Buil Spec for Photoshop?

ALS57

ALS57

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Hi Folks
My home built PC's just died, gets power but won't boot and I don't want to start throwing money at a 5 year old PC.
Old spec is
Intel core 2 duo E6750 2.66Ghz
Gigabyte GA_P35C_DSR
2GB Geil PC6400C4
Antec solo quiet case
BFG card, I forget the rest
Corsair HX520W

This was pretty quick back in the day but has been painfully slow of late, I mostly use it for photoshop / illustrator work, very little gaming.
In order to get back up and running again quick without doing a heap of research I'd really appreciate your help which OC bundle + graphics card I should go for if I use my old case & power supply. Or the easiest option, which OC ready built system I should aim for? It's 5 years since I was on top of the best buys.

I'm trying to spend as little as possible given I've just bought an Acer i5 laptop which is handling photoshop as quick as I need it until I get a replacement.

Cheers
Al
 
by as little as possible what do you mean?


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML16GX3M2A1600C10) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Black (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
Total : £493.34 (includes shipping : £9.50).




hyper threaded cpu 16gb ram is a bit of overkill but the only argument for 16gb is desktop apps like photoshop and rendering software.

scope to increase to 32 if you needed (unlikely)

an SSD would go a long way and we are in the middle of a price war if you hadn't noticed.

you will probably need a new psu as 5 years is a long time to have one.

If that's too much you could easily get by with a 2500k with 8GB of Kingston hyper x would leave you some change for other items too.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Black (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £44.99
Total : £370.34 (includes shipping : £9.50).




All depends how much you want to upgrade
 
Thanks for the quick reply.
The corsair PSU is only a year old and the case is OK.
I was trying to keep as close to £500 so your second build looks good but I would need a new HD and OS. All my work is on 2 separate 1tb internal drives. Can you please advise on a drive and graphics card?
Much appreciated
Al
 
hard drives will force the price up a bit.

Do you play any games? If not then a graphics card shouldn't be too hard to spec
 
Very rarely, the odd dable on CODuty but photoshop is the most important consideration.
If you can give me a complete build spec including PSU, HD and graphics card based on the second option that would be great. I'll find the extra cash.
Thanks again
Al
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 750W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (ST75F-P) £107.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £92.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Black (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £44.99
Total : £751.91 (includes shipping : £10.00).



there are some choices on psu's and graphics cards. Not being a photoshop user I can't say for definite about it. You could shave £50 off with a gtx 460 but it is 2 generations old now.
 
 
If you want to spend as little as possible but get the best bang for your pounds, then you don't need to spend a lot on a rig for Photoshop and light gaming..

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £68.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
Total : £512.32 (includes shipping : FREE).



- Brand new Intel i5 Ivybridge CPU with Z77 Chipset Mobo
- Review of the ATI 6850 here
- 1TB HD and 8GB RAM
- The retail fan/heatsink with CPU will be fine unless you intend to overclock.
 
Sparx said:
If you want to spend as little as possible but get the best bang for your pounds, then you don't need to spend a lot on a rig for Photoshop and light gaming..

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £68.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
Total : £512.32 (includes shipping : FREE).



- Brand new Intel i5 Ivybridge CPU with Z77 Chipset Mobo
- Review of the ATI 6850 here
- 1TB HD and 8GB RAM
- The retail fan/heatsink with CPU will be fine unless you intend to overclock.
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Hi Folks
I'd soldiered on with my old rig and a laptop but now need to build the new rig.
Can you please advise on any update to these recommendations?

I need to run Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, no gaming.
I'd like to keep it around £800 incl OS, one HD for the OS, one for programmes, one for storage.

I'd really appreciate an update

Cheers
Al
 
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