Mini PC build help

Leurk · Nov 22, 2014

I'm thinking about building my girlfriend a pc. Mainly using it for photoshop, but I also want it to be as cheap as possible because not everyone is made of money

I'm talking stuff like 500gb. If it helps she likes using photoshop so something along running that program or maybe even video editing but she's never tried that. Thanks in advance :thup:

Leurk · Nov 22, 2014

PC Part Picker The video card is just a little step up from the chip set graphics. Or would I not need one due to it being an i5?

Theocnoob · Nov 22, 2014

If you get a GPU get a GTX 750 Ti or higher, otherwise don't bother. THe iGPU in that CPU will be as powerful as the GPU you have selected so scrap the GPU for now. Add a GPU later if she wants to do more intensive work or play some games.

You might want to look at a case with better airflow like a Corsair 200R. And maybe at least a 500W PSU. Just for future proofing.

Leurk · Nov 22, 2014

I think something along these lines is good enough. Thanks for the case suggestion and yea that's what I was thinking about the GPU as well.

Theocnoob · Nov 22, 2014

That looks good to me. An SSD would help, mind you. But if it's not in the budget, what can you do?
Go for it.

Leurk · Nov 23, 2014

I was thinking of maybe a small SSD, but possible as a future gift

Theocnoob · Nov 23, 2014

You can use data migration software to clone your OS install to your SSD so you don't have to start from scratch, as long as the contents of your HDD do not out-capacity the capacity of the SSD.

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