I have decide on an ASUS P5Q Deluxe Mobo, 4 GB of DDR 800 RAM, a 500 GB HDD and an ATI 4850 Video Card.
The GPU was based on a a desire for a PC that can play occasional games, so a ‘decent’ frame rate in “Flight Sim 10” (26 fps @ 1680 x 1050 with AA4x) and “Test Drive Unlimited” (66 fps @ 1680 x 1050 with AA4x) were required, and the fact that it can manage Crysis at 37fps @ 1680 x 1050 albeit without AA is a bonus.
At about £120 it’s a little pricey, but it will easily last the life of the PC without the need to upgrade.
The HDD conclusion came from the fact that with almost everything installed, and some ‘zipping’ up of older, less used documents etc/, I now have almost 50 GB free on a 250 GB HDD! I may be tempted to install 2 of these drives and use the second unit purely as a backup device.
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