[retired_jesenia]

tower, got the monitor (17" acer) from someone on avforums (what an awesome site that is) for £70 brand new and delivered. Just gotta get a desk and chair now, thank christ my dad is paying.

[retired_Rynny]

anyone know if penryns are out this year in england?

[mr_nice!]

is this computer any good for the price?

im looking to do quite a bit of multi tasking and some semi-hardcore gaming

would i be able to plop an 8800gt or maybe a 8800gts straight in or would there be psu issues?

Intel® Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600 Processor (2.40GHz, 1066MHz, 8MB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
Dell™ 19" Silver Wide Flat Panel (SE198WFP) - UK/Irish
3072 MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024/2x512]
320GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA/100 Hard Drive with 16MB DataBurst™ cache
256MB nVidia™ GeForce 8600GTS graphics card
16x DVD +/- RW Drive
Dell™ Enhanced USB Multimedia Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Dell Optical Scroll Premium Mouse

[mr_nice!]

forgot to say, the price is £807

[mr_nice!]

sorry for the third post, forgot to say the psu is 375w



i hate myself, i really do

[retired_jesenia]

I'd get a higher PSU if I was you fella, oh and I'll gladly buy your graphics card if you end up getting the 8800 :thup:

[retired_jesenia]

jesus, my monitor just arrived that I got from a fella on AV forums, brand new in the original box for £50 plus delivery, awesome :cool:

Just got to put the desk together now

[mr_nice!]

my step-dad has a dell 3007wfp :cool:

awesome monitor

[marynot]

stick a better graphics card in this and it's a whole lot better

http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?PAGE=PRODUCTV...T=PRODUCT&KEY=232135

[retired_ramilne]

hello computer thread!

i've been kind of tasked with finding the old parents a nice new computer. a few years ago I'd know what's good and what's not, what the difference is between processors and stuff, but now I just don't, so do you reckon you could recommend a lovely computer? or at least the kind of stuff I should be looking for (ie what processor etc)

basically they use it mainly for browsing the internet, and making documents (emails, letters, that kind of stuff). they also do a fair bit of digital camera stuff, not editting, but organising and storing mostly. dad is also keen to venture into video editting. their main gripe with the current computer is how slow and sluggish it is, so ideally the new one would be quick as a flash.

any tips?