Cheap PC for Adobe CS4

[Tollermine]

Hi a friend of mine is looking forward to upgrade his PC.

 

His PC now:

 

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 @ 2,33GHz

 

RAM: DDR2 Corsair CM2X1024

 

Mainboard: Micro-Star MS-7360

 

Graphic Card: GeForce 8600 GT

 

Storage: 1TB Seagate, 2TB Seagate, 320 GB Samsung

 

PSU: Coller Master RS-430-PCAP

 

How you can see the only thing that still usefull are the 2 Seagate HDD´s... the 320GB HDD is about to die.

 

The new PC should be as cheap as possible but should still handle Adobe CS4 especial Photoshop because the owner works a lot with Photos.

 

I´m not a 100% sure witch way to go... Intel or AMD for the CPU? Maybe a APU? he dont play any games ore something like that.

 

What do you think about this:

 

AMD Athlon X4 860K - 78€ 

 

Asus A88XM-Plus - 56€

 

8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 - 62€

 

128GB SanDisk Ultra Plus - 49€

 

1024MB Inno3D GeForce GTX 750 - 90€

 

430 Watt Corsair CX Series Non-Modular 80+ Bronze - 38€

 

 

or is this much better:

 

 

[PCPartPicker part list](http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/wc4xTW) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/wc4xTW/by_merchant/)

 

Type|Item|Price

:----|:----|:----

**CPU** | [intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor](http://de.pcpartpick...u-bx80646i34150) | €112.80 @ Amazon Deutschland 

**Motherboard** | [Asus H97M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://de.pcpartpick...rboard-h97mplus) | €93.07 @ Amazon Deutschland 

**Memory** | [Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory](http://de.pcpartpick...t4g3d1339ds1s00) | €70.39 @ Hardwareversand 

**Storage** | [sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://de.pcpartpick...-sdssdhp128gg25) | €56.81 @ Amazon Deutschland 

**Video Card** | [EVGA GeForce GT 740 2GB FTW Video Card](http://de.pcpartpick...ard-02gp43744kr) | €115.26 @ Amazon Deutschland 

**Power Supply** | [Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply](http://de.pcpartpick...er-supply-cx430) | €42.90 @ Caseking 

**Optical Drive** | [LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer](http://de.pcpartpick...-drive-gh24nsb0) | €17.57 @ Amazon Deutschland 

 | | **Total**

 | Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | €508.80

 | Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-28 21:55 CEST+0200 |

 

The Prices are wrong but PCPartPicker dont know my retailer   i will pay about 410€ 

 

 

 

Max  ca. 400€ ~ 500$

[Firearm2112]

You should get an Nvidia GPU cause cuda is great for adobe applications 

[Tollermine]

You should get an Nvidia GPU cause cuda is great for adobe applications 

 

Okay thx for the recommendation

 

do you have any suggestions in the Price range of a AMD R7 250?

[Thunderjolt]

If you give a budget a lot of people here will be ready to make a build for you

[H4X3R]

My list:

Intel Core i3-4160 faster cores and more powerful cores (95 euros)

ASRock H97 Anniversary (70 euros)

8gb crucial ballistix ddr3 1600 (62 euros)

cheapest 120GB SSD

cheapest gtx 750, the cuda cores will be a huge help (~ 90 euros)

430W CX corsair (35 euros or so)

 

Might be a little more expensive but this will be more than 200% for cs4 that what you suggested

[Damikiller37]

Something like this should be good enough for Photoshop work.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€73.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A55M-VG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (€38.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: G.Skill Value 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€71.81 @ Home of Hardware DE)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€58.48 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 1GB Video Card  (€105.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€42.90 @ Caseking)
Total: €391.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-27 16:12 CEST+0200

[Tollermine]

If you give a budget a lot of people here will be ready to make a build for you

 

Max 400€ ~ 500$

[Tollermine]

And this:

 

[PCPartPicker part list](http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/wc4xTW) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/wc4xTW/by_merchant/)

 

Type|Item|Price

:----|:----|:----

**CPU** | [intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor](http://de.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i34150) | €112.80 @ Amazon Deutschland 

**Motherboard** | [Asus H97M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://de.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-h97mplus) | €93.07 @ Amazon Deutschland 

**Memory** | [Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory](http://de.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-bls2kit4g3d1339ds1s00) | €70.39 @ Hardwareversand 

**Storage** | [sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://de.pcpartpicker.com/part/sandisk-internal-hard-drive-sdssdhp128gg25) | €56.81 @ Amazon Deutschland 

**Video Card** | [EVGA GeForce GT 740 2GB FTW Video Card](http://de.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp43744kr) | €115.26 @ Amazon Deutschland 

**Power Supply** | [Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply](http://de.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx430) | €42.90 @ Caseking 

**Optical Drive** | [LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer](http://de.pcpartpicker.com/part/lg-optical-drive-gh24nsb0) | €17.57 @ Amazon Deutschland 

 | | **Total**

 | Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | €508.80

 | Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-28 21:55 CEST+0200 |

 

The Prices are wrong but PCPartPicker dont know my retailer i will pay about 410€