£400-£500 PC (not gaming)

dansgas1000

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Approximate Purchase Date: 1-8 Months (seriously)

Budget Range: £400-£500

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Internet Browsing, Photoshop CS6, MAYBE Cinema 4D. I want a pretty good PC though for future proof.

Are you buying a monitor: No, I have 18.5" dell atm and will upgrade soon but not until I get PC so don't include please



Parts to Upgrade: Huh? All of the stuff but not stuff like mouse/keyboard/speakers etc...

Do you need to buy OS: Yes / No
I have a retail version of W7 on current PC, is it possible to uninstall from there and install on new PC? If not possible please include W7 Home Premium. (W8 sucks :x)

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: scan.co.uk, amazon.co.uk, dabs.com ? if worse comes to worse ebay :D

Location: United Kingdom | South East area

Parts Preferences: INTEL CPU!!!!!! Amd sucks :eek:

Overclocking: Maybe Turbo Boost :)

SLI or Crossfire: Nah :p

Your Monitor Resolution: 1366x768 but will be 1080p when i get new :p

Additional Comments: No GPU :c sorry gamers I disappointed you, maybe in the future :)

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My current pc is old and outdated (Athlon 5400+) and it's stupid >.<
 

dansgas1000

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This is what I found for myself:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£21.75 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£74.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair XMS 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£31.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£46.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222AB DVD/CD Writer (£16.25 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £457.94

The ram is as cheap as chips, you think it's good enough? Also I think all those sites are legit.

Thanks.
 

dansgas1000

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I don't want to overclock, but if I want to upgrade, I would get faster sell when selling the 'K' CPU because more people would want it :D

I probably will use the Intel turbo-boost though :)

I live in Norfolk (If you know where that is xD)

Also SSD's seem very overpriced and expensive to me, I don't think I really need one.