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Hello
Don,t Know how may Experts we have on this site
But Here go,s  ;D

I,m looking to buy a new base unit and would like a bit of help

I am at the moment  using an 8 year old Time machine XP Home edition Ver 2002 Service pack 3
Time Computer AMD Athlon ™ XP 2400+
2.00 GHz , 1.21 GB or Ram


My Hobby is Family history So big family tree program at moment  94.mb and growing plus saving Census pages family photos  and docs

some photos Editing
listen to some cds ,Internet browsing and Email

Not for Game playing though

And hopefully looking to spend up to £500

so what size am i looking for ??
ect ect ect

Use mine for similar things.
I bought a new one last year complete with skinny monitor & paid much less than £500.
There is a company in Billingshurst ( you probably have a similar one closer to you, also hidden in a little industrial unit)
who built me a base unit to my specifications - you don't have to be too technical for this, just how many different slots & where you want them etc. I would advise that more of everything is best.
Hope this helps a bit.

Graceland - to be honest virtually any PC you buy now will be good enough to browse, listen to music etc.  Photoediting is a littel more demanding but still pretty trivial for most PCs.

Dont get less tha 2 Gb Ram - get as big as HD as you can - say 500 Mb minimum - I always have two HDs - helps but not strictly needed for most tasks..
I'd get Windows 7 on it reather than Vista.  ALways look at the warantee as well ..  Dual core or even quad core is affordable these days..

I'd hesitate to reccommend any specific makes or models but this http://www.europc.co.uk/product.php?productid=131979 is the sort of thing you can get for 300 (plus the Windows 7 upgrade fee)