Photo/ Video Upgrade - Please help, I am lost!

[Pandora2000]

Hi everyone,

I am looking to upgrade my current full tower PC to a decent spec for mainly photo editing (Lightroom 5 & Photoshop), but also some video and web design. I am not a gamer.

I would like to keep the upgrade costs to around £400-£600, not including SSD/ HD, keyboard and mouse costs. I am also assuming my current case, screen and PSU are okay to keep in the new build.

The current spec. is as follows. I would be really grateful for any advice on what I can keep to re-use and what my upgrade basket should be.

Current Spec:
Gigabyte H55-UD3H MOBO
Intel I3-530 Clarkdale CPU
Asus EAH6670 Graphics Card
2 x 2GB Corsair DDR3 1333mhz RAM
Mod X Stream Pro 500W PSU
Scythe Shuriken Heatsink

Thanks for any help guys.

Cheers,
Martin.

 

[Pandora2000]

Thanks Stulid.

The case is a Lian-Li PCA05N... which I am hoping has life left in it.

The heatsink only has the fittings that are keeping it on the current MoBo, I must have chucked the other fittings at some point. That may need to be in the replacement spec.?

Thanks again for any help on the new spec.

Cheers,
Martin.

 

[Pandora2000]

Thanks again Stulid,

I like the look of both of those options.

If I went Intel do you think there is any value in me getting a slightly higher spec. of motherboard? something like the Asus Maximus VII Ranger Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard which is £129?

I already have the SSD and so do not need to spend any of the budget there.

Thanks,
Martin.

 

[Pandora2000]

No desire to start with over clocking. My only reason for suggesting it was that it was a bigger board with more slots.

I guess the flip side of that argument is that the smaller board would allow me to downsize the case at some point.

I will be going with the Intel option. Cheers.