New build fo photo editing

[combat goofwing]

looking to build a rig for my mate

budget between £300 and £500
just need the basic unit plus OS(already have monitor etc etc)

mainly for photo editing ,storage, photo shop stuff, creating photo dvds etc , vista 64 bit system rather than windows 7

thanks for any advice

 

[Silvune]

CPU:
AMD Athlon II X4 630 3.4Ghz
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176579
£80.87

Mobo:
Asus M4A785TD-V EVO
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169532
£70.94

RAM:
Crucial 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10600 Ballistix Memory Kit CL7 (7-7-7-24) 1.65V
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/179278
£94.99

HDD:
Seagate ST3500418AS (Barracuda 7200.12) 500GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache - OEM
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158860
£40.99

PSU:
Antec 380 EarthWatts Green 80plus Bronze
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/185183
£34.22

Case:
Antec Three Hundred
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143854
£43

Optical Drive:
Samsung SH-S223 22X DVD±RW/RAM/DL Serial ATA Black Bare Drive - OEM
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/145450
£14.99

Win Vista Home Premium 64bit OEM or Win 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM both around £75, unless you have connections. Can also be brought on ebuyer.

Total: £455

A very strong CPU for photo editing below £100. A mobo with integrated video, so that a graphics card doesn't need to be bought - which is fine for online gaming and photo editing, but won't be ideal for games from the last five years. Good 4GB set of low latency DDR3 RAM. Perhaps he will need two drives, as I read something from 2003 that said everything being on the same drive would slow down doing photo editing - don't know if this is still true. Also sounds like a 1TB drive would be more up his street. In which case this is the one: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB (£62). You probably don't even need a PSU that powerful for the components I've listed, and your choice of graphics cards that could be added would be limited by this PSU. A nice case. A standard SATA DVD-RW drive.

 

[combat goofwing]

THANKS ALOT LOOKS FINE AND HE SHOULD BE WELL HAPPY

 

[rockyjohn]

Consider paying the extra £25 to get a 500w PSU at the start so you have the power should you wish to add a gaming card or other components later. And if you do get a graphics card, strongly consider an nVidia card since some Adobe apps can use the graphics card to add the CPU and speed up processing.

Antec Earthwatts 500w - £59.48 inc. vat
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/120377