With the extra student loan money this semester, I've decided to ascend. I have a friend majoring in computer science helping me out, and he recommended posting it here. Budget: $1000 (including peripherals).
Goals: Longevity, using Adobe Photoshop, gaming every once in a while. These are hobbies, not my career choice. Planned upgrades: More RAM, and a better GPU. Maybe an HDD. PCPartPicker list CPU - i5-4590 3.3GHz
CPU Cooling - Hyper 212 EVO Motherboard - ASRock H97M PRO4 RAM - 1x8GB DDR3-1600 (Crucial Ballistix Sport)
SSD - Sandisk 256GB GPU - MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB PSU - Thermaltake SMART 750W
_ Monitor - Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23" Keyboard - Poseidon Z Mouse - Razer Abyssus The reason I haven't included an HDD is because I've lived comfortably off of ChromeOS. I don't need that much space. What do you guys think? PCPartPicker List (After Recommendations)
CPU - i5-4590 3.3GHz
CPU Cooling - Hyper 212 EVO Motherboard - ASRock H97M PRO4 RAM - 2x4GB DDR3-1600 (G.Skill Ripjaws Series)
SSD - Samsung 850 EVO 250GB GPU - MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB PSU - SeaSonic 620W
_ Monitor - Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23" Keyboard - Poseidon Z Mouse - Razer Abyssus
