Budget Build for Photo Editing

tr3k

tr3k

tr3k

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Hi

I'm looking to build a cheap desktop for editing my photographs, it will be Linux based using Gimp and Darktable. I have not built a PC since collage so I'm a little out of the loop when it comes to components etc looking to spend £300ish I quickly put this list together after watching a few youtube vids, any good or could i do better for the money? I already have a monitor etc and a DVD+/-RW




YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD2500AAKX) HDD £41.99
1 x ASRock FM2A55M-DGS AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £41.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £39.95
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - Black £39.95
Total : £325.91 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
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Is that really your maximum budget?

I only ask as a A75/85 chipset board will have SATAIII/USB3.0 which may help if you add a SSD later on?

Finally APU's love fast RAM.
 
stulid said:
Is that really your maximum budget?

I only ask as a A75/85 chipset board will have SATAIII/USB3.0 which may help if you add a SSD later on?

Finally APU's love fast RAM.
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I could stretch it a little how much more are we talking? I'm not locked into this set up at all just threw it together in 5 mins. I'm open to suggestions.
 
 
Thanks I'd be happy with that, out of interest would I be better off going with a separate CPU and graphics card?
 
tr3k said:
Thanks I'd be happy with that, out of interest would I be better off going with a separate CPU and graphics card?
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It would work a bit more expensive I would have thought, the 5800K gfx is around the ATI 6670 level performance wise.

Then a cheaper board may not have the native SATAIII+USB3.0 as the A85 motherboard chipset has, instead it might be a third party add-on chip to give you this which isnt as good or fast as if it was part of the chipset (native).

I can try for you.
 
 
 
 
 
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