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[hotel21]

Have you not considered a laptop, much easier to lounge on the couch than sit at a desk. Run your old box as a file store and grab what you need from it over the network.

yes I have but already have an 'office' corner in the lounge with a nice big flatscreen monitor, printer, scanner etc and all files and stuff close at hand....

[TheBoy]

looking to config. you want speed..Why not consider a faster say 15K RPM SCSI or better RAID with SATA disks..

Disk performance is not really an issue on desktop (non workstation) pcs generally.

Boot times will be changed drastically with a fast disk..if no hardware

problem..

15 K compared to 7200 is half latency..

True, but a 15k scsi disk does not have double the throughput of 7.2k SATA for desktop use.  For the server environment, 15k makes sense due to the way requests come in, less important in single user desktop.  Yes, will be quicker, but ultimately not worth the extra cost for standard desktop

[CaptainZok]

Have you not considered a laptop, much easier to lounge on the couch than sit at a desk. Run your old box as a file store and grab what you need from it over the network.

yes I have but already have an 'office' corner in the lounge with a nice big flatscreen monitor, printer, scanner etc and all files and stuff close at hand....

Your too organised, that's your trouble.

[cem_devecioglu]

using .net as developing tool , compile times were changed amazingly when we moved to 15 K SCSI..

[TheBoy]

using .net as developing tool , compile times were changed amazingly when we moved to 15 K SCSI..

Software development is more 'workstation' than desktop, different beast.

That is advantage of x86 systems - you can pick and choose to ideally suit specific needs.

No disrespect to Hotel21, but I don't think he'll get into software development, and is more after a general purpose PC for web/office/email etc (I may be wrong).  So no need to up-spec too much

[hotel21]

 

I am a long way from a software developer or indeed, dabbler in graphics!  Need a decent PC that can run assorted Office applications at the same time as web browsing and, sometimes, a decent enough spec PC to allow some gaming....  Enough HD space for family images and music....

[TheBoy]

I am a long way from a software developer or indeed, dabbler in graphics!  Need a decent PC that can run assorted Office applications at the same time as web browsing and, sometimes, a decent enough spec PC to allow some gaming....  Enough HD space for family images and music....

Gaming - that becomes a different issue.  Decent video card becomes a must.  The rest of a Core2 Duo system should be up to it

[hotel21]

Given the gaming bit then, would one of the higher end Dells that you linked to be a better bet than the Aldi one?  I dont do much gaming and, TBH, am pretty crap at it anyway...  I just enjoy some of the graphic blood and snot to vent frustrations!!  

[TheBoy]

Given the gaming bit then, would one of the higher end Dells that you linked to be a better bet than the Aldi one?  I dont do much gaming and, TBH, am pretty crap at it anyway...  I just enjoy some of the graphic blood and snot to vent frustrations!!  

You got the screen already?

Gaming aside, my needs are similar (even though I run Visual Studio occasinally).

I'd be looking at Core2 Duo 2.0 - 2.4G, 2G RAM, 965 chipset, any video does me as not gamer, small HDD, as use (the OOF ) server for storage.

[hotel21]

Given the gaming bit then, would one of the higher end Dells that you linked to be a better bet than the Aldi one?  I dont do much gaming and, TBH, am pretty crap at it anyway...  I just enjoy some of the graphic blood and snot to vent frustrations!!  

You got the screen already?

Gaming aside, my needs are similar (even though I run Visual Studio occasinally).

I'd be looking at Core2 Duo 2.0 - 2.4G, 2G RAM, 965 chipset, any video does me as not gamer, small HDD, as use (the OOF ) server for storage.

Got a 19" LG flatscreen.  Not the fastest of response times but enough for what I need.  Nice and clear and sharp images.

So, depending on the chipset, the Aldi one seems OK-ish?  

What would your chipset recommendations be, from worst to best?

[TheBoy]

Given the gaming bit then, would one of the higher end Dells that you linked to be a better bet than the Aldi one?  I dont do much gaming and, TBH, am pretty crap at it anyway...  I just enjoy some of the graphic blood and snot to vent frustrations!!  

You got the screen already?

Gaming aside, my needs are similar (even though I run Visual Studio occasinally).

I'd be looking at Core2 Duo 2.0 - 2.4G, 2G RAM, 965 chipset, any video does me as not gamer, small HDD, as use (the OOF ) server for storage.

Got a 19" LG flatscreen.  Not the fastest of response times but enough for what I need.  Nice and clear and sharp images.

So, depending on the chipset, the Aldi one seems OK-ish?  

What would your chipset recommendations be, from worst to best?

generally, chipset wise, stick to Intel, and higher the number the better.

Personally I'd go for the branded Dell than the unknown Aldi, plus Dell is cheaper.  Dell have peeved me off, and their helpdesk needs a lot of patience (don't fight it, just answer the Qs and do as they ask), but it will be hugely better than what Aldi offer.

I have a mutual hatred of anything Sony or HP, so won't recommend them.