[leannemarie]

I'm thinking of building a desktop for uni, but my question is if I get a TV/Freeview card that goes into a PCI slot, do I still need a monitor with a TV tuner? Thanks for any help!

[estel]

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No, you don't need a TV tuner in a monitor if you have one in your PC.

Monitors should be as secular as possible imo, and not have anything related to processing in them (2 cables: power and DVI)

[Day Dream]

if im gonna be building a desktop in the next few weeks or so, how much would i need for a top spec? and ne recommendations for bits

[estel]

Top top top spec? You could go anywhere, but reserve about £1800 or so

(Based on decent sound card, FX60, SLI 7900something)

[sr4470]

(Original post by estel)
Top top top spec? You could go anywhere, but reserve about £1800 or so

(Based on decent sound card, FX60, SLI 7900something)

Dont forget the 24' TFT.

[Day Dream]

lol .... ok i need sum help on this bit? graphics/processor/mobo ..... which 1s?

[sr4470]

(Original post by Day Dream)
lol .... ok i need sum help on this bit? graphics/processor/mobo ..... which 1s?

SLI'd Geforce 7900GTX/Athlon 64 X2 4400/DFI SLI-DR Expert or Asus A8N-SLI Premium

[Day Dream]

lol .... jus checkd my budgeting ..... i got bout 1000 to spend cant get all that i dnt fink can i? dnt wana spend it all, so wana reeli find summin like 'optimum' spec lol .... so much for the top sepc dream

[sr4470]

(Original post by Day Dream)
lol .... jus checkd my budgeting ..... i got bout 1000 to spend cant get all that i dnt fink can i? dnt wana spend it all, so wana reeli find summin like 'optimum' spec lol .... so much for the top sepc dream

Get a single 7900GTX, Athlon 64 3700 and either of the above motherboards. You could still fit in 2GB RAM and a nice TFT though (19')

[Day Dream]

which site would get the best deals on all this?

[anycon]

What do you guys think of a Dell Dimension 9150?

[Mad Vlad]

(Original post by anycon)
What do you guys think of a Dell Dimension 9150?

Terrible. Its a Dell desktop. Its a lose lose proposition.

[sr4470]

(Original post by Day Dream)
which site would get the best deals on all this?

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/show...&postcount=193

Try Dabs first, but do shop around.

[anycon]

(Original post by Mad Vlad)
Terrible. Its a Dell desktop. Its a lose lose proposition.

Oh great right fine ... so I have about £1500 to spend on a home desktop computer, some of which will be spent on a 19" TFT. What's the best company/manufacturer to go for if I want to buy it online from their website?

[sr4470]

(Original post by anycon)
Oh great right fine ... so I have about £1500 to spend on a home desktop computer, some of which will be spent on a 19" TFT. What's the best company/manufacturer to go for if I want to buy it online from their website?

I just built someone a PC with a 20' widescreen viewsonic tft for £550. Go figure.

Edit: Exact spec -

AMD Sempron 3000+ (socket 754, 1.8ghz, 128kb L2 cache)
Chaintech VNF3-250 motherboard (AGP)
512MB Corsair DDR400 RAM
80GB Samsung SATA 7200rpm 8mb cache hard disk
ATi Radeon 9500 128MB (connected via DVI)
NEC ND3540A 16x DVD-RW Dual layer
Logitech Internet Pro keyboard and "Pilot" optical mouse
Logitech S200 2.1 Speakers
Viewsonic VA2012W 20' Widescreen TFT (1680x1050)

[Mad Vlad]

(Original post by anycon)
Oh great right fine ... so I have about £1500 to spend on a home desktop computer, some of which will be spent on a 19" TFT. What's the best company/manufacturer to go for if I want to buy it online from their website?

Build your own... or pay me to build you one.

What are you using the machine for?

[anycon]

I want it built for me, by a company, because I'm lazy and afraid.
Use it for home ****. No games. Just internet, music, etc. But I want it to run really smoothly. And I don't want a Mac.

[anycon]

PS If I download a torrent of the Adobe Font Folio v.10 but it says '[mac pc]' will the fonts work with Word?

[Mad Vlad]

(Original post by anycon)
I want it built for me, by a company, because I'm lazy and afraid.
Use it for home ****. No games. Just internet, music, etc. But I want it to run really smoothly. And I don't want a Mac.

This is where Dell rape people. You dont need to spend anywhere NEAR £1500! Nearer £500 inc. a lovely monitor - like sr4470 suggested.

[sr4470]

(Original post by anycon)
I want it built for me, by a company, because I'm lazy and afraid.
Use it for home ****. No games. Just internet, music, etc. But I want it to run really smoothly. And I don't want a Mac.

Check my edited post on the previous page.