Photoshop/LR PC build

[b43648075]

can someone help me out with a pc build for PS and LR , I know i need good Ram and a high speed CPU , what else would be good ?  Im not sure what GPU I would need as I will not be gaming with it only PS/LR .  Thanks in advance.

[Trevor.Dennis]

Check out the Puget Systems benchmarks for Photoshop

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Photoshop-CC-2017-1-1-CPU-Performance-Core-i7-8700K-i5-86...

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Lightroom-CC-2015-12-CPU-Performance-Core-i7-8700K-i5-860...

There are also benchmarks for those apps with very high end systems like Threadripper and the Intel i9X CPUs, and you can read this thread in the Premiere Pro Hardware forum.  Look for the posts from Mike 1 Irish

AMD Threadripper 1950x Slow Adobe Boot and Render

The bottom line is that if you are building primarily for lightly threaded apps like Photoshop, Lightroom, and even After Effects, then clock speed is king, and the 8700K is the way to go at this time.  It wipes the floor with systems that cost two or three times as much, so a win win situation.

You'd need a Z370 motherboard for the 9700K, and you should get a good one.  Puget Systems know their stuff, and it is safe to be guided by them.

I'd be looking at 32Gb of RAM that I could overclock, so something like the G-Skill Trident Z 3600

I'd want at least one, but preferably two MVNe M.2 drives.  The Samsung 960 PRO or EVO drives.  These can do a blistering 3500Mb/s continuous.  Consider that against 180MB/s for a mechanical hard drive, and 500MB/s for a decent SSD.  I'd use one for the operating system and programs, and the other for data, cache and Scratch space.  Plus a BIG HDD for archive storage.

I'd want a half decent GPU.  A GTX1070 would do, and wouldn't break the bank.

I don't know about cooling the 8700K, but even with its high clock speeds, it doesn't have enough cores for cooling to a big problem, so a BIG Noctua air cooler would do the job, but please do your research before committing.

Please let us know what you decide, and come back and tell us how your new system performs after you build it (I guess you'd have trouble telling us that _before_ you build it )

Good luck

[b43648075]

thanks , did I mention i had a budget of  $1200 without monitor , but this give me a starting point research.

[Mike 1 Irish]

Save your money and take Trevor's advice,he knows what he is talking about . The i7- 8700K is the cheaper one and posible the better one to get if you are familiar with overclocking. If you are new to the PC building thing well the i9-9700 8 core 8 threads 12MG cask (NO HYPERTHREADING) will run at 5GHz out of the box. The i9-9900K has 8 cores and 16 treads 16MB cash. The i9-9900K ( with hyperthreading)  it is more expensive but I would consider it as future proofing your investment .  

Hope this helps.

Mike

[Ussnorway]

b43648075  wrote

Im not sure what GPU

if you do any 3d work then you want a good gpu and if not then it doesn't matter

now to be clear, Mac users and Windows users have different needs

Mac = need more ram

Windows = need a good gpu card

if you want to open ten things at once then get a Mac

if you want something fast, cheep and easy to replace parts then get a Windows system

[D Fosse]

Ussnorway  wrote

now to be clear, Mac users and Windows users have different needs

Mac = need more ram

Windows = need a good gpu card

if you want to open ten things at once then get a Mac

if you want something fast, cheep and easy to replace parts then get a Windows system

Not sure I understand where that comes from.

The main functional difference between the two platforms is that Mac is a closed deal, an integrated off-the-shelf package. Windows is for system builders who want to customize. And why would a Mac be better at opening ten things at once?

[Ussnorway]

Mac os is designed for mutitab & they tend to have more ram because running mutlitab needs more ram

Windows os are designed to split the load between gpu and cpu so they do a single task using mutli parts, that is why they need less ram and why they are faster... its also why some Mac users think Windows runs slow when they first try i.e, they open lots of program tabs and the system claws on its knees

yes Mac is a clossed deal but that is something done to sell units... the actual hardware is offen the same

yes Windows users are used to being able to open the box and pop in different parts as they go with gpu the most common part replaced... some all-in-one designs were a single unit for schools | offices and like Apple these now have a reputation as things to avoid

[D Fosse]

b43648075  wrote

Im not sure what GPU I would need as I will not be gaming with it only PS/LR

I'd recommend the Quadro range, not GeForce.

GeForces are gaming cards, with drivers optimized for the latest games (and bugs in PS/Lr). Quadros are optimized for graphics, 3D and CAD.

Entry level Quadros like P400/P600 aren't particularly expensive.