My PC is about 5 years old, so I'm looking to build a new PC for better performance for photo editing (primarily lightroom and photoshop). I'm looking to keep this build pretty cheap.
My current computer is an HP Pavillion with an AMD A8-5500 cpu, 24 gb RAM, 250gb SSD with my operating system on it, a HDD for extra space, and a geforce gt 1030 graphics card.
Photoshop doesn't run terrible on my computer right now, but it does lag in certain activities, so I'm looking to build an upgraded PC. (Plus, I watched a few youtube videos on building a PC, and it got me excited to try it.)
I was looking at an AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Would this be way faster than my current CPU? I looked on benchmark sites, and saw that processor has a way higher score than mine. However, I'm not sure how that actually translates to performance. I'm curious how much faster it would be. Also, if I'm just doing lightroom and photoshop, could I use something lower like a Ryzen 3?
Would it be a bad idea to use current parts from my pc? I planned on using the same SSD and GFX card, since I just bought both of them. Would it be a bad idea to use my existing case and power supply?
If anyone has any tips or part recommendations to keep the cost down (but still have decent performance), I would love to hear them!
Thanks!!
My current computer is an HP Pavillion with an AMD A8-5500 cpu, 24 gb RAM, 250gb SSD with my operating system on it, a HDD for extra space, and a geforce gt 1030 graphics card.
Photoshop doesn't run terrible on my computer right now, but it does lag in certain activities, so I'm looking to build an upgraded PC. (Plus, I watched a few youtube videos on building a PC, and it got me excited to try it.)
I was looking at an AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Would this be way faster than my current CPU? I looked on benchmark sites, and saw that processor has a way higher score than mine. However, I'm not sure how that actually translates to performance. I'm curious how much faster it would be. Also, if I'm just doing lightroom and photoshop, could I use something lower like a Ryzen 3?
Would it be a bad idea to use current parts from my pc? I planned on using the same SSD and GFX card, since I just bought both of them. Would it be a bad idea to use my existing case and power supply?
If anyone has any tips or part recommendations to keep the cost down (but still have decent performance), I would love to hear them!
Thanks!!