Build Me A Photo Editing PC For The Wife

[Strechy0]

Evening
Looking at building a new PC for the wife she wants it for editing photos she only does this as a hobby but needs a computer that can do all this preferable a I7 or I5 budget is about $1.9AU and need a monitor to go with it her last comp was a
HP Laptop
Intel i7-4700MQ
16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M (2 GB DDR3 dedicated)
so anything that's blows this away would be sweet
thanks for ya help

 

[Excalabur50]

Just wait for the new AMD Ryzen 5 series of CPU's to come out in the next couple of weeks as you will be able to buy a nice 6 core system that will be perfect for Photoshop and other photo software applications you may want to throw at it, if memory serves they come out 11-4-17

 

[Strechy0]

That would be very tempting but the wife has to have a intel or its nothing she is very fussy lol

 

[Excalabur50]

Explain to her that she wont get half the pc for her money if she only wants to go Intel and these new AMD chips are parity or better for less money

 

[Strechy0]

her last comp was a AMD A8 and she hated it she has intel atm and does not want to go back so it's my only choice

 

[Excalabur50]

Here you go here is a build for you not everything is in stock but it should give you a decent starting point https://www.ple.com.au/ShoppingCart.aspx?AddedToCart=1

 

[Strechy0]

There is nothing on the list umart or pccg r the best retailers in Australia thanks

 

[NickOmega]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($257.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: ASRock H270M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($149.00 @ IJK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($164.00 @ Shopping Express)
Storage: Corsair Force MP500 240GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($214.50 @ Skycomp Technology)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($63.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Windforce OC Video Card ($289.00 @ Centre Com)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($129.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: Fractal Design Edison M 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($129.00 @ IJK)
Monitor: ViewSonic VG2439SMH 23.6" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor ($229.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Total: $1732.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-19 02:09 AEDT+1100

Not sure if these are the best parts for the job, a higher resolution monitor would be a good start but it should give you an idea of the level of hardware available in your budget.

NOTE: I've included OS cost