I am in the mood to spend a little bit of money - particularly on a new monitor. Generally looking to spice up what I consider to be a very stable platform.
Main requirement is a new TFT monitor - my old Dell 17 inch CRT has served me well but is showing its age after 7 years. There's a dry joint in there somewhere but I lack the enthusiasm these days to open things up and fix. If it's kept on and warm there's no problem !
Current System :
CRT
ell D1028L
Video Card : Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller (onboard)
Chipset : Intel 82865G/PE/P, 82848P DRAM Controller / Host-Hub Interface
Physical Memory : 496 Mb DDR-SDRAM
Processor : Intel Pentium 4
Frequency : 2394 MHz
Requirements :
I'd like to go for another 17inch display.
It has to be a TFT display - don't want another CRT
I'll consider moving away from the onboard graphics if it will give me any benefit -
PC is not used for games, perfectly happy
with the onboard graphics.
Don't want built-in speakers or TV functionality - have all that externally and wired to PC.
So I guess my questions are ;
What recommendations for a 17" TFT screeen ?
Is it worth moving away from the on-board video (I think not) ?
Worth buying another stick of DRAM (system performance is perfectly adequate) ?
Wireless is something I am considering - another thread I think.
Any other general recommendations ?
Thank you in anticpation of the learned responses
LL34