new PC build advice please

wijcc

wijcc

wijcc

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I am looking to build a new desktop for a friend that can handle all the adobe programmes (photo editing and some video too) and also run 24/5 with a number of trading strategies software on it. Which downloads loads of data to put onto the charts i am looking at. It will need to accommodate at least 2 monitors as well. Ideally less the £600 or so unless there is a really good reason to spend more.

Can anyone recommend athe best specs for this, would it better to go with a xeon or core i7 processor for this uses?

Thanks in advance guys.
 
Just the actual tower/main unit part; cpu, motherboard, memory, additional graphics card if the onboard one is not sufficient, sdd etc. Already have extra hdds from older PC for additional data storage.

monitor, keyboards etc are not needed.

Thanks
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £113.99
1 x Intel 335 Series 20nm 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail (SSDSC2CT240A4K5) £109.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
1 x MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £44.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £607.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).




There is a cheaper Crucial SSD but the Intel write speeds are higher.

DVI, HDMI and DP on the GFX card.
 
An i7 certainly would.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770S 3.10GHz Low Power (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £215.99
1 x Intel 335 Series 20nm 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail (SSDSC2CT240A4K5) £109.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte B85M-DS3H Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £53.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £44.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £37.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £617.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).



The CPU has built-in GFX and the board has DVI+HDMI+Dsub (old VGA)
 
Thanks, will the onboard GFX be sufficient or would spending extra on a graphics card be better.. There will be a lot of photoediting/photoshopping going on?

Would there need to a special graphics card needed or graphics cable in order to connect more than one monitor?
 
A GFX card will help, many Adobe programs use OpenCL or CUDA to accelerate stuff so either a suitable Nvidia or AMD card will do.

You dont need anything special as most support at least tow connected displays.
 
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