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I need to put together a computer for my mother who does a lot of photo editing using older versions of photoshop. I saw this combo deal at Tiger that looked like a good start:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=9187359&sku=B69-00308
Price for the bundle is $469, not including $60 in rebates, free shipping.

I manually entered it into pcpartpicker for a better view of the components, but they do not list the bundle specifically:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($187.25 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($92.27 @ TigerDirect)
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($92.27 @ TigerDirect)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($137.27 @ TigerDirect)
Case: Cougar Solution (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($53.62 @ TigerDirect)
Power Supply: Thermaltake TR2 500W ATX Power Supply ($47.27 @ TigerDirect)
Total: $609.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-17 16:32 EDT-0400

She will likely be reusing her current monitor, and we have Win7 pro available. She also has a few hard drives, but not sure what they are.

I was thinking about adding another 8g of ram for a total of 16g, and i'm guessing a video card of some sort would be in order but I have no idea what to get there. The machine will not be used for gaming at all.

We're not stuck on any of this, its just a preliminary lookaround right now. I just had to replace the power supply in her current machine and it got her thinking some other components are probably due to fail soon as well.

Any suggestions for changes/additions would be welcome

Thank you
 
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An AMD 8350 has no integrated graphics; a discrete video card is required. The i7-4790 has integrated graphics, so no need for a video card unless the PC will be used for video editing. In that case, a GTX 750 Ti and a 450w PSU would be in the cards. The i7 has much better single-core performance than the 8350 and better for photo and video editing overall.
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Joseph DeGarmo

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$1000 seems like a budget for a gaming rig rather than a photo editing PC. This should be rather powerful for such tasks at under $800.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($299.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.78 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($85.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 360W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($62.99 @ Mwave)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $733.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-17 12:08 EDT-0400

Intel HD 4600 integrated graphics and 8 GB RAM should be enough for photo editing.
 
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I totally agree that a $1000 machine is more than she needs, but it was her hard upper limit so I figured i would put it in.

Is there some advantage to the i7 over the AMD setup that i'm not seeing? Some bad component or incompatibility? Even counting a video card and the extra drives I think I would be able to fit that into the price difference easily with some to spare.
 
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An AMD 8350 has no integrated graphics; a discrete video card is required. The i7-4790 has integrated graphics, so no need for a video card unless the PC will be used for video editing. In that case, a GTX 750 Ti and a 450w PSU would be in the cards. The i7 has much better single-core performance than the 8350 and better for photo and video editing overall.
 
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kyria9

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Ok, sounds good. I was always told that Intel was more for gamers and video editors, and if you weren't doing that you didn't need to spend the extra money. If the i7 will perform that much better though, its worth it.
 
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