kitting out with £500

[luap.h]

cheers for that - I got my old SATA hard drives, which I'll put into the new system too, so that'll help things a little

Now just have to wait for Scan to dispatch the damn thing!!

[Sprite]

I see where you're coming from, and this is pretty much just some retail therapy to be honest, but I have been known to do a bit of video editing for my band, and designing posters and stuff, and that's when it really starts to crawl!

Thanks for all the help guys, I went for the following:
Abit KN9 Ultra
320 Gb Samsung HD321KJ Spinpoint
19" LG L194WT Silver/Black LCD
AKASA Zen case - Black Silent Cool
AMD AM2 Athlon 64 3800+
400W Enermax Liberty Modular Series
2Gb (2X1Gb) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR
256MB Palit 8600GT, PCI-E (x16)

I went a little over budget, but I'm happy and that's all that matters

You went for all that and you don't game ?

Dude you could have just gone with:

Onboard GFX (8600GT overpriced)
1GB RAM
Non-modular cheaper PSU

E.G:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=352373

and

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=468726

and

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=475263

or your motherboard with a 6200 or similar, yo really don't need an 8600GT for Office Work