ITX build for photoshop

adrichardson81

adrichardson81

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Hi guys

Any feedback on the below would be appreciated. It's going to be used for Photoshop Elements and blu-ray.

I3 4340
ASRock B85M-ITX
TeamGroup Vulcan 8GB 1600 C9
Samsung 840 Evo 128GB or Toshiba 128GB
WD Scorpio Blue 750GB
Antec ISK300-150
Hitachi-LG CT30F 4.8x Blu-ray

Is the i3 a false economy? I'm honestly sure if Elements would benefit more from the higher turbo of the 4340 or the extra physical cores of the 4430 (or 4440 given the price difference). Also, any views on how reliable Toshiba's SSDs are? I've not seen many reviews, but it looks like performance isn't as consistent as the Sammy.

Cheers!
 
This is being built from a game dev perspective, but it should be fine for everything you could throw at it, could change the graphics card too but its slim and stable.

Photoshop is very RAM and HDD/SSD Intensive, so i have put a ssd in there for you and a small storage drive, just add a case of your choice.

IIRC You should be able to crossfire the apu and the firepro but i can't be certain.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD FirePro V4900 Professional Graphics Card - 1GB - GDDR5 SDRAM £139.99
1 x AMD A10-6800K Black Edition 4.10GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD680KWOHLBOX) £109.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75M-ITX AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £71.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £71.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £55.99
1 x SanDisk Pulse 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDP-064G-G25) £44.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) HDD £38.99
2 x Patriot Viper 3 "Venom Red" 4GB DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Single Module (P34G189UR) £34.99 (£69.98)
Total : £613.51 (includes shipping : £8.00).



*Edit, If you wanted you could easily ditch the card and just use the apu saving you £140 and giving you plenty for a case and still being under :), 100% guaranteed to handle photoshop, 3DS Max and light gaming.
 
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CPU Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor 143.99£
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-495-IN
MB ASRock B85M-ITX Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX 71.99£
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-120-AK
RAM TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 56.99£
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-033-TG
HDD Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 43.99£
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-257-SE
SSD Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic 79.99£
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-167-SA
BD Samsung Slimline Blu-Ray 6x BDRW / 8x DVDRW 65.99£
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-158-SA
PSU SuperFlower Golden Green HX 450W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply 53.99£
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-002-SF
OS Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM 71.99£
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SW-165-MS

Price: 588.92£
 
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