Spec my mum a computer

Macky · 10 Jul 2009 at 18:44

Budget £350. She actually does quite a lot of photo editing etc, and with a new rig I could put Photoshop etc onto it and it would actually run it. I was thinking of something along these lines however, I personally quite like the look of the CM Dominator, am I wasting it on my mum instead of my rig (Antec Sonata III)

? Any ideas would be appreciated. Also, do I get free postage?

Kennysevenfold · 10 Jul 2009 at 18:50

Free postage Here

How about this...And install W7

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4850 PCS 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £71.99
(£62.60) £71.99
(£62.60)

Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £60.98
(£53.03) £60.98
(£53.03)

OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply £52.99
(£46.08) £52.99
(£46.08)

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 7850+ Black Edition 2.80GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail £45.99
(£39.99) £45.99
(£39.99)

Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel (KHX6400D2LLK2/4G) £35.98
(£31.29) £35.98
(£31.29)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £34.99
(£30.43) £34.99
(£30.43)

Coolermaster Elite 334 Midi Case- Black (No PSU) £30.99
(£26.95) £30.99
(£26.95)

Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64) Sub Total : £306.01 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £47.66 Total : £351.42

Chimerical · 10 Jul 2009 at 18:54

Quad Core:

Kennysevenfold · 10 Jul 2009 at 18:57

Chimerical said:
Quad Core:

That Motherboard

Chimerical · 10 Jul 2009 at 18:58

Kennysevenfold said:
That Motherboard

Depends what the PC is needed for though. Quad Core is better for Photoshop.

Macky · 10 Jul 2009 at 19:02

Looks nice guys. Haven't really been considering the AMD option, but I guess it looks pretty good. Doesn't really have to be THAT impressive a spec. Web browsing and uploading is the thing that she uses comp for most. Any more ideas? My dad is buying XP for her. Also, preferably a seperate graphics card, not onboard.

Chimerical · 10 Jul 2009 at 19:05

Macky said:
Looks nice guys. Haven't really been considering the AMD option, but I guess it looks pretty good. Doesn't really have to be THAT impressive a spec. Web browsing and uploading is the thing that she uses comp for most. Any more ideas? My dad is buying XP for her. Also, preferably a seperate graphics card, not onboard.

Why not onboard though? Unless you want something for gaming?

Macky · 10 Jul 2009 at 19:12

Because onboard really will not perform well atall, like my mums old computer that has just died would probably perform better.
Edit also video playback, YoutTube etc. Oh and btw, we have 2 PATA drives already.

Chimerical · 10 Jul 2009 at 19:17

Macky said:
Because onboard really will not perform well atall, like my mums old computer that has just died would probably perform better.
Edit also video playback, YoutTube etc.

I guess, this is slightly cheaper than the 9500GT at least:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-178-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=168

craig3000 · 10 Jul 2009 at 19:25

What a beast of a card

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-193-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1010

siumatfung · 10 Jul 2009 at 20:20

RJC · 10 Jul 2009 at 20:30

AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £79.99
(£69.56) £79.99
(£69.56)

Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £60.98
(£53.03) £60.98
(£53.03)

Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £40.99
(£35.64) £40.99
(£35.64)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £34.99
(£30.43) £34.99
(£30.43)

Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X4096-6400C5C) £33.99
(£29.56) £33.99
(£29.56)

Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 4350 512MB "Low Profile" DDR2 VGA/DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £32.19
(£27.99) £32.19
(£27.99)

Coolermaster Elite 334 Midi Case- Black (No PSU) £30.99
(£26.95) £30.99
(£26.95)

Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64) Sub Total : £288.80 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £45.01 Total : £345.06

Quixote · 10 Jul 2009 at 22:01

Total waste putting 4850s and 9800GT's on a build where the heaviest use is photoshop. Yes, I'm aware of GPU acceleration in CS4 for certain functions but with this kind of budget the money is much better spent on CPU power.
Onboard is fine as long as it's good like AMD 780G/ NVidia 8400/ NVidia 9400 based.

reflux · 10 Jul 2009 at 22:08

Quixote said:
Total waste putting 4850s and 9800GT's on a build where the heaviest use is photoshop. Yes, I'm aware of GPU acceleration in CS4 for certain functions but with this kind of budget the money is much better spent on CPU power.
Onboard is fine as long as it's good like AMD 780G/ NVidia 8400/ NVidia 9400 based.

Took the words right out of my mouth

PwnDirect · 11 Jul 2009 at 03:33

Spec as tumbnail refuses to work today

The 780g chipset is your best choice as it performs just as well as an entry level gfx card.

Also if your willing to strech your budget you could go for a 720 BE or 955BE

_TubbZ_ · 11 Jul 2009 at 12:41

why not just go for this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-180-OK&tool=5

Although it is only a dual core, i doubt very much if it would struggle with PS (I only use CS2 which i find is a damn sight faster than the newer iterations yet still rich in features). It also comes with a decent graphics card if you ever want to play a few games yourself and unlike the builds above you don't need to build it

PhoenixUK · 11 Jul 2009 at 13:01

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 940 Black Edition 3.0GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 940 Black Edition 3.0GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail £132.99
(£115.64) £132.99
(£115.64)
Seasonic Silverpower 400W Power Supply Seasonic Silverpower 400W Power Supply £45.99
(£39.99) £45.99
(£39.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502IJ) Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502IJ) £44.99
(£39.12) £44.99
(£39.12)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £42.99
(£37.38) £42.99
(£37.38)
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel (KHX6400D2LLK2/4G) Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel (KHX6400D2LLK2/4G) £35.98
(£31.29) £35.98
(£31.29)
Foxconn M61PMV nForce 430 (Socket AM2/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Foxconn M61PMV nForce 430 (Socket AM2/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £33.99
(£29.56) £33.99
(£29.56)
Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64)
Sub Total : £308.62
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £48.06
Total : £368.43

Slightly over the budget, if you really wanna save extra pennies you could get cheaper PSU/HDD/RAM but I wouldn't, quality parts pay back in the long run : ).

Macky · 11 Jul 2009 at 14:02

Yeah okay, I've discussed it with other people. Onboard should be fine.

Ben M · 11 Jul 2009 at 14:25

Macky, you sig is over the limit, I suggest that you remove it before a mod does.

I'll brb with a spec.

edit, here's what I came up with...: