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CP-118-AM AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX) (CP-118-AM) 1
£87.95 £87.95
MB-088-AS Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS) 1
£59.95 £59.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL) 1
£53.95 £53.95
GX-041-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X550 256MB DDR TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (RX550-256) (GX-041-HT) 1
£39.95 £39.95
HD-071-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 250GB ST3250624A ATA-100 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-071-SE) 1
£55.95 £55.95
CD-029-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Beige) - OEM (CD-029-NE) 1
£22.95 £22.95
CA-047-AN Antec P150 Quiet PC Case - 430w HE Modular PSU (CA-047-AN) 1
£79.95 £79.95
GX-084-LT Leadtek Winfast DTV2000H Hybrid Digital & Anologue TV Tuner Card (GX-084-LT) 1
£36.95 £36.95
Subtotal £437.60
VAT £76.58
Total £514.18

The purpose was generally for an all round update, as my current system has some years on it now, but on top of that i want it to replace my TV/DVD, seems as the tele broke recently.
I'm not looking for a top of the line HTPC or whatever, as i don't watch it that often, and i don't play games so the GPU is just there cos i need dual DVI support so i can use one monitor for TV/movies and the other for my normal web browsing etc. One monitor is my current CRT, and i'll be buying a new 19" TFT for someplace else.

My questions are:

1) Is that graphics gard suitible for the job? Could I possible get something cheaper?

2) Is that a decent TV card?

My budget is roughly £500.

Any other thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated.
 
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All the parts are compatible, I don't think I'd choose to go any lower on the graphics card if you want it to be able to drive dual monitors, not to mention that I'm not sure if there are many cheaper graphics cards that have dual DVI anyway.

I'm sorry I can't answer 2) as I don't know much about TV cards, it's specifications look reasonable though :)
 
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