Spec me a £500 computer for photoshop

[Heofz]

My father is looking to replace his old 1Ghz system with a new one for his business, he does a lot of image editing in photoshop & paint shop pro, and also deals with several very large excel spreadsheets at once, so he wants something pretty rapid to perform these tasks quickly.

He already has all the peripherals, including monitor, so all he needs is the base unit, including the case. A silent pc is desired also if possible.

He won't mind stretching to £550-600 but only if really necessary...

 

[Will_3rd]

A good start, any other opinions?

 

[Heofz]

thats cool. however do I really need a 500W PSU ?

 

[Zefan]

thats cool. however do I really need a 500W PSU ?

Probably not really, but 420w is the lowest I'd go on a quality brand.

 

[joeyjojo]

Depends how long you'll keep it. Apparently psu's can lose up to 20-30% of their power after a year.

 

[syke]

BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7300 LE Turbo Cache 256MB DDR TV-Out/DVI
Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Samsung SpinPoint P HD160HJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
Arctic Cooling T1 Pro Case (500W PSU)
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series
Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM

Total: £512.16 inc. Delivery

 

[schnipps]

BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7300 LE Turbo Cache 256MB DDR TV-Out/DVI
Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Samsung SpinPoint P HD160HJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
Arctic Cooling T1 Pro Case (500W PSU)
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series
Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM

Total: £512.16 inc. Delivery

VERY similar to what i have just built, for gods sake though if you get the S3 dont flash the bios via the windows program from Gigabyte, just killed my board

 

[syke]

VERY similar to what i have just built, for gods sake though if you get the S3 dont flash the bios via the windows program from Gigabyte, just killed my board

Ouch.

If possible, try get the DS3 or the 650.

 

[Heofz]

Bought the following:

• 1 x Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 Socket 775 @ 73.38GBP
• 1 x Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Retail @ 139.23GBP
• 1 x 250GB Western Digital - WD2500JS @ 47.88GBP
• 1 x NEC ND-5170A-0B 18x DVDRW DL Black @ 21.09GBP
• 1 x Antec NSK4400 Blk/SilverTower Case @ 51.64GBP
• 1 x Crucial 2GB (2x1GB) 10th Anniversary Edition @ 182.11GBP
• 1 x BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7300 LE Turbo Cache 256MB DDR @ 35.24GBP

Came to £550 in the end, should be a good system though

 

[Tombo]

VERY similar to what i have just built, for gods sake though if you get the S3 dont flash the bios via the windows program from Gigabyte, just killed my board

You did it wrong then, I flashed my bios and It's working fine.