1100 USD for a PC for Lightroom / Photoshop / AMD Ryzen or Intel i5

[m4ciekk]

Hi guys,

I would like to build a new PC and replace my old laptop Dell 15R Inspiron with i5-3210M, 16 GB DDR and 1 GB HDD 5400.

When?
January 2019

Main application:
Lightroom CS6 with 16 Mpix RAWs (in the future 24 MPix), optional Photoshop CS6 / Illustrator CS6 (digital / print) if I would like to move some smaller projects from work to home.

What do I need?

• 
  CPU + cooling, if the default one is really bad,
  mATX MOBO,
  RAM DD4 2666MHz or higher (16 or 32 GB),
  NVMe SSD (OS, software + RAWs I would like to work with)
  2nd SSD SATA III for scratch disk (optional choice)
  HDD (data + old photos),
  mATX case or even smaller,
  PSU
  GPU optional for Intel setup, some budget for AMD

Budget:
1100 USD (I want to buy everything in Poland so the prices can be higher than in other countries)

My suggestions based on the information I have found on the internet underneath:
Intel:

• 
  CPU: INTEL CORE I5-8400 6C/6T@2.8GHz (4GHz)
  MOBO: MSI B360M PRO-VDH
  RAM: Corsair DDR4, 2x16 GB, 2666MHz, CL 16
  GPU: ---
  SSD: SSD Samsung 970 PRO 512GB PCIe x4 NVMe
  SSD (scratch disk): SSD ADATA SU800 128GB SATA3
  HDD: Seagate BarraCuda 2TB SATA/600
  PSU: Seasonic FOCUS Gold 450W
  Case: Corsair Carbide AIR 240

AMD:

• 
  CPU: AMD RYZEN 5 2600 6C/12T@3.4GHz (3.9GHz)
  MOBO:Gigabyte B450M DS3H
  RAM: G.Skill DDR4, 2x16 GB, 3000MHz, CL 16
  GPU: Asus GeForce GTX 1050 TI 4GB GDDR5
  SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 500GB PCIe x4 NVMe
  SSD (scratch disk): ---
  HDD: Seagate BarraCuda 2TB SATA/600
  PSU: Seasonic FOCUS Gold 450W
  Case: Corsair Carbide AIR 240

Both setup costs ~1050 USD in my country at the moment.

Intel – pros / cons:
+ Greater performance in older versions of Adobe software
+ Integrated GPU
+ Better NVMe SSD + additional SSD on the scratch disk
- Integrated GPU is not the best choice
- No support for Windows 8.1 from intel 8th CPUs, which means I need to buy Windows 10


AMD – pros / cons:
+ Motherboard with AM4 chipset means support for 2020
+ GPU included
+ Good quality of default CPU’s cooling
+ Windows 8.1’s support from Ryzen
- Adobe software won’t use more threads from Ryzen, which means a little less performance
- No additional SSD for scratch disk (do I need really that for Photoshop and 32 gigs of RAM?)
- A bit worse SSD NVMe (less TBW and warranty I guess, noticeable difference in speed imo)

Did I miss anything? Should I add / replace sth? Which setup would be better in your opinion?
Any inputs are greatly appreciated. Thanks you in advance

 

[ohenryy]

Why not the newest gen intel stuff? they have high clocks still plus 2 additional cores. You might need them in a near future as the software evolves.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jYZrfH
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jYZrfH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($408.90 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H60 (2018) 57.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z390M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($129.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($61.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: NZXT - H200i (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($106.23 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1221.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-17 22:05 EST-0500

 

[m4ciekk]

Thanks for your answer ohenryy,

I bet your setup is more powerfull than mine but it just costs too much here in Poland. I checked all components you mentioned above and I would have to spend around 1508 USD to buy all of them. It's almost 500 USD difference and I would rather spent that money on a new monitor such as BenQ SW240 instead of better components to a new PC built.

Thanks anyway ohenryy.