Computor configuration

[ambitious_user9660]

I run Lightroom and Photoshop on a windows computor with the following configuration.


Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570 CPU @ 3.40GHz 3.40 GHz (as I understand this have 4 cores)
RAM 16,0 GB
Systemtype 64-bitars operativsystem, x64-baserad processor
NVIDIA GeForceGTX 1650
I have 307GB free space on C: (same disk as where the programs are)
Window 10 Home Edition

Do I need to upgrade something?

[Ged_Traynor]

@ambitious_user9660 the CPU was released in 2012, so it's pretty old, GPU is fine, you could upgrade the RAM to 32 GB, do you have an SSD or HDD in that system, an SSD would give you better performance

[ambitious_user9660]

Thanks

[ambitious_user9660]

Based on your comments, I will take drastic measures and change the motherboard and processor to i9. I will also change the hard drive to a fast SSD. This actions should give power to advanced Lightroom/Photoshop operations.

The question is, however, which hard drive needs to be fast; the one carrying the program or the one storing the images?

[D Fosse]

This actions should give power to advanced Lightroom/Photoshop operations.

By @ambitious_user9660

Replace the GPU first! That's much more important than the CPU nowadays. Advanced functions in Photoshop and Lightroom are mostly run in the GPU now, and require new GPU technologies with Tensor cores optimized for AI-based tasks.

The 1650 that you have now will be very slow for many new functions like Denoise.

Get a Nvidia RTX 3060 or upwards, or the newer RTX 40-series.

An i9 is in any case overkill for Photoshop. Even in Lightroom, which is more CPU-intensive, i7 is plenty good enough.

Your system drive should be a fast SSD. That's where you'll notice the difference. The images can be kept on spinning hard drives (with backup).

[ambitious_user9660]

Thanks for the advice

[ambitious_user9660]

The GPU is newly installed so I will keep that. I will change the motherboard in order to get the new CPU in place. I will evaluate the preformance and maybe take further actions later.

I have run AI Denoice with 1650 GPU I have and it is rather slow but I am not a professional but instead a retired man so I have the time. More important is the performance when operating with a lot if masks like https://www.youtube.com/@jamiermathlin/featured

[ambitious_user9660]

You gave me the answer to my question regarding what disk I should exchange, thanks

[Bojan Živković]

@D Fosse gave you good advice. If you change GPU followed by change of CPU what will be reasonable, then you most likely must change and motherboard. Furthermore you may need to change and power supply, take a look in description of GPU which power supply is recommended and how many pins PS must have. In other words, you may need to change entire system if you want PC for the next couple of years.

My advice in addition to above is to visit Quora, for example, and search for configuration related questions and answers. They do not deal with Adobe products in most cases, do not look for that, instead look for configuration for gaming which is fine for image editing. Starting point can be nVidia 3060 or 3060Ti. There are lots of good advices how to build good PC for $600-700 what is excellent price point in my opinion.

RAM should be 32GB at least and SSD should be m.2 NVMe. DDR4 is ok at this point of time although you may decide to go with DDR5, compare pricing and read about real world difference before deciding.

[ambitious_user9660]

Thanks
I will change the motherboard, the GPU is rather newly installed so I will keep that for the time being. The processor is not a heavy investment (+100€ compared to and i7). I will also keep the 16Mb RAM and evaluate the performance.

I will however keep your advice in memory for possible future actions.

[Bojan Živković]

If you want advice for SSD then I can recommend WD SN570. I am using it. From power off to typing in adress bar around 30 seconds or less (without log in screen). Thats first thing you will notice. Form factor is M.2 size 2280. It is PCIE 3 (your GPU is also PCIE 3) another number worth to remember and check when building PC.

[D Fosse]

Do we report these ChatGPT posts, or do we just ignore them?

@Carol_James4961 

[Conrad_C]

The reason to report it is not just that it’s an AI post (if it is), but that it was probably posted just to include that link that's probably spam.

[D Fosse]

Ah, didn't catch the link - I was just marveling at how incredibly easy it is to recognize AI...