Looking for new PC but im clueless.

padi89

As above, i have a budget of around the 1000 euro mark give or take for whatever is needed.The main uses will be for music,photo and internet.Im moving away from my hifi setup and just going for a computer based system with some monitors(not inc in budget).At the PC is where i tend to listen most, so plenty of storage and if possible nothing that runs too loud either.Im not really into gaming, will probably play BF2 every now and then so a card that runs it will do for now.I prefer to use XP over Vista but i am open if Vista is better suited to the rig.Will be needing a monitor too 22" would be good.As im not too clued in id need it built and the OS setup.
Almost forgot,it will be a 2nd PC in the house, the other one is constantly in use and is NTL cable broadband.So this new one will be in a spare room, i presume i will need some type of wireless adapter/ router so i can use internet on the new PC?
If its possible to get a rig something thats upgradeable in time ,it would keep me going for a while.
Anyway, any help is much appreciated.

padi89

Anyone? I presume everyones out enjoying the weather.

Sqaull20

padi89 wrote: »

Anyone? I presume everyones out enjoying the weather.

I got badly sun burned

Dell have some great deals going at the minute, you get a Quad core cpu, 2gb ram, 500gb hard drive, class set of speakers, 22" monitor, good soundcard, wifi network adapter for €828..

http://ecomm.euro.dell.com/dellstore/basket.aspx?c=ie&cs=ieepp1&l=en&s=dhs&itemtype=CFG&oid=6ca9a237-7d3e-4ee9-956b-a307f3c9df00

Components
Intel® Core™ 2 Quad-Core Q6600 Processor (2.4GHz, 8MB cache, 1066MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
1 Year Base Warranty
22in E228WFP WIDESCREEN UK/Irish (1680 x 1050) TCO99 DVI-D
2048MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
500GB (7200rpm) SATA Hard Drive
128MB ATI® Radeon™ HD 2400 Pro graphics card
DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD)
Dell™ Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Dell 2 Button USB Scroll Optical Mouse - Black
Accessories
Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™ ADVANCED HD software
Logitech X540 Speakers - UK
19-in-1 Media Card Reader
No Modem
Internal PCI 802.11b/g Wireless Network Card
Microsoft® Works 9.0 - English

Would be quite hard to build it cheaper imo, as 22" monitor, windows os, speakers, keyboard and mouse etc will really knock up the price..

Lovely system at that price..

http://www.thetechlounge.com/article/403/Logitech+X540+51+Speakers/

padi89

Cheers for the reply Sqaull20, too bad about the sunburn.
I wouldn't be looking for speakers with it as il be most likely going for a pair of Dynaudio active speakers running through an external soundcard/dac.If i got the logitechs i would have no use for them.
I was having a look through the forum and i saw this suggested by another member for a poster that seemed to want the same as me.
https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/67424/56487.PNG

Things i dont know anything about are the motherboard,ram,power supply and graphics card.
Is there things i should maybe change?

Sqaull20

Oh yeah Hardwareverand are class, that pc you put up is very nice, few things I would change since your not going to game on it..



Much better monitor now, bigger hard drive, wifi adapter, better case etc

spannerotoole

The Problem with this setup is that the sound is onboard and software based sound. This is not a good idea, Have you considered a Linux Setup. There is not much faffing about with drivers on linux, (Nvidia and ATi cards require their drivers to be installed if you need 3d,but other than that) Remember also that windows licenses are too expensive for the price, Linux is Free, Nothing works with a MAC (Yamaha Keyboard Owners will know what I mean, also MAC doesn't have a Realtime Kernel). Try OpenSuse, I use it on a laptop with a creative soundblaster external and it works fine for audio, plays mp3 (might not encode to it though but OGG is better Quality than MP3)
And if you don't like it, there's been no money wasted on an O/S and you can safely go out and pay microsoft to rape your new PC.

padi89

Im not so sure now im going to go with Hardwareversand, bank transfer only etc.Il have a look elsewhere.

Spanerotoole:ll be using an external dac/soundcard.

spannerotoole

Is very well supported on linux, give it a try, which card will you be using

padi89

Undecided on a DAC as of now Spanner as im still undecided on speaker setup, possibly a stello da100.

Just wondering in regards to fans and noise.I saw a few reviews on youtube on some of the cases Antec Sonatta etc.There was a demonstration showing the different fans speeds and how loud they are.Just wondering if your not gaming and mainly using the pc for photo/music is the low settings enough going on squalls setup above.

spannerotoole

If you're using windows, I recommend x-fi elite pro, If you're using linux M-Audio.
I don't recommend Macs for anything.