I guess!
The specced graphics card should play dvd's no problem (I hope)

 

[Nullvoid]

If he will just be watching DVDs and the like, this might be a good choice: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-134-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=939

EDIT - Sorry I picked a hypermemory one

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Just 2 GiB RAM and a 22" monitor is indicative of money wasted, IMO, especially since the GPU is usually the most expensive part of gaming rigs.

 

[DanMc07]

Just 2 GiB RAM and a 22" monitor is indicative of money wasted, IMO, especially since the GPU is usually the most expensive part of gaming rigs.

My mate said that hes after a 22-24" monitor so couldnt really argue with that.
And he is wanting atleast 2gig minimum he says as he doesnt want to have slow downs when running many tasks.

Bar that, does it look good? All compatible yes?

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Yeah, it's all compatible.

Have you considered a SATA optical drive?

 

[DanMc07]

Yeah, it's all compatible.

Have you considered a SATA optical drive?

As in a DVD-ROM drive?

I was thinking about it! maybe go for a cheaper case and get one?

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Definitely. PATA is dying and that case is rather excessive. As above the P182 is a good choice.

 

[DanMc07]

Definitely. PATA is dying and that case is rather excessive. As above the P182 is a good choice.

What do you mean by PATA mate? Never heard of that before (noob question I know )

 

[BillytheImpaler]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT_Attachment

 

[DanMc07]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT_Attachment

Thanks for that.

Revised update:

Just a quick question. Do you still get all the cabels? Such as: SATA, IDE & power cabels for graphics card etc with your mobo? As when I bought my P4N Diamond MSI 775 board 2 years ago I got the lot with it.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Yep, it'll come with a load of cables.