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Simon32790377rzzm
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December 12, 2023
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PC Spec good enough for PS, LR classic and LRcc?

  • December 12, 2023
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Hi

 

I'm looking to get a new PC. Will the spec below give me a smooth and fast user experience with Photoshop, LR and LR classic? I'm a hobbyist photographer working with stills. My current set up is an old laptop - fine for light edits in Lightroom CC, but not for anything more heavy duty.

 

Thanks 

 

Intel i5-12400f CPU
32GB DDR4 3600Mhz ram
1TB Corsair MP600 M.2 NVME SSD
Nvidia RTX 3050 graphics card
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      Correct answer John T Smith

      >Nvidia RTX 3050

       

      Be sure you use the STUDIO driver, not the GAMING driver

      Do not count on Windows to be fully up to date when it comes to device drivers
      Go to the vendor site to be sure you have an updated driver for your graphic adapter
      .
      nVidia Driver Downloads https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
      -for all Adobe programs use the STUDIO driver, not the GAMING driver
      -To achieve the highest level of reliability, Studio Drivers undergo extensive
      -testing against multi-app creator workflows and multiple revisions of the top
      -creative applications from Adobe to Autodesk and beyond

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      RjL190365
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      December 22, 2023

      As kglad stated, yes. Those programs rely much more on single-threaded performance to begin with, so you don't necessarily need a CPU with a higher core count to run those photo editing programs well. And those programs don't utilize the GPU much, so even that RTX 3050 would suffice.

       

      If there is one thing that I would have changed, it would have been the RAM. We are at the point where even the fastest DDR4 RAM is now beginning to hold back the overall performance of the newer Intel CPUs. As equipped, that 12th-Gen i5 with 6 cores and 12 threads (and in this CPU, only the P-cores are enabled while all of the E-cores are disabled during CPU manufacture) does not perform appreciably better than the previous-gen 11th-Gen i5 to justify the added cost. And given that these days DDR5-4800 RAM barely costs more money than an equivalent amount of DDR4-3200 RAM, choosing DDR5 instead of DDR4 RAM would now boil down to the cost difference between the DDR5 and DDR4 versions of the same motherboard.

       

      Oh, by the way, enjoy that new system!

      John T Smith
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      John T SmithCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      December 12, 2023

      >Nvidia RTX 3050

       

      Be sure you use the STUDIO driver, not the GAMING driver

      Do not count on Windows to be fully up to date when it comes to device drivers
      Go to the vendor site to be sure you have an updated driver for your graphic adapter
      .
      nVidia Driver Downloads https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
      -for all Adobe programs use the STUDIO driver, not the GAMING driver
      -To achieve the highest level of reliability, Studio Drivers undergo extensive
      -testing against multi-app creator workflows and multiple revisions of the top
      -creative applications from Adobe to Autodesk and beyond

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      Simon32790377rzzmAuthor
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      December 20, 2023

      Thanks. I'm now all set up with the new system, works fine. Appreciate the response.

      kglad
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      kgladCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 21, 2023

      enjoy!

      kglad
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      kgladCommunity Expert
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      December 12, 2023

      yes.

       

      https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/system-requirements.html

       

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