3-400 PC for Photoshop

[Indigo]

Looking to buy a new PC to be used for Photoshop, possible for 3-400?

Already have a keyboard, mouse, OS and monitor.

Cheers

 

[Urbanfreestyle]

For a pre-build this would be more than enough.

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan Dagger" Intel G3258 Anniversary Edition @ 4.2GHz Nvidia GeForce Gaming PC £213.04
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
- 1 x ESET Smart Security - Trial Key £0.00
- 1 x No Operating System £0.00
- 1 x Case Mods Not Selected £0.00
- 1 x NO OPTICAL DRIVE INSTALLED £0.00
- 1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0.00
- 1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive £56.99
- 1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £29.99
- 1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Blue £29.99
- 1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 960 Reference 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM £146.99
- 1 x No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost) £0.00
- 1 x OcUK Standard System Warranty - 3 Year (24 Month C&R + 12 Month Labour) £0.00
Total : £476.99 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

 

[Quartz]

Why bother with a separate GPU? Isn't the processor's own GPU good enough?

 

[TrojanWhore]

Why bother with a separate GPU? Isn't the processor's own GPU good enough?

yup, after checking that photoshop no longer uses CUDA (contrary to something I posted yesterday...), I'd agree.

this:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-395-OK&groupid=43&catid=2476

with the following modifications:
i5
16GB RAM
a DVD drive (for ease of installation, not sure if you'll require this!)

comes in at a shade under £403, and I would imagine would munch through photoshop workloads.

if you might ever consider adding in a GPU, then I'd say it's worth phoning them up and getting the PSU upgraded to the 450/550w model