Spec Check Please! - Approx £500

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I'm speccing up a new PC which I plan to order this week.
It will be used for photoshop and general internet duties.
I already have a hard drive and operating system so I will need:

CPU
Motherboard (with graphics)
RAM
Case
PSU
Monitor

What do you think of this?

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Any advice welcome!
 
OK, after a bit of reading it would seem more sensible to go for quad core so I've upped my budget by around £100 to a £600ish spec. How's this?

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stulid, any advantages with the case you mention or is it just as good as the 300 but a little cheaper. I do prefer the look of the 300 :)

Also there's the option of the IIyama Prolite X2472HD which seems good at around £200 but not sure if this or the Dell would be better for photo work.
 
its the same as the 300, but has an all black interior and a more refined finish to the front.
 
titan13131 said:
If you plan to overclock you need a p67 mobo or if u dont get the non k version to save a few quid.
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i would second doing this if you can afford it.

however, dont forget the P series motherboards dont have any onboard graphics, so you'll need to pick up a cheapo graphics card as well
 
stulid said:
its the same as the 300, but has an all black interior and a more refined finish to the front.
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You're totally correct. After looking at more images, it does look a bit better :)

titan13131 said:
If you plan to overclock you need a p67 mobo or if u dont get the non k version to save a few quid.
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Reaper 392 said:
i would second doing this if you can afford it.

however, dont forget the P series motherboards dont have any onboard graphics, so you'll need to pick up a cheapo graphics card as well
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Thanks :)

Here's a revised spec. Reason I have chosen the MSI board is that I can get the CPU+that MSI board elsewhere saving £36 on the total price below. Not too much of a price difference from my previous spec but this hopefully should be a better system:

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Do the retail CPUs still come with stock coolers? If so, how much of an overclock is viable with it before needing something with more grunt?
 
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Hamster said:
You're totally correct. After looking at more images, it does look a bit better :)





Thanks :)

Here's a revised spec. Reason I have chosen the MSI board is that I can get the CPU+that MSI board elsewhere saving £36 on the total price below. Not too much of a price difference from my previous spec but this hopefully should be a better system:

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Do the retail CPUs still come with stock coolers? If so, how much of an overclock is viable with it before needing something with more grunt?
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very nice looking spec, if you ever wanted to use her for gaming just slap a new grahics card in there ;) like a £100 5850 or gtx560
 
Monster ninja said:
very nice looking spec, if you ever wanted to use her for gaming just slap a new grahics card in there ;) like a £100 5850 or gtx560
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Perhaps in the future!! At the moment it's just the office PC. Bits arrived this afternoon and it's now all built, windows and programs are installed and it flies!! :)
 
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