Photoshop build

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andyboy

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Photoshop mostly and video editing
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Around $600
3) Where do you live?
California
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
CPU, RAM, Case, Mobo, CD drive, Hard Drive
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
500W ATX power supply- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817148027
6) Will you be overclocking?
Would rather not
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
I have a 23 in monitor
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Soon
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Would prefer USB 3.0
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
No.
 
Dude...

$40 - Cooler Master Elite 330 case
$50 - Corsair CX400 400W PSU
$100 - Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OEM
$97 - AMD Athlon II X4 630
$75 - MSI 760GM-E51
$105 - PNY Optima MD4096KD3-1333 2x2GB DDR3 1333 dual channel kit
$90 - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB OEM HDD
$20 - Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE SATA DVD burner
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$577 - Subtotal (not including taxes or rebates)

Everything above comes from Amazon, which doesn't charge California residents any sales tax, and has free ground shipping. I added the OS, which you said you didn't have, and the PSU, since the one you planned on reusing is garbage. Since you didn't give us any indication as to whether or not you have a video card on hand, I chose a board with an onboard GPU. Consequentially, however, I didn't choose a board with USB 3.0 (or SATA III) support, as I didn't know whether I could fit one in with your budget.

While the Caviar Black 1TB listed above will be fine for your needs, there will be those who recommend either the Samsung F3 1TB HDD or the newer Caviar Black SATA III 1TB drive over it. The former isn't sold directly by Amazon (so you may have to pay CA state taxes on it), and the latter would have cost you $15 more.
 
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1+ tiraides but I will suggest spending the extra $100 for x6 1055t it will greatly help with photoshop and video editing.
 
If Photoshop is the primary role of this machine, it may be more practical, if not a bit cheaper to go with a prebuilt machine.

But if you go that route, don't get it directly from Dell. Check out Dell Outlet or see if you can find a special deal on one through a bargain hunting site like Got Apex or Slick Deals.
 
what kind of photoshop documents do you work on? If you are working with large 16-bit film scans or building files with 100+ layers than more ram will be really helpful.
 
AlecMoody said:
what kind of photoshop documents do you work on? If you are working with large 16-bit film scans or building files with 100+ layers than more ram will be really helpful.
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... And had the budget been around $1000 instead of $600, I would have recommended two 4GB kits, a 30-80GB SSD for an OS drive, the six-core AMD 1055T, and a board with SATA III and USB 3.0 ports. But you make do with what you have.
 
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