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young lad said:
I have £1000 for new tower + monitor what sort of specs u think i could get?
I reckon a pretty good gaming machine :) - give me a few secs, I'll have a look (not very good at this - best to ask in the General Hardware section with cash + requirements and they are good).
 
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Yeh explict has priced me 1 or 2 up just need to decide which :)

Dual core and loose on ram or singel core and have better ram and soem other stuff us pc *noobs* dont no about
 
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Hi!

Thought I'd make up a spec - used to do a lot in General Hardware but haven't really recently!

CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM)
£182.95 £182.95
MB-088-AS Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS)
£61.95 £61.95
MY-006-OK OcUK Value 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-006-OK)
£89.95 £89.95
GX-048-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-PC)
£214.95 £214.95
HD-047-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 160GB 1600JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-047-WD)
£46.95 £46.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£65.95 £65.95
MO-022-SA Samsung SM-913N 19" LCD Monitor - Silver (MO-022-SA)
£159.95 £159.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£27.95 £27.95
Subtotal £850.60
VAT £148.86
Total £999.46

Just under your budget - nice to know I haven't lost it! :)

You've got a fast dual core CPU, great motherboard, large, fast SATA II hard drive, 2GB of ram (plenty), super fast X1800XT 512MB graphics card (one of the fastest cards at the moment), a high quality case with a decent ATX2.0 PSU (as recommended for PCI-E systems), a 19" TFT and a DVD Rewriter
 
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