New system for photoshop

Invasion

Invasion

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I Want to get a new system that is really just for photoshop. I don't want to go mad just want something, that is fast enough but not overkill.

So I'm not fussed if it isn't quad core -if that isn't going to make I difference,which I don't think it will- but if cost isn't much difference, I may as well. I'm assuming I want a high end graphics card.

The other thing is I'm fighting for space in my house, so would like it to be small as possible and quiet and not dust eating. I'm thinking of putting it next to my sky box in the living room So Was looking at something like this case wise.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-135-OP&groupid=43&catid=2476&subcat=

The monitor and keyboard will be in the room next door which is ment to be dinning room.

Any advice really appreciated.
 
It is more the case on that one that link: size and looks wise. Would like to spend less ;) but don't want to spend so little,that I end up thinking; wish I had got this or done that.

Maybe as it is next to TV I would have some movies on it but I doubt it.
 
If you can build:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £113.99
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x GeIL EVO Veloce Hot-Rod Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (GEV316GB1866C9DC) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £59.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Aerocool Qs-200 Lite Midi Tower Case - Black £34.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £520.44 (includes shipping : £10.50).



Decent CPU, build in 6670, 16GB of ram for plenty of photoshop, SSD for faster file imports for active projects, can play games if needed.

If you want a more graphics focused build:

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £129.98
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x GeIL EVO Veloce Hot-Rod Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (GEV316GB1866C9DC) £79.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £59.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Aerocool Qs-200 Lite Midi Tower Case - Black £34.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £557.47 (includes shipping : £10.50).



However that 7850 won't last, that is the key difference. The i3 3220 is a little faster than the trinity 5800k and the 7850 is much faster than a 6770. So for the extra £45 you get a more performance in games.
 
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Don`t suppose you have any spare components, hdd, etc that you can use.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £83.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL316GB1866C10DC) £79.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75M-ITX AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £66.98
1 x **B Grade** BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM £45
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £39.98
1 x **B Grade** Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £24.98
Total : £503.47 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
I'm currently having zero issues running CS6 on the 2500k's IGP fwiw. Mostly just painting with a tablet with files up to 10k pixels wide.
Of course, it depends on what exactly you want to do with it :) I'd imagine that massive files or craploads of layers would demand more beef.
 
Thanks for everyone's input on this :)
Been looking at what has been suggested but after much deliberation I've decided to get iMac.

I started looking at alternatives to iMac, as I just didn't want to spend that amount of money. But can't get it out of my head so I'm just going to do it.

Appreciate everyone's advice
 
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