Work PC Build

[TB-303]

Hi,

 

I am building a pc for use at work, and would like some help with the specs. I am unsure of which processor/CPU combination to choose at the Intel line-up is extremely confusing at the moment. The PC has around a £750 budget, excluding the monitor (which I already have).

 

The computer will be used for mainly for the Adobe suite, particularly Photoshop, Illustrator, etc (but not video editing), outlook, and chrome with many tabs! It will need to be mid range to handle multiple applications smoothly.

 

Current decided specs:

 

Monitor: Asus 1440p PLS monitor. 

Graphics Card: A 1050, or something similar around the £130 range.

Case: Preferably Mini/Micro ATX

RAM: 16gb, whichever is the cheapest available

 

Any suggestions for the CPU/Motherboard combination would be appreciated, thanks.

 

 

 

[Guest]

R5 1600/1500x should be around that price point. I am not entirely sure if i5 7500 (it has similar price but not overclockable) would be faster for Adobe. (I know an i7 is faster for that than R7). Also you should stay 8GB for now as getting another 8GB stick of RAM is easy like a piece of cake.

 

[Shiv78]

R5 1600 or a 7500

[TDCTomas]

Wait until the etherium craze is over then buy the rx 580 with it's build and for a small bit more you can get a ssd

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/bK7Pqk

[NTDaws]

Just now, TDCDigital said:

Wait until the etherium craze is over then buy the rx 580 with it's build and for a small bit more you can get a ssd

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/bK7Pqk

It's a work PC, you don't always need an expensive card, a 1050 can video edit just fine.

[TDCTomas]

Just now, Being Delirious said:

It's a work PC, you don't always need an expensive card, a 1050 can video edit just fine.

Okay then buy 1050 and a ssd

[TB-303]

Hi, thanks for that. I forgot to mention, I will be getting an SSD, a lower end video card is fine for this build, just confused about Intel as their products are all over the place at the moment.

 

Should i go for i5/i7 or Xeon?

[TDCTomas]

3 minutes ago, TB-303 said:

Hi, thanks for that. I forgot to mention, I will be getting an SSD, a lower end video card is fine for this build, just confused about Intel as their products are all over the place at the moment.

 

Should i go for i5/i7 or Xeon?

Amd ryzen 7 1700

[brob]

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Photoshop-CC-2017-1-1-CPU-Comparison-Skylake-X-Kaby-Lake-X-Broadwell-E-Skylake-Ryzen-7-976/

 

If Photoshop is heavily used, then an i7-7700K is probably a better choice than an R7. I don't believe illustrator is multithreaded so an Intel core would likely offer better performance.

 

Not clear if storage needs to be included. So I left it out.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£298.98 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.66 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B250M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£69.84 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£114.09 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Mini Video Card  (£124.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Cooler Master - N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£51.47 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£48.44 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £733.47
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-07 04:37 BST+0100