Hi All

My Dad needs a new desktop PC - despite his age (80 very soon!), he's pretty IT savvy and does a lot of photography (I remember he used to have a darkroom when I was a kid!) so needs something suitable for Photoshopping stuff.

He's been recommended this - http://www.chillblast.com/Chillblast-Fusion-Neutron.html

And seeing as he's considering it, I'd guess his budget is around £500.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance

Wyn

Think it depends exactly what he'll be doing with photoshop. But id of thought that pc was way over the top for a casual photoshop user.

looks ok to me.

i would have thought for someone of that age a nice big easy to read screen is a must so that should be a major factor. pc looks up to the job so why not?

Looks like a very good spec indeed for that price, though arguably way OTT for some photoshopping in terms of the CPU, RAM, etc. For photoshop, especially for an 80-year old if his eyes are anything like my grandad's , I'd place much bigger importance on a decent screen - at least a 24". Couldn't live without mine! It's what you spend all your time looking at when using the thing and arguably has a bigger impact on the overall experience than the bits in the box. If he can afford to spend a little more, I'd suggest the upgrade option to a 24" screen, or if £500 is a fixed budget I'd suggest considering a different system with the spending skewed less towards the internal components to allow choosing a 24" screen.

EDIT: ^^^^ see - great minds think alike.

[Edited on 25/10/11 by Liam]

Christ thats a lot of money...

You should be able to scratch build a suitable PC including case, screen etc etc for under £400!!!!

what about this system....

http://www.cclonline.com/product/53791/CCL-EL-BSC1/All-CCL-Systems/CCL-Elite-Spark-III-System/CCL-EL-BSC1/


AMD Athlon X3 440 3.0GHz Triple Core
2GB DDR3 1333MHz
500GB SATA II Hard Drive
DVD+/-RW Drive
AMD Radeon HD 6450 1GB
12 Mths RTB Warranty


i Use ccl for all my stuff as its dirt cheap.