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chro'n

New member
Hi all-my first post here! Owing to the sad demise of my 4-yr old Acer I'm in dire need of a replacement, which has been duly ordered, PCS having been recommended to me. The pc will be used primarily for Photoshop CS4, plus usual web stuff but no gaming- I prefer PS3. I deliberately omitted a GPU as I'm hoping the on board graphics and the CPU will suffice. Would anyone care to give me the benefit of their expertise?

COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i3-540 Dual Core (3.06GHz, 4MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P7H57D-V EVO: FULL ATX, TRUE USB 3.0 & SATA 6.0GB/s
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
INTEGRATED INTEL HD GRAPHICS (HDMI, DVI, 1920 X 1200)
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (upto 285MB/sR | 275MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 650W PSU (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£76)
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1156 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £835.00 including VAT and delivery.

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Gishank

Bright Spark
Hi, it looks a nice all around specification, the PSU is also powerful enough if you wanted to add a dedicated GPU in there (such as a Nvidia based one with CUDA technology like the GTX460) in the future.
 

Sleinous

Author Level
Good choice on the 64mb cached drive, nice future proof rig, like Gishank said, 460,465,470 could all go in there :)
 

Meds

Moderator
Moderator
The spec looks good although I think you would benefit from having a dedicated GPU for the photo editing you plan to do. I'd drop the PSU to a 450W and include the nVidia GeForce GT430 - the 450W will be plenty for the specification.
 
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