Help with new rig build

[Speckrt]

Hie all,

Can anyone recommend me a good custom rig that I could use for watching shows, surfing net and photo editing. Looking to build with a budget of 1k minus monitor.

Thanks

 

[royfrosty]

Hie all,

Can anyone recommend me a good custom rig that I could use for watching shows, surfing net and photo editing. Looking to build with a budget of 1k minus monitor.

Thanks

Do you use photoshop intensively? And is it an everyday thing you need to do. And do you wish to game?

 

[Speckrt]

Do you use photoshop intensively? And is it an everyday thing you need to do. And do you wish to game?

No, not intensively. But probably every once or twice a week will use it, for leisure. Gaming wise not so much for now I guess.

 

[royfrosty]

Ok.

1k for an i5 rig

Asrock b75m dgs + i5 3350p ~ $ 271
Adata 1600mhz 8gb ~ $ 85
WD Blue 1tb ~ $ 78
Zotac gtx760 2gb + superflower hx500 500w gold efficiency ~ $ 399 (best bargain)
Sharkoon ms140 ~ $ 52
Windows 7 home premium 64bit ~ $ 115

Total $ 1000. Buy at tradepac diy. Gpu and psu get from best bargain. Install os using usb thumbdrive.

 

[Speckrt]

Ok.

1k for an i5 rig

Asrock b75m dgs + i5 3350p ~ $ 271
Adata 1600mhz 8gb ~ $ 85
WD Blue 1tb ~ $ 78
Zotac gtx760 2gb + superflower hx500 500w gold efficiency ~ $ 399 (best bargain)
Sharkoon ms140 ~ $ 52
Windows 7 home premium 64bit ~ $ 115

Total $ 1000. Buy at tradepac diy. Gpu and psu get from best bargain. Install os using usb thumbdrive.

I plan to have two hard disk like a SSD to boot up and a secondary do hard drive for storage. Do you think is a good idea? Can also recommend me a good monitor say about 300 to 400.

 

[royfrosty]

I plan to have two hard disk like a SSD to boot up and a secondary do hard drive for storage. Do you think is a good idea? Can also recommend me a good monitor say about 300 to 400.

If you need more space and ssd and don't intend to game then can get a lower tier GPU.

Asrock b75m dogs + i5-3350p ~ $271
Adata 1600mhz 8gb ~ $85
WD green 2tb ~ $110
Silicon power v60 120gb ~ $120
Gigabyte gtx650 2gb ~ $191
Cm 311 + fsp hexa 500w ~ $105
Windows 7 home premium OEM 64bit ~ $115

Total $997 buy at tradepac. Diy

 

[Speckrt]

If you need more space and ssd and don't intend to game then can get a lower tier GPU.

Asrock b75m dogs + i5-3350p ~ $271
Adata 1600mhz 8gb ~ $85
WD green 2tb ~ $110
Silicon power v60 120gb ~ $120
Gigabyte gtx650 2gb ~ $191
Cm 311 + fsp hexa 500w ~ $105
Windows 7 home premium OEM 64bit ~ $115

Total $997 buy at tradepac. Diy

I just realised you added the OS inside too. Is there any parts that I can upgrade without the OS price?

 

[royfrosty]

Get a higher gpu gtx660 2gb

And

Corsair force ls 120gb

Should still be within your budget.

 

[nippp0n]

Why not change gpu to 7770 or 7750? IiRC, either AMD or nvidia works fine for Photoshop.