£350 base unit for LightRoom
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £157.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Gigabyte B85M-D3H Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £56.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G1600HC9DC01) £49.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £35.99
1 x Zalman T3 Micro -ATX Case USB 3.0 - Black £20.99
Total : £401.94 (includes shipping : FREE).
Went for a 3TB HDD as I couldn't squeeze in a 120GB SSD + 1TB HDD anyway. SSD would be useful for speeding up editing files but I presume you'll need the extra storage space more right now.
An alternative is to go for a SSHD hybrid drive, such as:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive £89.99
Mobo has 4 memory slots to add more RAM in future.
Lightroom runs fine on the HD 4600 integrated graphics of the i5-4670, so you won't need a discrete GPU unless the program is ever optimized to really make use of them. If this ever happens, the PSU will cope with something like a GTX 750Ti, with room to spare. There are higher wattage ones for around that price range but that SuperFlower has 5 year warranty and is quality.
1 x Intel Core i5-4670 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £157.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Gigabyte B85M-D3H Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £56.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G1600HC9DC01) £49.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £35.99
1 x Zalman T3 Micro -ATX Case USB 3.0 - Black £20.99
Total : £401.94 (includes shipping : FREE).
Went for a 3TB HDD as I couldn't squeeze in a 120GB SSD + 1TB HDD anyway. SSD would be useful for speeding up editing files but I presume you'll need the extra storage space more right now.
An alternative is to go for a SSHD hybrid drive, such as:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive £89.99
Mobo has 4 memory slots to add more RAM in future.
Lightroom runs fine on the HD 4600 integrated graphics of the i5-4670, so you won't need a discrete GPU unless the program is ever optimized to really make use of them. If this ever happens, the PSU will cope with something like a GTX 750Ti, with room to spare. There are higher wattage ones for around that price range but that SuperFlower has 5 year warranty and is quality.
Switch the ram to this and its under budget http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-128-KS
Cheers guys for the posts. Will let my mate know. He's been looking at an HP 500-119ea for £352 + £25 for 2yr care plan from the usual box shifters.
HP 500-119ea appears to be the following from what I found online:
Desktop
Operating system: Windows 8
Processor: AMD A10-6700 Processor (3.7 GHz, 4 MB cache), Quad-core
Storage: 1 TB HDD, 7200 rpm
RAM: 6 GB DDR3 (6 GB maximum installable RAM)
Graphics card memory: 3 GB Shared memory.
Motherboard: AMD A75 FCH
Wireless: 802.11 b/g/n
Ethernet: Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000)
USB: USB 3.0 x 2- USB 2.0 x 4
Video interface: DVI x 1- VGA x 1
Audio interface: 3.5 mm jack
Optical drive: DVD/RW with double layer support
Memory card reader: 6-in-1 memory card reader
Expansion card slot: PCIe x1 x 3- PCIe x16 x 1
Sound: High Definition Audio 7.1
Colour: Black
Accessories included: 300 W AC power adapter- User manual
Dimensions: 385 x 176 x 368 mm (H x W x D)
Keyboard: Wired keyboard
Mouse / trackpad: Wired mouse
HP 500-119ea appears to be the following from what I found online:
Desktop
Operating system: Windows 8
Processor: AMD A10-6700 Processor (3.7 GHz, 4 MB cache), Quad-core
Storage: 1 TB HDD, 7200 rpm
RAM: 6 GB DDR3 (6 GB maximum installable RAM)
Graphics card memory: 3 GB Shared memory.
Motherboard: AMD A75 FCH
Wireless: 802.11 b/g/n
Ethernet: Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000)
USB: USB 3.0 x 2- USB 2.0 x 4
Video interface: DVI x 1- VGA x 1
Audio interface: 3.5 mm jack
Optical drive: DVD/RW with double layer support
Memory card reader: 6-in-1 memory card reader
Expansion card slot: PCIe x1 x 3- PCIe x16 x 1
Sound: High Definition Audio 7.1
Colour: Black
Accessories included: 300 W AC power adapter- User manual
Dimensions: 385 x 176 x 368 mm (H x W x D)
Keyboard: Wired keyboard
Mouse / trackpad: Wired mouse