Graphics PC. Help

bailes550

bailes550

bailes550

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Hey guys.

Its about 5 - 6 years ago since i bought the pc im using now, and im after an upgrade. Wondering if anyone can help me, as i dont have a clue where to start as technology these days has flown passed me.

The Pc i would require, would need to run, photoshop, illustrator, dreamweaver and also be used for internet browsing and watching just general films, tv things which have been gathered from the net.

I dont touch games anymore for the Pc thats left for the 360. I currently have a widescreen monitor and two 150 gig hard drives and quite an upto date dual layer dvd burner which can be transferred over. Hopefully saving me some cash.

My budget is 300 - 400. Is it possible ?? :p

I would also hope to get vista running on it aswell along with the programs stated above.
 
I think that this would do nicely for you:
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The quad is a real boon when processing with large images in PS. The Intel 3100 graphics will be more than up to the task and should perform flawlessly for you.
 
How about...
  • Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.33GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £91.99
  • Antec NSK 4480B Mini Tower Case (Black) - 380W Earth Watts PSU £45.99
  • Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £64.9
  • OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £29.99
  • Asus ATI Radeon EAH2400 Pro HTP Silent 256MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £24.99
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00715) £59.99
  • Sub Total : £317.94
  • Shipping : £10.95
  • VAT : £57.56
  • Total : £386.45
 
As mentioned it has Intel 3100 graphics integrated on the mobo. It should do the job very well. In my opinion the quad core CPU is far more important to include.
 
If you don't need an OS then Billy's specification looks very good, if you do then you could drop to the OCZ 2gb kit that hp7909 suggests although that does then mean that you won't be able to move to 4gb without replacing all the Ram. :)
 
Nah, sorry I'm just not really with it today, I didn't even check to make sure that it had 4 slots for Ram since a few mATX only come with two. If you can afford it then I'd normally go with the biggest capacity sticks of Ram you can afford so that there is room for expansion but here I just made a mistake in not checking first. :)
 
cheers guys appreciate it. I would be still undecided whether or not to go for 4gig of ram or the 2gig probrably need to think about that one. Also O/S side of things i would want vista professional. Id imangine 2gigs of ram would be enough ?

edit: Just remembered reading something about getting the vista OEM version, would it have to be installed on a brand new hard drive, or did i misread it. So i would have to get an extra HD if thats the case.
 
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