Photo editing build : Budget £850

[sarahed]

Hi I am looking for a photo editing PC. I use lightroom and photoshop cc 2017 and I do other tasks whilst I am editing. I dont ever play games,so the PC is purely for photo editing ( once in a blue moon video editing too ) I am planing to use the power supply I have right now,and I dont need HDD.So I am looking for:

-CPU
-GPU
-RAM
-Motherboard

Any advice is highly appreciated.Thank you all very much in advance.

 

[gussrtk]

I'm sure that you probably know which direction your build will go. My suggestion to you would be to stick with an AMD workhorse direction, as well as best GPU affordable. For some reason 1700x is cheaper than 1700 (maybe after other fees/stock you will see 1700 still cheaper though)... but need to buy a CPU cooler with it.. the 1700 doesnt require extra expense there. a GTX1070 would be favorite.. but with 20xx GPU coming, you can hold out for a couple of years on a gtx1060. Generally higher speed ram would be favorite on such systems, but your budget/nor AMD seem to like it haha


anyway, here's a suggestion, it can take many changes.. but at least you'll have something to consider

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor (£235.14 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£77.99 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard (£78.01 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£179.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB AMP! Edition Video Card (£252.00 @ Novatech)
Case: Fractal Design - Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£64.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Total: £888.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-01 19:34 GMT+0000

 

[sarahed]

Hi,

Thank you so much for your reply,I have actually read that the AMD Ryzen has problems with Adobe Photoshop,what are your thoughts on the Intel i5 8600k please? Thanks a lot again for your time,I really appreciate it

 

[vapour]

ryzen seems to perform poorly in lightroom: https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Lightroom-CC-2015-12-CPU-Performance-Core-i7-8700K-i5-8600K-i3-8350K-1056/

I will get coffee lake atm:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£297.79 @ Alza)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370P D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£95.73 @ Box Limited)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£192.78 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 580 8GB NITRO+ Limited Edition Video Card (£272.20 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £858.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-01 20:01 GMT+0000

 

[gussrtk]

don't the nVidia GPU perform better in render?

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Vapour's Suggestion is better than mine. as well as the 8700 performs very well without OC hassle of the 8600k

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[sarahed]

Apparently photoshop uses more CPu than GPU and requires a lot of Ram,I have an AMD 8350 processor and 16gb Ram at the moment and both light room and photoshop cc runs very slow. Thanks Vapour,I just dont know if i should spend that much money on a GPU,and wouw RAMs are expensive these days.

 

[vapour]

don't the nVidia GPU perform better in render?

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Vapour's Suggestion is better than mine. as well as the 8700 performs very well without OC hassle of the 8600k

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Thanks to some software update, OPEN CL is catching up: https://www.blendernation.com/2017/04/12/blender-cycles-opencl-now-par-cuda/

 

[sarahed]

so you guys think it is better to get the i7 8700 than i5 8600k please?Thanks

 

[vapour]

so you guys think it is better to get the i7 8700 than i5 8600k please?Thanks

Yes, see the figure above, 8700 is ~ 8700k stock, will be 25% faster in export and 10% more in other tasks.

 

[gussrtk]

so you guys think it is better to get the i7 8700 than i5 8600k please?Thanks

Yep, if you've got the budget for it, the 8700 even non-k will get you further. This one can Boost to 4.5Ghz or slightly lower depending on how many cores are used by the task (8600k does 4.3Ghz max boost, of course OCing to 4.5+ is a task in it's own). But you'll still have another 6 HTs from the 8700 to help out with system load

 

[sarahed]

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/60357/massive-design-flaw-intel-cpus-found-reduces-performance/index.html

 

[madmatt30]

I can't see any reaon for anyone to recommend a rx 580 or a gtx 1060 whatsoever

The Intel integrated graphics are absolutely fine for the op's stated uses.

By all accounts go for the i7 8700, its the sensible choice.

 

[vapour]

^+1
GPU can wait until you want to play modern games Thought I saw "barely play"...

 

[sarahed]

Thank you all very much for the responses,did you see the link I shared about the design flaw of Intel Processors?

 

[vapour]

Thank you all very much for the responses,did you see the link I shared about the design flaw of Intel Processors?

Should be fine. They will release OS updates to cover it, no worries.

 

[sarahed]

But most articles say the update will slow the processors down 5% to 30% 🙁

 

[vapour]

But most articles say the update will slow the processors down 5% to 30% 🙁

Nobody knows for sure. If you can wait, wait for Zen 2, releasing next month. Leaked data shows 12nm new chip and 5 GHz is reachable.

 

[sarahed]

I actually did order the intel you guys mentioned this afternoon,hence my panic 🙁

 

[vapour]

I actually did order the intel you guys mentioned this afternoon,hence my panic 🙁

Intel will try everything to remedy, no worries. Even with 10% slow down, 8700 is still good choice.