Best Desktop for around £500?

King

My main needs,
Photoshop CS5
watching DVD's (or Blu Ray quality video)
Don't do any gaming, but just want a processor that can multitask seamlessly.

Only need a base unit as i have screen, speakers etc sorted.

At the moment im leaning towards one of the Medion Akoya's but thats because i havent found anything else that matches them for the price,

Cheers for the advice:beer:

bengalknights

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-022-OP&groupid=43&catid=1078&subcat=

Slightly overpriced but someone may find similar specs to it cheaper from an alternative company
The 6 core processor will multitask seamlessly.

Which akoya was you looking at?

King

cheers for the reply, it would be the one here
http://www.medion.com/gb/electronics/prod/MEDION%C2%AE+AKOYA%C2%AE+E4217+D+%28MD7330%29/10013733A1?category=pc_18&recId=&wt_mc=gb.intern.m-shop.pro-pla.on-ma&wt_cc1=m-shop_topseller_pc-2.333-mitte&wt_cc2=10013733A1&wt_cw=30.2.8&utm_source=Internetseite-intern&utm_medium=Kachel&utm_content=pc_2.333-mitte&utm_campaign=Kategoriekachel-Hotspots&utm_term=10013733A1

King

anyone else got an opinion?

DatabaseError

not an opinion, just a quick note
Photoshop 4/5 both make use of the GPU, taking much of the workload from the CPU, the GPU is that medion is...er....pants, it may meet the spec required, but it's not gonna pull its weight as it's only a baby step above onboard graphics.

more info

King

cheers for that whats the GPU like on the one from overclockers in the 2nd post? Is there a sire like CPUbenchmark but for GPU's?

bazza1603

Try this one

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/

Mixed reviews, but I have been looking at the following. Reduce the memory to 4GB and Harddrive to 500Gb to get nearer your budget

http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/configurePrd.asp?idproduct=766