Basic PC for work, music, films, Sim like games.

[Cornholio]

What sorta machine should we be looking at for the following..music, sims, films, work, all bought from scan...as its close and handy...if i dont get messed around again. Try and keep it as cheap as poss guys.

I have a rough idea of what sorta thing i should be looking at nowadays, but thought it was worth a few mins of the hexus experts time to help a fellow geek out .

Andy.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

What is your budget??

An Athlon II X4 620 would be a good basis for a basic PC.

[mac124]

Yeah if nothing else a budget to stick to is necessary

[Cornholio]

Ide say under £300 for just base unit, cheaper if poss .

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

This is what I would get:

AMD Athlon II X4 620 ~ £76

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/AMD-A...MHz-95W-Retail

Biostar TA785GE 128M ~ £57

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Biost...-RAID-mATX-VGA

Has 128mb of GDDR2 for the IGP.

4GB PC2-8500 DDR2 RAM ~ £57

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/4GB-%...S-5-6-6-18-EPP

Samsung F3 500GB ~ £37

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/500Gb...-Cache-8ms-OEM

Coolermaster Elite 330 ~ £28

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Coole...Scan-Exclusive

350W Enermax PSU ~ £40

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/350W-...ready!-24-740C

This is a higher effiency PSU.

SATA DVD rewriter ~ £16

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Sony-...Wx6-SATA-Black

The total comes to around £311.

[Pob255]

AMD system built on a 785 chipset (the onboard graphics should be fine for sims)
Athlon x2, although for the price the athlon x4 is worth a look
Memory can be cut to 2gb if you need to drop the total slightly to get it in budget
decent 500gb hd
DVDr/w
400w psu
cheap case

Just look on scan, I cannot be to look it up for you right now

EDIT: look at that Just before I hit the Post button, CAT was enough to list it for you