New build.

[Reficx]

Need advise on a new build not for myself.
My sisters had just a Gateway Windows Vista, 1Gb RAM pile of **** laptop for the past 4-5 years or whatever and it's just decided to pack up so she wants a desktop instead. It will only be used for web browsing, social networking and maybe a bit of Photoshop/photography stuff. Nothing too taxing.
Any advise on a build.
Need EVERYTHING but a OS.
Thanks in advance.

 

[stulid]

budget?

and by everything, do you mean monitor/keyboard/mouse/speakers too?

 

[Redmint]

BenQ G2222HDL 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £110.39
(£91.99) £110.39
(£91.99)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £77.99
(£64.99) £77.99
(£64.99)
Coolermaster Elite Power 500W Power Supply £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
MSI GF615M-P33 GeForce 6150SE (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1333C9ELV4GK) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Coolermaster Elite 342 Case - Black £24.98
(£20.82) £24.98
(£20.82)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)

Sub Total : £296.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £17.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £62.81
Total : £376.84

The CPU will be overkill for most of her uses, but nice if she can afford it to make things a bit quicker for the photoshop stuff, switch it for the Athlon X2 chip if you want to save some cash.

 

[cmndr_andi]

Hi there,

Do you have a budget in mind? Also, what specific OS version do you plan on using with it?

Without a budget in mind - this would be a nice system for the usage stated:

Admittedly the monitor and CPU+mobo options above are not the cheapest - but they are very good quality. The monitor in particular (IPS panel) is a nice step up from the TN panel monitors you can get for a bit less money. The CPU is a quad core and is really very quick - excellent for things like photoshop and will allow the system to "keep up" for several years before the CPU needs to be replaced.

 

[Redmint]

I like the way I assume a fairly low budget coming from laptop using for 'maybe a bit of photoshop' and Andi assumes £700 budget.

 

[cmndr_andi]

I like the way I assume a fairly low budget coming from laptop using for 'maybe a bit of photoshop' and Andi assumes £700 budget.

Yea, when someone says "photoshop" I usually assume they would make good use of an IPS monitor and an SB and go from there

If not and the OP comes back and says "£400" then your spec is great, though I think you will need to add mouse+KB+speakers.