Hi guys,
So i'm just putting together an spec which I'm going to order after the weekend. I used to build computers many years a go, and I'm currently suffering with a 5 year old laptop dual core 1.6ghz. I'm using photoshop a lot more recently and work with a lot of RAW image files and as you can imagine, it's hard work on this machine.
I have just bought a new mouse, keyboard and 24" monitor so I won't be needing these for the new machine. It's taken me a while to catch up with the latest technology in order to work out what I want, so I would be grateful if someone could have a look through this and see if I've made any mistakes. It seems the i5 2500k is the processor to go for, and I would be looking to clock it to 4.4ghz, give or take.
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM
£161.99
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£124.99
MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION **
£107.99
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)
£99.98
OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G)
£83.99
Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXUKV2)
£59.99
BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Windowed Case - Black
£56.99
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM)
£49.99
BeQuiet Dark Rock Advanced CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366, AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / 754 / 939 / 940)
£41.99
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT51264BA160A)
£37.99
Total : £840.89
Sorry, I couldnt work out how to paste it in here with it all looking neat and tidy! My budget was a maximum of £800 for all of that, but the masive rise in HDD prices has pushed me over a little.
Cheers
So i'm just putting together an spec which I'm going to order after the weekend. I used to build computers many years a go, and I'm currently suffering with a 5 year old laptop dual core 1.6ghz. I'm using photoshop a lot more recently and work with a lot of RAW image files and as you can imagine, it's hard work on this machine.
I have just bought a new mouse, keyboard and 24" monitor so I won't be needing these for the new machine. It's taken me a while to catch up with the latest technology in order to work out what I want, so I would be grateful if someone could have a look through this and see if I've made any mistakes. It seems the i5 2500k is the processor to go for, and I would be looking to clock it to 4.4ghz, give or take.
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM
£161.99
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£124.99
MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION **
£107.99
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)
£99.98
OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G)
£83.99
Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXUKV2)
£59.99
BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Windowed Case - Black
£56.99
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM)
£49.99
BeQuiet Dark Rock Advanced CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366, AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / 754 / 939 / 940)
£41.99
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT51264BA160A)
£37.99
Total : £840.89
Sorry, I couldnt work out how to paste it in here with it all looking neat and tidy! My budget was a maximum of £800 for all of that, but the masive rise in HDD prices has pushed me over a little.
Cheers