Photo editing build
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I found it hard to ensure quick and decent for that budget. This is what I'd do to get going decently:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4570 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £155.99
1 x Asus VE228HR 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £76.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £35.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - White £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £589.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).
Future Upgrades
1. Storage drive (as soon as possible, for obvious reasons)
2. Graphics card (to quicken some photo editing programs although most seem to favour processor power - a GTX 640 should be more than enough)
3. Another 8GB of RAM (to allow for editing multiple photos at same time/other multitasking)
Curious to see what others come up with.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4570 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £155.99
1 x Asus VE228HR 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £76.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £35.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - White £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £589.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).
Future Upgrades
1. Storage drive (as soon as possible, for obvious reasons)
2. Graphics card (to quicken some photo editing programs although most seem to favour processor power - a GTX 640 should be more than enough)
3. Another 8GB of RAM (to allow for editing multiple photos at same time/other multitasking)
Curious to see what others come up with.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Asus VS228DE 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £95.99
1 x MSI GeForce GT640 4096MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £53.99
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £37.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 344 Micro ATX Case - Black/Blue £32.99
1 x OcUK USB Optical Mouse - Black £4.99
1 x OcUK USB Keyboard - Black £4.99
Total : £586.90 (includes shipping : FREE).
How does this look? Chose a HD instead of a SSD for price reasons, and for size. That will get me going. Having looked at that mobo, it seems to have everything I want. Not sure on the GFX? Not sure if it will benefit Lightroom too much?
Interested on your opinions though. Thanks.
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Asus VS228DE 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £95.99
1 x MSI GeForce GT640 4096MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £53.99
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £37.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 344 Micro ATX Case - Black/Blue £32.99
1 x OcUK USB Optical Mouse - Black £4.99
1 x OcUK USB Keyboard - Black £4.99
Total : £586.90 (includes shipping : FREE).
How does this look? Chose a HD instead of a SSD for price reasons, and for size. That will get me going. Having looked at that mobo, it seems to have everything I want. Not sure on the GFX? Not sure if it will benefit Lightroom too much?
Interested on your opinions though. Thanks.
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Soldato
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Well i have a few opinions.
Firstly, why go for a K CPU and a H81 motherboard, just get a non-K, its cheaper.
I would personally stretch to an IPS monitor for work of that sort.
While the Gt640 offers CUDA photoshop/lightroom don't exclusively use CUDA anymore. So anythin with the same amount of stream processors will perform basically the same.. Thats why i went for the R7 250.
That case is pretty dire/basic, this bit fenix one looks very good for the money, when its released, im not sure.
You won't even need 350W.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite X2380HS-B1 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £129.95
1 x MSI Radeon R7 250 OC 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £53.99
1 x Gigabyte H81M-S2PV Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £44.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £41.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x OcUK USB Keyboard - Black £4.99
1 x OcUK USB Optical Mouse - Black £4.99
Total : £586.81 (includes shipping : FREE).
a 9p saving.
Firstly, why go for a K CPU and a H81 motherboard, just get a non-K, its cheaper.
I would personally stretch to an IPS monitor for work of that sort.
While the Gt640 offers CUDA photoshop/lightroom don't exclusively use CUDA anymore. So anythin with the same amount of stream processors will perform basically the same.. Thats why i went for the R7 250.
That case is pretty dire/basic, this bit fenix one looks very good for the money, when its released, im not sure.
You won't even need 350W.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite X2380HS-B1 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £129.95
1 x MSI Radeon R7 250 OC 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £53.99
1 x Gigabyte H81M-S2PV Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £44.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £41.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x OcUK USB Keyboard - Black £4.99
1 x OcUK USB Optical Mouse - Black £4.99
Total : £586.81 (includes shipping : FREE).
a 9p saving.
Thanks for the spec!
I went with the 450w because its on offer, and seems to be cheaper than the one you've selected.
I think you maybe right with the monitor. The image is everything. I just want to make sure that the CPU is up to the job. Don't really know much about the 4430 - Care to share why you have selected this one? Or have you only selected it to be in the budget?
Thanks again.
I went with the 450w because its on offer, and seems to be cheaper than the one you've selected.
I think you maybe right with the monitor. The image is everything. I just want to make sure that the CPU is up to the job. Don't really know much about the 4430 - Care to share why you have selected this one? Or have you only selected it to be in the budget?
Thanks again.