This configuration looks pretty good to run Photoshop smoother and faster, please check this article to see the system requirements for Photoshop Photoshop system requirements
Hi! I feel your PC spec setup is really gaming oriented, it works great for Creative Cloud apps. Can I ask you if you prefer switching to a more "workstation" oriented hardaware? Photoshop utilities a lot OpenCL and CUDA cores so GPU brands won't matter. But I can suggest if you planning to render heavily, AMD Ryzen 7 or better have a better performance/cost compared to Intel i7.
so I will render sometimes but mostly I will work with Photoshop. I thought about AMD, but about 1950X. This AMD vs i7 is less efficient for Photoshop and this is reason my choose Intel. Maybe in the future i9. What will be better if i decided switching to a more "workstation" oriented hardaware? After which you state that this PC is focused on gaming?
the Ryzen walks all over Intel when it comes to Photoshop rendors mate... I have both a Ryzen7 1700 and a Intel I7 and its no contest but your stats look fine
the only thing I would suggest is installing all the Adobe software off the C drive... run it from D or E instead for a mild advantage
the only thing I would suggest is installing all the Adobe software off the C drive
Why would you do that? What's the advantage?
You don't gain any space, most of the GBs accumulate on the C drive anyway, under your user account. And I can't imagine there's any performance advantage.
the advantage is you can have the C drive just running Windows... there are backup | image senarios that give a performance kick from this but its mostly so you can take control of the system
But it won't just be running Windows. There will be a million application settings and caches under your user account, things that get written and rewritten constantly. These are application-specific, nothing to do with Windows as such.
I'm with KRSeals on this one. your specs look fine but a hardware calibration and profile device will make more difference to your work , in terms of being confident in the colours you see on screen, than small differences in processing speed. So I would definitely add it into the budget, even if you are working on a mid quality monitor.
Outside of 3D rendering, my PC spends more time waiting for me than I do waiting for it - and for those renders I use a 3D app that can render most things on the GPU.
+1 to all the comments about monitor, calibration etc. In terms of productivity, this outweighs the importance of the rest several times over. The monitor is the single most critical component in your entire system.
The machine lets you do the exact same thing a tiny bit faster. The monitor has direct impact on the quality of your work. It should be at least half your budget, for a balanced total system.
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