Hi there. My father wants to replace his laptop and want to get a Pc which I will build(I already built one computer). Can anyone help me choosing the parts? I want like some sort of budget build but also want to run for a few years. Most of his work is in Lightroom and Photoshop. Thanks from advance.
Pc for my dad
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C4C
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What specific budget?
Hopefully it's high enough for a 8c/16t Ryzen CPU
Scratch that @beers haha.
I'm off to class, but I think a i5 build could be squeezed in here. Don't think there's an immediate need for a GPU seeing that my laptop with integrated graphics does just fine editing.
mistersprinkles
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mistersprinkles
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It's worth mentioning that the power supply I included was garbage so as not to affect the budget too much. Also an extra $25 gets you 16GB of RAM if you shop around.
If you want to make that computer better, I suggest you spend the extra $25 for the 16GB of RAM, move up to a better power supply, and maybe consider a less hideous (and less affordable) case. These changes would bump you into the $750-800 range. Not necessary by any means.
Power supply wise in the cheap-er range I like the Seasonic SSR G series, the EVGA B2 (not to be confused with B), Superflower HX.... there are many more. EVGA W and B powersupplies are about as low end as you can get without owning a fire hazard/power surge fail guarantee box (IMO)
If you want to make that computer better, I suggest you spend the extra $25 for the 16GB of RAM, move up to a better power supply, and maybe consider a less hideous (and less affordable) case. These changes would bump you into the $750-800 range. Not necessary by any means.
Power supply wise in the cheap-er range I like the Seasonic SSR G series, the EVGA B2 (not to be confused with B), Superflower HX.... there are many more. EVGA W and B powersupplies are about as low end as you can get without owning a fire hazard/power surge fail guarantee box (IMO)
mistersprinkles
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Here's twice the storage and twice the RAM for about the same price with an older chipset and CPU
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pjmwHN
And here's the above build with a very good powersupply and case
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PJ6Jqk
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pjmwHN
And here's the above build with a very good powersupply and case
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PJ6Jqk
I don´t think it´s a good idea to get a 500Gb SSD and no HDD. I´d also definitely go for the 470 instead of the 1050 ti.
Granted, it doesn´t have a 500Gb SSD and has a shitty HDD, but I feel like the rest is worth it.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6Gj6Ps
And it´s only $20 over budget.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8PKzGf
That one isn´t over. The SSD is not as good though.
Granted, it doesn´t have a 500Gb SSD and has a shitty HDD, but I feel like the rest is worth it.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6Gj6Ps
And it´s only $20 over budget.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8PKzGf
That one isn´t over. The SSD is not as good though.
So you want him to buy latest cpu and motherboard but want him to buy a hard drive that only has 8mb of cache? It's worth spending the extra $25 bucks or so on the 1tb 64mb cache blue drive.
Sometimes I just don't understand the things you post.
It´s a secondary storage drive, and it´s 7200RPM. Yes, it is worth to invest another 25 on a WD Blue, but it would be outside of the maximum budget.
Well the thing costs less than half and fits the budget. I think I´m thinking outside the box to fit the budget, and you can´t.
I compromise the least important part of the PC, to get something better, like the 470 over the TI.
Sacrificing quality just to fit budget for a hard drive but picked the 470 over the 1050ti? So your saying the 470 is better then the 1050ti which is fine and dandy but why buy a shitty hard drive? Also if he does lightroom and photoshop why limit himself to such a small data drive? So no, you aren't thinking outside the box.