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15 minutes ago, Cribbers said:

Budget (including currency): £400

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: photo editing

Other details : Hi I’m after a bit of advice, I’m looking to build my wife a PC to do her photo editing on as she is currently using a horrid all in on that is slow as hell.

I’m not a big photo shop user so I’m not fully verse on what the best set up is to have for it. 
She does light to medium level photo editing so nothing crazy fancy.

I’m going with 16gb of ram for sure but im not sure whether to go with a cpu with integrated graphics or to get a lower end GPU. Can anyone give any advice on this?

 

I'd suggest the going used on the whole thing (or atleast the GPU).

 

I mean you could build something with new components, but at this price point, it probably won't be good value for money.

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Budget (including currency): £400

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: photo editing

Other details : Hi I’m after a bit of advice, I’m looking to build my wife a PC to do her photo editing on as she is currently using a horrid all in on that is slow as hell.

I’m not a big photo shop user so I’m not fully verse on what the best set up is to have for it. 
She does light to medium level photo editing so nothing crazy fancy.

I’m going with 16gb of ram for sure but im not sure whether to go with a cpu with integrated graphics or to get a lower end GPU. Can anyone give any advice on this?

 

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4 minutes ago, Cribbers said:

Budget (including currency): £400

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: photo editing

Other details : Hi I’m after a bit of advice, I’m looking to build my wife a PC to do her photo editing on as she is currently using a horrid all in on that is slow as hell.

I’m not a big photo shop user so I’m not fully verse on what the best set up is to have for it. 
She does light to medium level photo editing so nothing crazy fancy.

I’m going with 16gb of ram for sure but im not sure whether to go with a cpu with integrated graphics or to get a lower end GPU. Can anyone give any advice on this?

 

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15 minutes ago, Cribbers said:

Budget (including currency): £400

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: photo editing

Other details : Hi I’m after a bit of advice, I’m looking to build my wife a PC to do her photo editing on as she is currently using a horrid all in on that is slow as hell.

I’m not a big photo shop user so I’m not fully verse on what the best set up is to have for it. 
She does light to medium level photo editing so nothing crazy fancy.

I’m going with 16gb of ram for sure but im not sure whether to go with a cpu with integrated graphics or to get a lower end GPU. Can anyone give any advice on this?

 

I'd suggest the going used on the whole thing (or atleast the GPU).

 

I mean you could build something with new components, but at this price point, it probably won't be good value for money.

I might be experienced, but I'm human and I do make mistakes. Trust but Verify! I edit my messages after sending them alot, please refresh before posting your reply. Please try to be clear and specific, you'll get a better answer. Please remember to mark solutions once you have the information you need. Expand this signature for common PC building advice, a short bio and a list of my components.

 

Common build advice:

1) Buy the cheapest (well reviewed) motherboard that has the features you need. Paying more typically only gets you features you won’t use. 2) only get as much RAM as you need, getting more won’t (typically) make your PC faster. 3) While I recommend getting an NVMe drive, you don’t need to splurge for an expensive drive with DRam cache, DRamless drives are fine for gamers. 4) paying for looks is fine, just don’t break the bank. 5) Tower coolers are usually good enough, unless you go top tier Intel or plan on OCing. 6) OCing is a dead meme, you probably shouldn’t bother. 7) "Bottlenecks" rarely matter and "Future-proofing" is a myth. 8) AIOs don't noticeably improve performance past 240mm and don't improve at all past 360mm. 9) RTFM.

 

Useful Websites:

https://www.productchart.com - helps compare monitors, https://uk.pcpartpicker.com - makes designing a PC easier.

 

Bio:

He/Him - I'm a PhD student working in the fields of reinforcement learning and traffic control. PCs are one of my hobbies and I've built many PCs and performed upgrades on a few laptops (for myself, friends and family). My personal computers include 4 windows (10/11) machines and a TrueNAS server (and I'm looking to move to dual booting Linux Mint on my main machine in future). Aside from computers, I also dabble in modding/homebrew retro consoles, support Southampton FC, and enjoy Scuba Diving and Skiing.

Fun Facts

1) When I was 3 years old my favourite toy was a scientific calculator. 2) My father is a British Champion ploughman in the Vintage Hydraulic Class. 3) On Speedrun.com, I'm the world record holder for the Dream Bobsleigh event on Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games 2010.

 

My Favourite Games: World of Tanks, Runescape, Subnautica, Metroid (Fusion and Dread), Spyro: Year of the Dragon (Original and Reignited Trilogy), Crash Bash, Mario Kart Wii, Balatro

 

My Computers: Primary: My main gaming rig - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/will0hlep/saved/NByp3C Second: Hosts Discord bots as well as a Minecraft and Ark server, and also serves as a reinforcement learning sand box - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/will0hlep/saved/cc9K7P NAS: TrueNAS Scale NAS hosting SMB shares, DDNS updater, pi-hole, and a Jellyfin server - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/will0hlep/saved/m37w3C Foldatron: My folding@home and BOINC rig (partially donated to me by Folding Team Leader GOTSpectrum) - Mobile: Mini-ITX gaming rig for when I'm away from home -

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