Need a comp spec for two computers. ~£500

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My sister has asked me to sort her out a computer for uni which she is moving away to in two weeks, my parents computer has also given up and so they've asked if I can sort out a computer for them as well. They've previously had prebuilt computers and laptops before and they just seem to deteriorate so quickly im keen to start them of on the right foot this time with a home built computer.

I built my current computer from asking for a spec here so am fine with the aspect but dont know a great deal about the best bits out there or best way to spend the money.

The budget is £500 for each comp, this would be the tower and everything in it plus a monitor. Everything else we already have. Id like a pretty plain tower case but one that does the job well, and isn't too loud.

They don't need to be particularly powerful but would need to be able to run software such as photoshop fairly well.

Would anybody be able to assist with a spec that I can take a look at, I'd like to be ordering by end of the week so i can get my sisters at least built before shes off.

Many Thanks

Simon
 
Any chance of increasing that budget? If so then here's one:

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that looks a good start thanks. Really dont want to go over 500 though, wouldnt need 4GB RAM, I think 2 would be fine and I think a hard drive half the size would be fine. Any other changes that could bring is sub £500?
 
that looks a good start thanks. Really dont want to go over 500 though, wouldnt need 4GB RAM, I think 2 would be fine and I think a hard drive half the size would be fine. Any other changes that could bring is sub £500?

Well changing hard drive and reducing the RAM would make it approx £515, which is pretty good I think.
 
that looks a good start thanks. Really dont want to go over 500 though, wouldnt need 4GB RAM, I think 2 would be fine and I think a hard drive half the size would be fine. Any other changes that could bring is sub £500?

Ditch the Q6600 for a E5200 or E7200 and save £70 or £40 depending on which you go for. The Geil Black Dragon 2GB PC2 6400 kit is very good at £29.36. The Samsung F1 drives are the best drives these days and you can get the 320MB one for £38.76.
 
Ditch the Q6600 for a E5200 or E7200 and save £70 or £40 depending on which you go for. The Geil Black Dragon 2GB PC2 6400 kit is very good at £29.36.

He wants to do photo editing, I'm assuming a quad would be better? Also if he's not going to upgrade for a while, more 'future proof'
 
He wants to do photo editing, I'm assuming a quad would be better? Also if he's not going to upgrade for a while, more 'future proof'

A dual core will still do photo editing very well. No doubt these pc's will be used a lot of the time for internet stuff for which a power hungry hot running quad is about as much use as a chocolate teapot.
 
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Swap the hdd for the 320Gb one (it's only a extra 6 quid) as it has 320Gb platters and is faster than both the 250 and 500Gb versions. Otherwise, spot on.

***Edit*** Plus a DVD drive.

You could save a bit more money by going for a Antec NSK 6580 Super Midi Tower Case - 430W Earth Watts PSU . It's a good case with a good psu and will save a further £14.

Mates got one and it's not very quiet.

Either way. Amended spec:
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And maybe if you want to save in more money, and a bit of space, a barebone?
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