A few weeks ago, I got some excellent advice for building a mATX PC for myself, which I'll be working on soon. Now, I need to build a PC for a family member, but I'm still not up to scratch with current hardware.
It'll be primarily for graphics. Much of the time, 3 or 4 graphics apps (Photoshop, etc) are open at once, with files that are often around 100MB.
I'm not too concerned about the monitor and other peripherals at this stage as this is something that can be decided on at a later stage, but the spec of the PC is what's important.
As for the budget, this isn't necessarily clear cut. What I'd like to do us spec something good and powerful, and something that'll last 3 years or so and perhaps even be upgradable, and see what figure we arrive at.
Many thanks.
It'll be primarily for graphics. Much of the time, 3 or 4 graphics apps (Photoshop, etc) are open at once, with files that are often around 100MB.
I'm not too concerned about the monitor and other peripherals at this stage as this is something that can be decided on at a later stage, but the spec of the PC is what's important.
As for the budget, this isn't necessarily clear cut. What I'd like to do us spec something good and powerful, and something that'll last 3 years or so and perhaps even be upgradable, and see what figure we arrive at.
Many thanks.