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Theultimaxgamer

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My moms old 2005 dell is breaking apart and her labtop is god awful, so I convinced her to let me build her one.

This will be mainly used for Photoshop and basic internet browsing, I plan to rip the old 8800 she had and throw it in here.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3n3OB
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3n3OB/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3n3OB/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1220 V3 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($101.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $581.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-06 21:36 EDT-0400)

Would I be better getting an i3 and a 750ti instead? I know nothing about photoshop
 
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AMD Radeon

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that xeon has no integrated GPU, better go for cheaper i5, same 4 cores no HT
it is a revision of your build, with better price/performance parts selection

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case ($49.99 @ Mac Mall)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 450W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $578.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-06 21:46 EDT-0400)
 
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RazerZ

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but he says he is putting in an 8800 from his old build
 
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I guess he is right to say you should choose a CPU with internal graphics that's because you would get the same performance but with some extra benefits. If there, at any case, would be a problem with her card in some time in the future, that internal CPU graphics will have her back. I own a Xeon E3 1230 V3 @ 3.3 Ghz running with Inno3D gtx 770 Herculez 3x Ichill, on Asrock H87-Pro4. They are working amazingly fast! I never have any problem whilst gaming or working with Photoshop. You can't go wrong either way, but BETTER is always better than good. :

Keep up! :)
 
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RazerZ

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Hey I'm not a regular photoshop user, but how much of a difference do you think a xeon makes vs an i5?
 
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