markr1963

Looking to replace an ancient Win7 PC used by my mum.

She mainly uses Photoshop and other photo-tweakery tools, needs a graphics card that supports multiple monitors and has fast local storage.

Would anyone have recommendations as to where to purchase such stuff?

TIA
Mark

JackClark

I've been using www.ebuyer.com quite a lot

Here's some with SSD https://www.ebuyer.com/store/Compute...-PC?a06201=SSD

Pross

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I always used scan.co.uk

BrownPantsRacing

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Been using eBuyer at work and home for years. Can't fault them at all with supply or customer support.

JDM_Stig

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If you spec one up using scan/ ebuyer, Ive found local PC shops will try damn hard to match it and the price, I dont mind paying a little extra over scan / ebuyer as it is local, and if there were any issues its a lot easier to get sorted, and quicker.
hth

markr1963

Thanks, guys. I'll have a look at ebuyer and scan. The local PC shop supplied her current PC and it's not been a great experience, TBH.

bioforger

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www.pcspecialist.co.uk is one of the best for retail prices, ebuyer and scan aren't as competitive.

Chillblast.com are good too but expensive.

bioforger

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Dunno what your budget is but I knocked up a rig from PCS that I would use for pshop, probably slight overkill. This is using the latest coffee lake core i5 cpu, overclocked. You can make it a lot cheaper obviously with lower spec mobo, ram an SSD instead of a m.2 ssd etc etc

Case
CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ 200R COMPACT GAMING CASE

Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™ i5-8600K Six Core (3.6GHz @ up to 4.6GHz)

Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs

Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!

1st Hard Disk
NOT REQUIRED

M.2 SSD Drive
256GB SAMSUNG SM961 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3100MB/R, 1400MB/W)

DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)

Processor Cooling
Noctua NH-U14S Ultra Quiet Performance CPU Cooler

Thermal Paste
EK-TIM ECTOTHERM THERMAL COMPOUND

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)

USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS

Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Single Licence

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days

£1,367.00 inc VAT and Delivery

Tidgy

self build or prebuilt?

markr1963

Thanks, everyone.
Ended up sourcing a pre-built PC from Scan plus a memory upgrade from Crucial.
Here's the spec
About 830GBP, all in

An0n0m0us

I know it's late on this thread but for anyone else looking Hotukdeals is the best place to look in the computing section as all deals with the best prices people have found will be listed there and some bargains to be had at times.

bioforger

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Yep nice little core spec machine, but onboard gfx for photoshop? not gonna work to good.

Also would have been cheaper from PC specialist though ~£790, with slightly better components.