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November 22, 2019
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Mac for Photoshop, Lightroom and ocassionally PP

  • November 22, 2019
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Hi there,

 

I would so appreciate some advice. I am sorry. I am not that technically minded when it comes to computers!

 

I am trying to configure a new Mac as my iMac has died. I principally use Lightroom and Photoshop occasionally editing in PP.

 

Below are the options I am faced with, I have put the options I am thinking of going for in red but as I say I really don’t have much of a clue.

 

At some point I might need to upgrade it to be able to edit 4K but not yet.

 

What options would people go for? I would so appreciate any advice.

 

Thanks you in advance 🙂

 

PROCESSOR:

Mac Pro 5,1 - 6 Core 3.46GHz X5690 (2009)

Mac Pro 5,1 - 6 Core 3.46GHz X5690 (2009)

Mac Pro 5,1 - 12 Core 3.46GHz X5690 (2009)

Mac Pro 5,1 - 6 Core 3.46GHz X5690 (2010)

Mac Pro 5,1 - 12 Core 3.46GHz X5690 (2010)

Mac Pro 5,1 - 6 Core 3.46GHz X5690 (2012)

Mac Pro 5,1 - 12 Core 3.46GHz X5690 (2012)

 

GPU / PCI-e slot 1:

AMD Radeon 5770 1GB (Official Apple) (Refurb)

AMD Radeon VEGA VII 16GB (10.14.5+)

AMD RX 560 4GB (1204 Stream Processors) (OS X 10.13.4+) (New)

AMD RX 570 4GB (2048 Stream Processors) (OS X 10.13.4+) (New)

AMD RX 590 8GB (2304 Stream Processors) (OS X 10.13.4+) (New)

Nvidia GTX 1080Ti 11GB (3584 CUDA Cores) (OS X 10.12.4+)

 

 

PCI-e Slot 2:

500GB Samsung 970 NVMe SSD (10.13+) (Bootable) (1,500MB/s)

1TB Samsung 970 NVMe SSD (10.13+) (Bootable) (1,500MB/s)

2TB Samsung 970 NVMe SSD (10.13+) (Bootable) (1,500MB/s)

2 x 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD (2,800MB/s) (JBOD) (Bootable) (10.13+)

2 x 2TB PCIe NVMe SSD (2,800MB/s) (JBOD) (Bootable) (10.13+)

Sonnet USB 3.0 PCI-e (4 x USB 3.0) (SON-USB3-4PME)

Sonnet USB 3.1 PCI-e (2 x USB 3.1) (TYPE C) (10.12.6+)

Intel X540-T2 10GBe Ethernet card (Dual Port)

 

PCI-e Slot 3:

500GB Samsung 970 NVMe SSD (10.13+) (Bootable) (1,500MB/s)

1TB Samsung 970 NVMe SSD (10.13+) (Bootable) (1,500MB/s)

2TB Samsung 970 NVMe SSD (10.13+) (Bootable) (1,500MB/s)

2 x 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD (2,800MB/s) (JBOD) (Bootable) (10.13+)

2 x 2TB PCIe NVMe SSD (2,800MB/s) (JBOD) (Bootable) (10.13+)

Sonnet USB 3.0 PCI-e (4 x USB 3.0) (SON-USB3-4PME)

Sonnet USB 3.1 PCI-e (2 x USB 3.1) (TYPE C) (10.12.6+)

Intel X540-T2 10GBe Ethernet card (Dual Port)

 

And then a standard Hard Drive

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Participant
November 23, 2019

I posted a very similar question to yours yesterday too! I do not have a direct answer for you, but the link below was shared with me. This is a PC company, but you can choose the software you want to work with, and they have machine recommendations based on that. They also have a Mac to PC starters guide.

https://www.pugetsystems.com/solutions/content_creation/index.php

Participant
November 23, 2019

Thank you so much for that. I had actually seen your question nd been looking at the links. I'm based in the UK though so was trying to use a similar UK based company.

 

It does have some great info. Frustratingly my technical knowledge is not really good enough to work out a like for like PC/Mac swap.

 

I've spent a long time trying to research things like if the cores just slots to put the memory in or if they do anything else!

 

I have ordered a 'computer for dummies' book so am hoping that should break things down to my level!!

 

Thank you so much again for the link!

 

Amber