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<blockquote data-quote="§am" data-source="post: 284282" data-attributes="member: 9187"><p>My advice would be to set aside the money you want to spend until you're ready to buy all the components together.</p><p>HDD bought today will be cheaper next month, and much cheaper by summer/end of year.</p><p></p><p>In terms of kit, an i5 quad core Ivy Bridge processor will do you for your photography needs - if you can claw money back from other places, then buy the best you can afford.</p><p></p><p>8GB memory minimum (DDR3 dual channel will be sufficient) but again, pumping that up to 16GB will help a little. Something to keep in mind - if you buy memory for say an 8GB system, buy 2x 4GB sticks to make full use of the dual channel performance. in the long run in terms of upgrade costs, yes it will cost you a little more but the performace increase short time is worth the cost (and we're talking a few pounds/dollars here)</p><p></p><p>If you can, a 120GB SSD for your OS and apps, and then either 2x 1TB drives for storage or 2TB, 3TB etc depending on your needs. Here's an important piece of advice though... if you can, buy the 2 drives from separate dealers/retailers. The chances are they will have different batches of the same drive. This is important, because if you buy drives from the same retailer, chances are they are from the same batch, and if one fails, likely the other will suffer the same fate!!</p><p></p><p>Graphics - most video cards these days are 1GB but as they're geared towards 3D graphics going for the greatest won't add that much bang for buck. To be honest, the onboard graphics on a mobo will be sufficient for your needs, but should you really feel the need for more power, look at NVidia Quadro grphics cards. The money you save by not having a dedicated graphics card you can pump into a better CPU</p><p>Of course coupled with a graphics card, you need to ensure it does DVI out as a minimum, HD/HDMI even better and that your monitor is up to the job as well.</p><p></p><p>Most mobo's now come with USB3 ports, onboard sound, ethernet etc, so no use spending money on that unless you absolutely need to - all the savings you make, pump back into your CPU purchase.</p><p>Remember, you're building this as a photo editing machine. If it was also a gaming machine, then we'd have to start again! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="§am, post: 284282, member: 9187"] My advice would be to set aside the money you want to spend until you're ready to buy all the components together. HDD bought today will be cheaper next month, and much cheaper by summer/end of year. In terms of kit, an i5 quad core Ivy Bridge processor will do you for your photography needs - if you can claw money back from other places, then buy the best you can afford. 8GB memory minimum (DDR3 dual channel will be sufficient) but again, pumping that up to 16GB will help a little. Something to keep in mind - if you buy memory for say an 8GB system, buy 2x 4GB sticks to make full use of the dual channel performance. in the long run in terms of upgrade costs, yes it will cost you a little more but the performace increase short time is worth the cost (and we're talking a few pounds/dollars here) If you can, a 120GB SSD for your OS and apps, and then either 2x 1TB drives for storage or 2TB, 3TB etc depending on your needs. Here's an important piece of advice though... if you can, buy the 2 drives from separate dealers/retailers. The chances are they will have different batches of the same drive. This is important, because if you buy drives from the same retailer, chances are they are from the same batch, and if one fails, likely the other will suffer the same fate!! Graphics - most video cards these days are 1GB but as they're geared towards 3D graphics going for the greatest won't add that much bang for buck. To be honest, the onboard graphics on a mobo will be sufficient for your needs, but should you really feel the need for more power, look at NVidia Quadro grphics cards. The money you save by not having a dedicated graphics card you can pump into a better CPU Of course coupled with a graphics card, you need to ensure it does DVI out as a minimum, HD/HDMI even better and that your monitor is up to the job as well. Most mobo's now come with USB3 ports, onboard sound, ethernet etc, so no use spending money on that unless you absolutely need to - all the savings you make, pump back into your CPU purchase. Remember, you're building this as a photo editing machine. If it was also a gaming machine, then we'd have to start again! :) [/QUOTE]
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