few general upgrade questions..

[5lab]

finally time to fix and/or upgrade my aging xp2000 machine, i got a few questions..

atm, its got a matx nforce2 mobo in it thats causing me grief. ebuyer have cheap0 km400-based boards for ska (matx nessesary) - are these reasonable performance-wise, or will they kripple the system? any suggestions for boards? must support a screw-type heatsink (alpha pal 8042)..

also considering a new gfx card - do any on the market support 2 monitors AND a tv? would only need the tv for 'theater mode' - mainly to watch tv shows on me tv...

if you had ~£600 to spend on a sff box, what would you get (thats my max budget for upgrade, would need to be a full pc)?

umm. i'll probably come up with a few more qs sooner or later

[ice 73]

for a graphics card i think the ati aiw family should suit your needs. they support dual monitors and vivo. , i dont know if you can use them at the same time though. although why would u want to :-)
if i had that much to spend if get a amd 64 newegg has a system for 350 and then id spend the remaining 250 on a 6600gt/6800

[5lab]

want to cos i like to work while me gf watches the oc or osmmit on my telly

i'm struck between building up a cheap system and just blowing it on a shuttle atm