Hi folks. I've been lurking hoping someone would ask about desktops in here but it's all been laptops recently so I had to bit the bullet and post something myself!
I take it desktops will still provide the best bang for your buck these days? If so, I'm looking for a desktop, budget maybe around the £700-£800 mark. It'll be for general purpose stuff like surfing the net and obviously playing FM (I don't use the 3D match engine but do like to run as many leagues as I can) but I do play a couple of other games like Civilization, albeit only occasionally and a tiny bit of photo editing.
I need a new monitor as well - not sure if I can get recommendations in here. In a general sense I take it I'm best buying separately rather than any sort of package including it with the desktop? The monitor will double up for a work screen as well so needs to be a reasonable size and good for spreadsheets and looking at photos. I don't expect to be using it to stream videos much. I guess the budget for the screen is in the range of £150-£200. Size wise, I don't know to be honest - Google suggests 24 or 27 inches but any advice on that would be appreciated too.
Thank you. Unfortunately I can't get one that lights up like a Christmas tree due to some sensory issues in the house. I'll have a look for similar spec machines though.