Build question

[ninjaturnip186]

Hello all, I am looking to build my first PC and I need a little advice. I am a photographer and I need a PC to use as my workstation. The programmes that I'd be using daily are photoshop and Lightroom. So not too demanding but at the same time, needs to be fast. I would maybe do some mild gaming too, nothing like the latest and greatest (fallout and battlefield etc).

I live in the UK and my budget is £600-£650 max

I already have a monitor, mouse and keyboard and a copy of Windows. So I just need a case (windowed preferably but not an issue as saving money would be good) and all the hardware.

The biggest question I have right now is whether I should get an i5 from Intel or an AMD fx-6300 6 core or and fx-8300??

Any advice and/suggested builds would be much appreciated! Thanks peeps!!

[Enderman]

an i5 would perform much better

[iamdrinster]

I5 rock solid

[Castdeath97]

Managed to fit a i7 in this budget, this build is mainly aimed at speeding your work than gaming

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£248.98 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£59.54 @ Dabs) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£73.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£29.99 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£159.98 @ Novatech) 

Case: Thermaltake Versa H23  ATX Mid Tower Case  (£27.54 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£57.12 @ CCL Computers) 

Total: £657.13

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-09 15:52 GMT+0000

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£248.98 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£59.54 @ Dabs) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£41.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£39.24 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£29.99 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£159.98 @ Novatech) 

Case: Thermaltake Versa H23  ATX Mid Tower Case  (£27.54 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£57.12 @ CCL Computers) 

Total: £664.38

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-09 15:55 GMT+0000