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<blockquote data-quote="VitruvianDoc" data-source="post: 1448564" data-attributes="member: 13736"><p>AMD is the low budget alternative to the intel Core series. I ran an AMD Phenom II Quad core 3.2 in my parents computer, but they wanted to spend no more than 600.</p><p></p><p>Use a Core series if you can. Wanting to use photoshop you will want to get a beefy processor, beefy ram and beefy graphics</p><p></p><p>Ram: 6 gig minimum, 8 gig prefered</p><p>CPU: Core i5 or i7, 2.8 ghz or higher.</p><p>Graphix: ATI Radeon 5800 series or 5900 series. Be sure to get 1 GB of GDDR5 memory on it.</p><p></p><p>The rest is your preference, get a cheap tower but be sure to well ventilate (invest in extra fans). Mobo is widely optional, many great manufacturers but I go with Gigabyte anyday, they have been the ultimate best in reliability. Power supply minimum of 500 watts, ideally more if you can. Need to have plenty of power for GPU and CPU. </p><p></p><p>Any more questions, just let me know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VitruvianDoc, post: 1448564, member: 13736"] AMD is the low budget alternative to the intel Core series. I ran an AMD Phenom II Quad core 3.2 in my parents computer, but they wanted to spend no more than 600. Use a Core series if you can. Wanting to use photoshop you will want to get a beefy processor, beefy ram and beefy graphics Ram: 6 gig minimum, 8 gig prefered CPU: Core i5 or i7, 2.8 ghz or higher. Graphix: ATI Radeon 5800 series or 5900 series. Be sure to get 1 GB of GDDR5 memory on it. The rest is your preference, get a cheap tower but be sure to well ventilate (invest in extra fans). Mobo is widely optional, many great manufacturers but I go with Gigabyte anyday, they have been the ultimate best in reliability. Power supply minimum of 500 watts, ideally more if you can. Need to have plenty of power for GPU and CPU. Any more questions, just let me know. [/QUOTE]
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