Need help in building a PC

[Kelvinboris]

I currently got a budget of 1.5k and need advise in it
Need to use it for Photoshop and 3ds max..
I know the budget is abit low, but what is the best build I can get ? Btw, Not going to overclock.
Currently looking at:
ASrock H97 Pro4
I5-4690
Gigabyte Gtx 960 2Gb WF
WD Blue 1T
Cosair Spec 2
Cosair cx500
16gb Ram
Windows 8.1
DVDRW OEM
Monitor.
Is this the best I can go ?

 

[SHIKSHINISM!♥'24']

Suggest you purchase your GPU on Lazada. There's a GSS sale coming up very soon. Maybe can get a 970 instead.
Heard from the bros here DDR3 prices are quite low now on Amazon as well. In my case I only purchased my CPU, HDD & motherboard from Sim Lim. The rest online. Spent close to 1.5k as well. Without monitor though.

Edit: Not too sure about this but maybe you should get an i7 instead due to hyper treading which suits your needs.

 

[Kelvinboris]

Suggest you purchase your GPU on Lazada. There's a GSS sale coming up very soon. Maybe can get a 970 instead.
Heard from the bros here DDR3 prices are quite low now on Amazon as well. In my case I only purchased my CPU, HDD & motherboard from Sim Lim. The rest online. Spent close to 1.5k as well. Without monitor though.

Edit: Not too sure about this but maybe you should get an i7 instead due to hyper treading which suits your needs.

I know that i7 is like better in such program but Really hard to squeeze in. I will go see the price from lazada too. Thanks anyway.

 

[findingfridays]

Suggest you purchase your GPU on Lazada. There's a GSS sale coming up very soon. Maybe can get a 970 instead.
Heard from the bros here DDR3 prices are quite low now on Amazon as well. In my case I only purchased my CPU, HDD & motherboard from Sim Lim. The rest online. Spent close to 1.5k as well. Without monitor though.

Edit: Not too sure about this but maybe you should get an i7 instead due to hyper treading which suits your needs.

May I ask your casing and psu from online as well? Amazon?

 

[SHIKSHINISM!♥'24']

May I ask your casing and psu from online as well? Amazon?

Yuppp Both from Lazada though. I only purchased my rams, SSD and cpu cooler from Amazon. Free shipping for the casing is awesome possum. Bought both when there was an 18% discount code. Sadly expired already.

 

[findingfridays]

Yuppp Both from Lazada though. I only purchased my rams, SSD and cpu cooler from Amazon. Free shipping for the casing is awesome possum. Bought both when there was an 18% discount code. Sadly expired already.

Nice! Shall keep a lookout for such offers.

 

[royfrosty]

Are you gaming? If not the best specs for 1.5k for photoshop will be as per follows.

MSI B85M G43 ECO with Intel LAN + i5--4690 ~ $344
Crucial 8gb 1600mhz Value Ram x 4 ~ $312
WD Blue 1tb ~ $70
LiteON S900 256gb ~ $138
Powercolor r7 260x 2gb Turbo Duo ~ $165
FSP hexa 450w 80+ PSU ~ $55
Coolermaster Elite 361 ~ $56
LG DVD Drive ~ $21
Windows 8.1 OEM ~ $120
Dell P2314 23inch eIPS Panel ~ $249 (Get a good one for yourself)

Total ~ $1530. Buy at tradepac. DIY

You need more RAMS for your photoshop needs. You wont need an i7 as it wont render any much faster. Also add in a SSD for you. Next is the use of GPU, if you aint gaming you can settle for the r7 260x. It will suffice and wont bring any performance difference if you pay more for a higher end GPU.

 

[Kelvinboris]

Are you gaming? If not the best specs for 1.5k for photoshop will be as per follows.

MSI B85M G43 ECO with Intel LAN + i5--4690 ~ $344
Crucial 8gb 1600mhz Value Ram x 4 ~ $312
WD Blue 1tb ~ $70
LiteON S900 256gb ~ $138
Powercolor r7 260x 2gb Turbo Duo ~ $165
FSP hexa 450w 80+ PSU ~ $55
Coolermaster Elite 361 ~ $56
LG DVD Drive ~ $21
Windows 8.1 OEM ~ $120
Dell P2314 23inch eIPS Panel ~ $249 (Get a good one for yourself)

Total ~ $1530. Buy at tradepac. DIY

You need more RAMS for your photoshop needs. You wont need an i7 as it wont render any much faster. Also add in a SSD for you. Next is the use of GPU, if you aint gaming you can settle for the r7 260x. It will suffice and wont bring any performance difference if you pay more for a higher end GPU.

Thanks bro. Anyway i play games like LOL and hoping the pc is able to play GTA V at maybe a mid to high setting.. Is the GPU able to support ?

 

[Jian19]

i think 16gb ram should be sufficient rite..

can channel the budget to a sapphire 280 dual x

psu get the fsp hexa 550w

 

[Kelvinboris]

But a AMD GPU will cause any problem to like those design software? Make it crash or anything?

 

[Bisco~]

But a AMD GPU will cause any problem to like those design software? Make it crash or anything?

No, wont have prob if u use latest driver

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[Kelvinboris]

Thanks. So is the older AMD version that dont support that cause those software to hang or crash ?

 

[Bisco~]

Thanks. So is the older AMD version that dont support that cause those software to hang or crash ?

No, The card itself will not hang or crash software.

 

[Kelvinboris]

No, The card itself will not hang or crash software.

Okay ! Then I will consider a AMD graphic card due to my budget ! Thanks anyway

 

[Kelvinboris]

My final decision after consideration !
ASrock B85 Killer
Intel i5 4690
Gigabyte GTX 960 WF
WD Blue 1T
Cosair Vengence Pro 16Gb
Cosair CX500
Cosair Spec 2
Windows 8.1

 

[shadow84]

My final decision after consideration !
ASrock B85 Killer
Intel i5 4690
Gigabyte GTX 960 WF
WD Blue 1T
Cosair Vengence Pro 16Gb
Cosair CX500
Cosair Spec 2
Windows 8.1

Drop the pro series for ram and channel the money for a better psu.

Lazafa have superflower leadex gold 550w at $139. Use BIG20 coupon to get at $109.