Spec: Office PC - £450

gee3000 · 6 Oct 2011 at 11:51

Hi everyone

Looking for a decent office PC mainly for graphic design in Photoshop (large files sometimes), considering something along these lines:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-040-OP&groupid=43&catid=1798&subcat= + 60GB SSD = £469.98
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-178-OE&groupid=43&catid=2038&subcat= + 60GB SSD = £465.17
A lower spec system + 60gb SSD + additional 4GB ram?

Definitely would like an SSD in there as I'm a firm believer that they are the most important part in terms of every day all day performance. Also going pre-built to save the hassle, no time to setup myself!

Anyone advise which of the above are better or have any better solutions?

Thanks.

Reaper 392 · 6 Oct 2011 at 12:02

could you not build the PC yourself? you'd get much more for the money

gee3000 · 6 Oct 2011 at 12:07

I could but this is for work and I don't usually get time so would rather save the hassle.

Reaper 392 · 6 Oct 2011 at 12:08

gee3000 said:
I could but this is for work and I don't usually get time so would rather save the hassle.

in that case go for the one with the i5 2500 because of the higher clock speed

gee3000 · 6 Oct 2011 at 12:31

If I were to build it myself (out of hours jobbie I guess) how much better could I get?

Reaper 392 · 6 Oct 2011 at 12:36

basically you'd be able to get an overclockable processor (~4Ghz on the standard cooler), a better case and a much better motherboard that supports the Z68 stuff, overclocking, USB3 and SATA 6GB/s:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £79.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £37.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £31.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £26.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £475.91 (includes shipping: FREE).

gee3000 · 6 Oct 2011 at 13:01

Thanks Reaper_392, I made a couple of minor amendments and ended up with the following:

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail - £169.99
Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - £79.98
G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) - £42.98
Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) - £37.99
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - £79.99
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) - £32.99
BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black - £32.99
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM - £15.98

Total: £492.90

This does sound a lot better than the pre-built and unless anyone has any further suggestions I'll go ahead and place my order after lunch

Thanks again.