Right, Ive just been gifted a new 19" TFT for an end of contract bonus thing.

To do this monitor justice Im going to have to fit a graphics card, currently using onboard.

And seeing as Ill be spending on a graphics card, thought I may aswell, throw in a new processor and motherboard.

Ill carry over my current HDs and gig of ram.

Anything recomended?

Under £200 all in.

What kind of RAM do you have?

HB

I just got:

Athlon Venice 64 3200+ = £29 (bargain price - probably a bit more off ebay)
ATI X800 GTO2 = £60 delivered (dual DVI outputs)
Motherboard = MSI K8N nforce 4 = £50
New case (well why not?) = £30

EDIT: fogot that I bought a new 24pin PSU to power the new stuff = £35 - Thermaltake value 470W

I am really really pleased with the performance for the money (although anything is better than a PC that crashes half the time), it plays Farcry at full settings in 1280*1080 with no problems so I'd imagine it will play pretty much any game (with a concession on the settings). The only thing I would do is add some more RAM so if there is budget left I would get another gig.

:)

Good call HB, cant say at the mo, memory is awful and Im not home for a couple of days.

Ill see if eBuyer can remember what I bought LOL

A pair of 512Mb, DDR, PC2700, 333mhz.

Have a look for Woosey's recent thread - the board he's going for takes both DDR (like you have) and DDR2 (new, faster) so would probably be a decent base for your system :)

HB

Excemelent :)

I had fun last night, picked a card, mobo and chip, even looked at a new case.

Woke up this morning to find the monitor isnt happening anymore, Im getting a laptop LOL

Cheers anyway.