PC for Illustrator

[Neoni]

Need a small form factor pc for Illustrator design work, itll be purely used for this, nothing else

I have a screen, keyboard/mouse i also have a 120gb ssd boot drive just need the rest!

i think between £400-600 would cover it, a nice smart clean looking case to small, so it can be on a desk would be perfect!

 

[orbitalwalsh]

@Neoni

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x In-Win BQ656 USB3.0 Mini-ITX Case - 120W Power Supply= £64.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-8400 2.8GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM= £158.99
• 1 x Alpenfohn Silvretta CPU-Cooler - 92mm= £17.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G24= £149.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B360N Aorus Gaming WIFI Intel B360 (Socket 1151) Mini-ITX Motherboard= £86.99
• 1 x Seagate 2TB FireCuda 2.5" SSHD Internal Hard Drive PC and PS4 (ST2000LX001)= £79.99

Total: £570.04 (includes shipping: £11.10)​

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Use your SSD for OS, if you don't need latest WiFi standard or don't have BT homehub6 /smart hub or Virgin router then grab asrock h310 board for £17 cheaper

 

[AiiR]

If you opt for Ryzen

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Silverstone Sugo SG13B Mini-ITX Chassis - Black= £39.95
• 1 x Gigabyte AB350N-GAMING WIFI AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Mini ITX Motherboard= £101.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 3 2200G VEGA Graphics AM4 CPU w/ Wraith Stealth Cooler= £79.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD= £169.99
• 1 x WD 4TB Blue 5400rpm Internal Hard Drive (WD40EZRZ)= £94.99
• 1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99

Total: £536.60 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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Advantage with Ryzen is the GPU and potential for a drop in upgrade later on to an 8+ core if needs be.

Or Intel:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD= £169.99
• 1 x WD 4TB Blue 5400rpm Internal Hard Drive (WD40EZRZ)= £94.99
• 1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-8400 2.8GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM= £158.99
• 1 x Silverstone Sugo SG13B Mini-ITX Chassis - Black= £39.95
• 1 x Asrock B360M-ITX/ac Intel B360 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Mini-ITX Motherboard= £95.99

Total: £609.00 (includes shipping: £11.10)​

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Advantage being that Intel is just better in Illustrator than Ryzen.

 

[Neoni]

Or Intel:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Advantage being that Intel is just better in Illustrator than Ryzen.

If we went intel not to fussed about the external 4tb drive could we better spend the £100 want the machine to be fine in illustrator I use it everyday

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Might want to see if GPU acceleration will benefit your work ?
Wouldn't need an epic card but worth reading up on

 

[Neoni]

Might want to see if GPU acceleration will benefit your work ?
Wouldn't need an epic card but worth reading up on

Apparently its quite GPU intensive reading online 'Illustrator uses GPU to accelerate most operations.'

 

[4K8KW10]

Might want to see if GPU acceleration will benefit your work ?
Wouldn't need an epic card but worth reading up on

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Kolink Aviator M RGB Micro-ATX Gaming Case - Black= £36.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £158.99
• 1 x MSI B350M Mortar AMD 350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £79.99
• 1 x Team Group Delta RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - RGB Black (TF3D416G26= £149.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 550 Red Dragon 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £109.99
• 1 x Toshiba 2TB P300 Performance Hard Drive (HDWD120UZSVA)= £49.99
• 1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99

Total: £636.19 (includes shipping: £12.30)​

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[orbitalwalsh]

Apparently its quite GPU intensive reading online 'Illustrator uses GPU to accelerate most operations.'

Next to check is cuda (Nvidia) Vs AMD RX range .
Rx 560 - gtx 1050/50ti should serve you well

Grab gtx 1050ti

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-8400 2.8GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM= £158.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B360N Aorus Gaming WIFI Intel B360 (Socket 1151) Mini-ITX Motherboard= £86.99
• 1 x Team Group Delta RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - RGB Black (TF3D416G26= £149.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 D5 Mini 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £119.99
• 1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99
• 1 x CoolerMaster Elite 110 Armour Edition Mini-ITX Cube Case - Black= £39.95
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 11 Low Profile CPU Cooler= £13.99

Total: £619.59 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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[4K8KW10]

Next to check is cuda (Nvidia) Vs AMD RX range .
Rx 560 - gtx 1050/50ti should serve you well

Grab gtx 1050ti

RX 560 isn't available in stock. But this is okeyish:

(to be honest a killer congfiguration with a very decent processor and the advised graphics card):

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Kolink Aviator M RGB Micro-ATX Gaming Case - Black= £36.95
• 1 x Team Group Delta RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - RGB Black (TF3D416G26= £149.99
• 1 x Toshiba 2TB P300 Performance Hard Drive (HDWD120UZSVA)= £49.99
• 1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1050Ti StormX 4096MB PCI-Express GDDR5 Graphics Card= £149.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £139.99
• 1 x Asrock AB350M-HDV AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £56.99

Total: £634.19 (includes shipping: £12.30)
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