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angela 999
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September 25, 2023
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PC

  • September 25, 2023
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Could anyone recommend a desktop pc for me ? It will be used for photoshop all day on large files and must have windows 11. Max budget €1000

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    D Fosse
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    September 25, 2023

    I'm glad you said desktop, because then you can have a dedicated Nvidia GPU without an integrated second GPU interfering. That an be a big problem with laptops. The GPU is rapidly becoming the most critical component for Photoshop/ACR/Lightroom.

     

    I'd recommend RTX 4060 as the sweet spot. It performs really well, while not being particularly expensive.

     

    The other important thing is enough fast disk space. Look for a motherboard that supports two or three NVMe drives, preferably at the PCIe 4.0 specification. It's considerably faster than PCIe 3.0.

     

    This is important for the Photoshop scratch disk. There is no such thing as "enough RAM" - no matter how much you have installed, Photoshop needs a lot more. So temporary working data are written to disk, and that's the scratch disk. Think of the scratch disk as Photoshop's main memory, with RAM as a fast access cache. But with today's ultra-fast NVMe's, that speed difference is for all practical purposes insignificant. In other words, the amount of RAM isn't as important as lots of fast NVMe space. 32 GB is usually enough.

     

    As for the CPU, I've always said that an i7 is more than good enough. I suspect an i5 would work splendidly too.

    angela 999
    Participant
    September 25, 2023
    Thank you so much for your reply, I am however a little "slow" when it comes to all things computers. I find Photoshop very easy to use and navigate once I have a pc to work on, mine died recently, hence this new purchase.
    This pc was recommended to me but all the spec goes right over my head. Can you give me your opinion on it? I would be very grateful.
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    Peru Bob
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 25, 2023

    I've moved this from the Using the Community forum (which is the forum for issues using the forums) to the Photoshop forum so that proper help can be offered.