Hi guys, this is going to be my first AMD build. I was asked by a family friend to build a computer from about $500-$800 - including the OS, monitor, keyboard and mouse. I think a 1080p monitor is the absolute minimum these days - regardless of build price.
The primary use for this is Photoshop (fairly intensive work), Illustrator and Flash (Basically the entire Adobe Master Suite with the exception of the video-related programs). No gaming is to be done on it, but a decent graphics card would be nice. IIRC, Photoshop does have GPU acceleration, so I'm thinking something along the lines of a 550Ti
I've tried speccing it out myself, but it comes out to about $950 - which is completely out of range. The motherboard can be either mATX or normal ATX. I'm also thinking that 8GB of ram would server this purpose quite well.
What can you guys come up with for me? Since I live in Canada, I'd prefer prices from Newegg.ca, Tigerdirect.ca, MemoryExpress.com, or NCIX.ca
Thanks in advance for any help.
EDIT: HDD doesn't have to be particularly spacious - a 500GB drive should suffice. They have alternate methods of storing data so internal space is not much of a concern.
Edited by shinigamibob - 3/6/12 at 7:11pm
The primary use for this is Photoshop (fairly intensive work), Illustrator and Flash (Basically the entire Adobe Master Suite with the exception of the video-related programs). No gaming is to be done on it, but a decent graphics card would be nice. IIRC, Photoshop does have GPU acceleration, so I'm thinking something along the lines of a 550Ti
I've tried speccing it out myself, but it comes out to about $950 - which is completely out of range. The motherboard can be either mATX or normal ATX. I'm also thinking that 8GB of ram would server this purpose quite well.
What can you guys come up with for me? Since I live in Canada, I'd prefer prices from Newegg.ca, Tigerdirect.ca, MemoryExpress.com, or NCIX.ca
Thanks in advance for any help.
EDIT: HDD doesn't have to be particularly spacious - a 500GB drive should suffice. They have alternate methods of storing data so internal space is not much of a concern.
Edited by shinigamibob - 3/6/12 at 7:11pm
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