Help with non gaming PC

[Broken Toaster]

I work from home and I am looking to purchase a new PC. I haven't purchased a PC for years so out of touch with whats good and what isn't.

Uses

- Photoshop CS4
- Video editing
- minimal autocad / sketchup work
- MS Office
- High Internet use

Requirements

- Future proof
- Would like SSD for running applications
- 1 TB data storage HD
- minimum of two 22" monitors / four preferable

No set budget but looking to spend around £1500.00

Any help appreciated!

 

[mantadog]

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 912 PLUS MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-M: MICRO-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
16GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
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
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
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
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Monitor
IIYAMA E2273HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£129)
2nd Monitor
IIYAMA E2273HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£129)
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK520 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£39)
Surge Protection
6 Socket Compact 2M UFO Surge Protector (£9)
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 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,477.00 including VAT and delivery.

Configure Here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-sandy-bridge-pc/

Can't quite get 4 monitors in that budget without really cutting back on the main rig. If you must have 4 monitors, they are probably easier to buy later if possible rather than cutting back on the spec of the computer itself.

The above is what i would advise, it is a nice well ballanced spec for your needs. Good cooling with a quality PSU and i added a 2TB drive because it's not that much more.

 

[Fear]

Just to point out on mantadogs spec above although it's a good build for what you are doing if you want the option of 4 screens you would need to take the motherboard up a notch because you would need to add a second GPU as the GTX560Ti only supports 2 monitors and that motherboard is not capable of running 2 nvidia graphics cards (Sli) and i have not worked it out but it may also need a 750W PSU aswell for that upgrade.

 

[mantadog]

Good spot by fear their!

I had originally put in a 7850 but removed it in favour of a 560ti for the CUDA cores which might help with editing when i realised i couldn't get 4 monitors in budget. However i forgot to point that out, so yeah!

It would probably be cheaper to run something like a 7850 as you can run 4 monitors from it without a motherboard upgrade or a bigger PSU. I would do that rather than run 2 GPU's just to get 4 displays.

 

[Broken Toaster]

Cheers for the help. Forgot to mention in first post that it was 1500 excluding VAT. It's given me a starting point anyway, I will probably leave the four monitors for the time being and stick with two and look to get the other two later in the year.