GTI-VW08

Thats the site I was talking about, cheers. Its only when you start to use photoshop on a serious or professional level that you can understand how much it takes to run. The main difference is a normal digital camera takes and store photos in a jpeg format which as you know uses compression and looses detail, many high end cameras take photos in a raw format without compression, which is essential when editing or designing.

Swerv,

If you go onto the site posted above then, I would spec the system as follows:

Pick intel multimedia hd02 base spec and then customize to:

Change Ram to 4GB in 2x2GB modules
Change primary HD to 250GB
Add secondary HD 500GB
Change Graphic card to the ATi 2600 pro
Change soundcard to X-Fi 7.1 audio (you mentioned good sound was required)
Change PSu to 600w
Pick either Vista 32bit or 64bit. You need to check 64bit drivers are available for your exisiting hardware such as broadband modem, printer etc..

The final price came out at £622.40 which is cheaper than the dell but obviously not as big a brand. Either system will do the job very well.