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Xandos

Xandos

Xandos

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Hi guys, I'm tasked with making a small computer for a woman, which will be used for some light photoshop and stuff.

Needs the whole kit, including monitor.

What can be done for around 400-500 including monitor? Cheaper possibly?

Many thanks, I'd know where to start with a good build but not sure about this type of thing.
 
Photoshop is £700 piece of software. And a demanding one as these things go at that.
Getting it to run on a Machine that is only 65% the cost of the software is, umm, ambitious?
A 'decent' monitor can be half your budget easily.


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That's something like it, within budget. A cute very small red mini ITX case,1 RAM slot available for upgrade(£30~) but doesn't include a GPU, which if she's photoshoping a lot.... yeah. Depends what you mean by 'light photoshop'. Is it just a Facebook machine with some instagram suitable photo editing? If so could save costs on the CPU.

I'm no expert, but that's my attempt.
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-6600 3.30GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail £176.99
1 x Asus VX239H 23" 1920x1080 IPS Widescreen Super-Slim Bezel LED Monitor - Black £139.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017) £85.99
1 x Asus H110I Plus D3 Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £57.95
1 x Crucial BX100 120GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT120BX100SSD1) £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA100) £35.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYED38G1600HC9DC01) £35.99
1 x BitFenix Phenom Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £34.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 350W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £31.99
1 x Microsoft Wired Desktop 400 for Business (5MH-00002) £14.99
Total : £686.28 (includes shipping : £17.85 Ex.VAT).




With everything and IPS monitor which is better for the job. Monitor has basic sound. Case is lovely, looks even better in real life.

Photoshop would benefit from more RAM but 8GB will do if needed.

YOUR BASKET
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYED316G1600HC9DC01) £64.99




Over budget but this is what I'd save up for instead of settling for less, because in the long run it'll be better.
 
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