Choosing new PC for Photoshop/Lightroom

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Hello,My computer is becoming unbearably slow (it’s 16 years old), so I’m finally ready to purchase a new one. I plan to primarily use it for Photoshop and Lightroom, with some occasional work in Premiere Pro and After Effects (mainly for mobile video editing). I’ve done some research, but since I’m a bit inexperienced, I would appreciate your feedback on whether these specifications would be sufficient to run the latest versions of the mentioned software smoothly:Processor: Intel Core i7-12700F 2.10-4.90GHzRAM: 32 GBHDD: 2 TBSSD: 1 TB M.2 NVMEGraphics Card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 TiGraphics Card Memory: 8 GB GDDR6Is there anything else I should take into account or explore further?Thank you very much in advance!

D Fosse · Answer

That should work well. I might look for a different RTX 4060 edition with 12 or 16 GB VRAM, but 8 will also work fine. Also consider the size of your system NVMe drive. Again, 1 TB will work fine for now, but you might wish for more in the future. You should always have 250 to 500 GB free space for the Photoshop scratch disk.

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