VoX
11th July 2010, 10:02 PM
Right, mates looking for a new PC under £600 to handle music editing and recording with a bit of gaming on the side (albeit only at 1024x768 =/), so been working on a spec the past day or 2 to see what I can come up with, this is what I got so far
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http://i28.tinypic.com/feiett.jpg
Anyone got any suggestions/ideas on what could be changed? No soundcard is needed as he's using an external interface.
Build log will happen when all the parts arrive too :)
On another note, have moved PC stuff upstairs which means I've lost the use of my parents 19" as a secondary display, so this means I'm on the hunt for a new one to be a primary and have my current 24" as the extended.
Its been narrowed down to either the HP ZR24w (http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/382087-382087-64283-72270-3884471-4101131.html) for roughly £330 or a Dell U2311H (http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Displays/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=320-9270) for £260. Is a hard call between them as the ZR24w is a 16:10 ratio monitor and the same res as my current one, meaning I get slightly more space vertically (which can be a godsend at times) however it's more expensive and I've heard tales of Uniformity issues. The U2311H is only 23" and is 16:9 aspect ("1080p") meaning I loose vertical space, however I've not heard of that bad issues and you get Dells pretty awesome warranty and build quality, plus I'm left with change from £300.
Or has anyone else got any suggestions for 23/24" screens? IPS preferably.
(Click for full size)
http://i28.tinypic.com/feiett.jpg
Anyone got any suggestions/ideas on what could be changed? No soundcard is needed as he's using an external interface.
Build log will happen when all the parts arrive too :)
On another note, have moved PC stuff upstairs which means I've lost the use of my parents 19" as a secondary display, so this means I'm on the hunt for a new one to be a primary and have my current 24" as the extended.
Its been narrowed down to either the HP ZR24w (http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/382087-382087-64283-72270-3884471-4101131.html) for roughly £330 or a Dell U2311H (http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Displays/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=320-9270) for £260. Is a hard call between them as the ZR24w is a 16:10 ratio monitor and the same res as my current one, meaning I get slightly more space vertically (which can be a godsend at times) however it's more expensive and I've heard tales of Uniformity issues. The U2311H is only 23" and is 16:9 aspect ("1080p") meaning I loose vertical space, however I've not heard of that bad issues and you get Dells pretty awesome warranty and build quality, plus I'm left with change from £300.
Or has anyone else got any suggestions for 23/24" screens? IPS preferably.