Rig spec for coding, webdesign, photoshop, watching media

neocon · 22 Nov 2012 at 14:05

Can you help me spec a machine for coding, webdesign, photoshop, watching media for £300 tops?

£300 not including OS and monitor.

areksnumbr1sxylady · 22 Nov 2012 at 14:31

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB SATA GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1500DL003) £59.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £35.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £29.99
Total : £316.93 (includes shipping : FREE).

something along these lines, can take away big HDD to bring into budget, but at that value its very good value for money.

You could game latest games on that system... not on ultra of-course.

neocon · 22 Nov 2012 at 15:12

thanks fella

JonSmith · 22 Nov 2012 at 15:15

By all accounts Trinity works well with Photoshop 6 due to the OpenCL acceleration.

neocon · 22 Nov 2012 at 21:17

are there any downsides to using that cpu?

Bacon? · 22 Nov 2012 at 21:57

Faster drive:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-257-SE&groupid=1657&catid=1660&subcat=1665

areksnumbr1sxylady · 23 Nov 2012 at 15:58

Well intel i3-3220 as a pure CPU power, is stronger than 5800k, and costs the same... but you would need 70 quid gpu to match 5800k IGP.

neocon · 2 Jan 2013 at 15:40

How would this A10 setup compare to my current rig in the signature?

Anyone running Linux/OSX on an A10?

Addicted · 2 Jan 2013 at 15:41

I think your 460 GTX would annihilate the IGP - you'd be better suited to an Intel build and still use your GPU - faster CPU then.

neocon · 2 Jan 2013 at 15:43

Really? It's running at stock too, i've never bothered to overclock it.

I need to save for an i5 2500k then..