Is this Mini Spec suitable for heavy duty use for photography RAW images

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andme

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Would like to know whether this spec for a mini PC will meet my needs as well as a standard desktop without compromising my options for future-proofing. As well as all the usual stuff, ie Office, email, browsing it will also be used for digital in photoshop/ lightroom working on RAW/JPEGs so I'll need a lot of memory. Would also like some form of external backup, possibly online.

STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA MICRO-ATX CASE + 2 FRONT USB
Intel® Core™i3-550 Dual Core (3.20GHz, 4MB Cache) + HD Graphics Motherboard
ASUS® P7H55-M SI: MICRO ATX VALUE MAINBOARD,USB 2.0 & SATA 3.0Gb/s Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
512MB NVIDIA GEFORCE 210 - DVI,HDMI,VGA
Hard Disk - 1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply 350W Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
INTEL SOCKET LGA1155/1156 STANDARD CPU COOLER
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
4 PORT USB 2.0 EXTERNAL HUB + STANDARD USB PORTS
22" Wide TFT Silver/Black 1920 x1080 2MS D-Sub, DVI, 21.6" Panel (£119)
Price: £628.00 including VAT and delivery.

Thanks in anticipation of early advice as this is urgent.
 
shades

shades

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I'm using my laptop at the moment whilst waiting for new pc. It's an i3 M370 2.4GHz with 4gig of ram.

My main pc usage is photoshop and lightroom with a bit of office thrown in, so very similar to your requirements. The laptop's ok but not stunning.

I'm definitely looking forward to having the i5 quad core which I'm sure will deal with those programs rather better.

I'd personally go for something like the i5 760 if you can afford it. It will give you a little more future proofing* and considerably more response.

*Future proofing is of course an extremely relative term in computing and generally means something will continue to be reasonably current for a year rather than 6 months!
 
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