PC for Photoshop at 25k!

[nokia6600]

1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run? (Stupid answers like 'gaming' or 'office work' will not work. Beexact. Which games? Which applications? Avoid the word 'et cetera.')
Ans: Photoshop, Art & Design, Image Editing, Internet
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 25k.
3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: Have no idea about OC'ing, but if needed then yes.
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Windows 7.
5. How much hard drive spaceis needed?
Ans: 500GB minimum. More if budget permits.
6. Do you want to buy a monitor? If yes, please mention which screen size and resolution do you want. If you already have a monitor and want to reuse it, again mention the size and resolution of monitor you have.
Ans: Need a Monitor. No idea about resolution and all.
7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: I'm so not sure about what NOT to buy. What do you think is not needed for this type of work? I only need what is essential for work and nothing else.
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: Within a week.
9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: No never before, but willing to experiment.
10. Where do you live? Are you buying locally? Are you open to buying stuff from online shops if you don't get locally?
Ans: Tamilnadu. It's either from flipkart or locally after comparing the price.
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: I never had a computer before, and wasn't interested in them at all, so I didn't have the chance to learn much about them but I'm NOT a noob, this is my first pc I'm buying for photoshop and image editing related work. I'll be buying what you guys suggest so please pick the best that comes under my budget, and the thing is I can always upgrade later, just incase if that helps. So that's it guys, thanks in advance...

 

[theserpent]

CPU = AMD 960t 6800
Motherboard = ANY compatible one 5650
RAM =G.Skill Value 4GB DDR3
Optical Drive =Asus DRW-24B3ST
CASE+PSU = |EL CHEAPO
HDD

WD Caviar Blue 500GB 4100

Dell IN2030M 6000

Get an wacom bambo fun/intous also if you can

 

[vickybat]

Get the following:

Component | Make | Price Processor |Intel 2.6 GHz LGA 1155 Dual Core G620 | 3.4k

Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-H61M-D2H | 3.2k

Ram | G.Skill RipjawsX 4 GB RAM (F3-10666CL9S-4GBXL) | 1.6k

Harddisk | WD Caviar Blue 500 GB HDD (WD5000AAKX) | 4.3k

Psu | Corsair Cx430-v2 | 2.5k

Cabinet | Cm elite 310 | 1.7k

Monitor | Dell 20 inch LED - IN2030M Monitor | 6k

Optical Drive | Asus DRW-24B3ST | 1.1k

Ups | Apc 600va | 1.5k

Keyboard/mouse | Amkette CLASSIC DUO Combo Keyboard+Mouse | 0.4k

Total | | 25.7k

This should handle your tasks with ease. Its also a good base system imo and gives you good headroom for future upgrades. You can add any sandybridge quadcores or a good gpu if you want to game at some point of time.


@ theserpent

Compare the components you've suggested with op's budget. Are they matching?
Please don't post misleading info mate.

960t + any am3+ board will cost more than 10k alone. Where will you fit the remaining with 25k??

 

[theserpent]

^^ okay.I suggested that.As photoshop sometimes hangs ands it does need a good CPU.
Add a wacom tablet(maybe bamboo one??)-2.5k?

 

[Cilus]

vicky, G620 is pretty weak in Multi-threaded apps due to less cache, missing Turbo Boost function and lack of hyperthreading.
I think Op should go with Phenom II X4 960T @ 6.8K. Although it will overshoot the budget but the gain is also pretty good.

Phenom II X4 960T @ 6.9K
GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-S2P (Rev 3.1) @ 2.6K
Corsair Value Ram 1333 MHz 4GB X 1 DDR3 @ 1.2K
WD Caviar Blue 500GB SATA II @ 4.1K
Acer 20" LED @ 5.6K
Corsair CX 430V2 @ 2.2K
Normal Cabinet w/o SMPS @ 0.8K
LG 22X SATA DVD R/W @ 0.9K

 

[theserpent]

^^ Thats a good config!

 

[skeletor]

Add a low-end AMD Radeon GPU with any configuration lacking GPU. (Extend budget)

Otherwise even picking up an A6-3650 with on-board Radeon HD 6530D graphics is miles better for Photoshop CS6 filters. Despite FM1 won't see any new processors. LGA 1155 won't as well. But hardly anyone upgrades their processor.

Benchmark Results: Photoshop CS6 : Can OpenGL And OpenCL Overhaul Your Photo Editing Experience?

[youtube]7LHLkS32EWs[/youtube]

HD 6570 graphic card vs i7-3930K processor.

 

[theserpent]

So he can get an A6-3650 or Add an 6450

 

[nokia6600]

Wow, that was fast! Thanks for the replies guys.
I thought vicky's list was good as he included a UPS until I saw Cilus's reply lol now I'm even more confused after ico suggested to add a GPU, the thing is guys I'm not familiar with these CPU & Processor names, no clue whatsoever, what you folks choose is what I'll end up buying. @theserpent, man I should thank you so much for letting me know that there's such a thing exist lol
Forgot to add one more thing, my previous budget was 30k but now I have to buy a scanner within that price so I cut down the PC budget to 25k so I can buy a scanner in the balance money as well as save a few bucks. What do you think guys?

 

[theserpent]

^^ only scanner or scanner+printer?

Check this one if it is scanner+printer
Flipkart: HP Deskjet 2050 All-in-One - J510a Printer: Printer

 

[nokia6600]

Only scanner is what I was told to buy as it scans photos in higher resolution than a scanner with printer. There's gonna be another thread up in scanner section then. Lol

 

[Cilus]

Better stick with 960T and add a lower end GPU like hd 6670 later.

 

[Gollum]

IMO an IPS screen would be a better choice for a monitor for photoshop.

 

[theserpent]

^ But wont that overkill his budget??

 

[skeletor]

IMO an IPS screen would be a better choice for a monitor for photoshop.

"Let's spend 15K on a monitor when we have 30K overall budget." What you said is true, but impractical in this case.

Better stick with 960T and add a lower end GPU like hd 6670 later.

+1 here.

Go for Cilus' config, and add a HD 6670 a couple of months down the line.

 

[theserpent]

He will need a HD monitor if he is working on matte paintings

 

[nokia6600]

Guys, any specific reason why Phenom II X4 960T over Intel's Core i3 2100 3.1GHz? I heard Intel's processors are great for Photoshop, or is it not true? BTW, I can only find Phenom II X4 965T in Hardware Price list thread, not 960T, was there a typo or something?

 

[Gollum]

IMHO a low budget pc is not good for photoshop unless its for a small photo studio where the only work for ps would be to edit and make passport size photos.
for actual art etc you need a workstation card like quadro, tesla or nvs, a big IPS screen or two [i'd prefer 2], a beefy cpu with at least 8gb ram.
But yeah price would reach 1 lakh in that way lol

 

[theserpent]

^^ Well Quadros are required in 3D modelling.
For Photoshop i fell minimum is around 960t+a GFX card+4 gb ram
For best performance maybe a 6 core:i5+a card+8 gb ram

And sorry but i dont understand the need of

a big IPS screen or two [i'd prefer 2]

?? But two screens for PS?

Guys, any specific reason why Phenom II X4 960T over Intel's Core i3 2100 3.1GHz? I heard Intel's processors are great for Photoshop, or is it not true? BTW, I can only find Phenom II X4 965T in Hardware Price list thread, not 960T, was there a typo or something?

Well your I3 is a Dual Core while 960T is a quad core.So theres a better performance

 

[Cilus]

Photoshop is highly multi-threaded in nature and can utilize all the cores of a multi-core processor. So it can take the advantage of four cores of a 960T. Intel processors are also very good and if you compare it with a quad core Intel i5 2400 processor, Intel is the clear winner. But the CPU will be alone 11K which is not possible to accommodate in your budget.

nokia6600, Hardware Pricelist thread is not updated. All the Phenom models are discontinued by AMD and they're very hard to find now a days. However, Flipkart is having 960T and 970 which are the only Phenom Quad Core available.