Hey guys, im trying to put a spec together for a friend and just need some advice on the parts etc. the budget is £700 max. The PC will be used primarily for heavy photoshop work but also for a decent amount of gaming at highish settings. Looking for a spec that will be able to handle this smoothly and do so for years to come as she rarely ever upgrades.
Heres what I've chosen so far:
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium £71.49
Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Vengeance Memory Module CL10 £61.92
Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO - SSD only £84.00
OCZ Fatal1ty Series 550W Modular PSU £54.78
MSI HD 7850 2GB GDDR5 DVI HDMI Mini DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card £127.49
Cooler Master K-series K380 - Usb3.0 Atx Case Side Window £38.98
LiteOn iHAS124 24X Internal DVD Writer with SATA - OEM £13.34
Seagate 1TB Barracuda 3.5" SATA-III Hard Drive - 7200RPM 64MB Cache £49.98
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD Socket AM3+ 8 Channel HD Audio mATX Motherboard £52.98
AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz Socket AM3+ 16MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor £116.86
total inc vat: £671.82
My main concerns are the GPU, CPU and MOBO(i chose mobo randomly). I'm not very familiar with AMD but i have heard that the CPU is not nearly as good as the intel counterparts when it comes to gaming, is this true and if so is it significant? I chose it because it worked with the budget. Basically will all these parts work well together and will I get a good system out of this that can do all that is mentioned?
Would really appreciate any help or advice!
Many thanks!
Heres what I've chosen so far:
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium £71.49
Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Vengeance Memory Module CL10 £61.92
Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO - SSD only £84.00
OCZ Fatal1ty Series 550W Modular PSU £54.78
MSI HD 7850 2GB GDDR5 DVI HDMI Mini DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card £127.49
Cooler Master K-series K380 - Usb3.0 Atx Case Side Window £38.98
LiteOn iHAS124 24X Internal DVD Writer with SATA - OEM £13.34
Seagate 1TB Barracuda 3.5" SATA-III Hard Drive - 7200RPM 64MB Cache £49.98
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD Socket AM3+ 8 Channel HD Audio mATX Motherboard £52.98
AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz Socket AM3+ 16MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor £116.86
total inc vat: £671.82
My main concerns are the GPU, CPU and MOBO(i chose mobo randomly). I'm not very familiar with AMD but i have heard that the CPU is not nearly as good as the intel counterparts when it comes to gaming, is this true and if so is it significant? I chose it because it worked with the budget. Basically will all these parts work well together and will I get a good system out of this that can do all that is mentioned?
Would really appreciate any help or advice!
Many thanks!
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