Another what PC spec help please

wijcc · 14 Dec 2012 at 12:02

I need some help with specing a new PC for a friend of mine. He is a semi-pro photographer so needs a new PC for photoshoping/photo editing, dealing with large RAW images and maybe some video editing too. What spec machine would be best. Not too pricey please.
Thanks in advance guys

Idleman · 14 Dec 2012 at 12:08

wijcc said:
I need some help with specing a new PC for a friend of mine. He is a semi-pro photographer so needs a new PC for photoshoping/photo editing, dealing with large RAW images and maybe some video editing too. What spec machine would be best. Not too pricey please.
Thanks in advance guys

You are probably looking at an i7 3770k and at least 16GB ram.
What is his budget and what exactly does he require? Does he have an OS, case, monitor or any components he can reuse.

zakblood · 14 Dec 2012 at 12:09

well photo shop like ram and a nice cpu, so for me an i5 with at least 8gb of ram and a good quick hard drive

whats the budget?

Porceliamone · 14 Dec 2012 at 12:10

I built the system in my sig for similar purposes after posting a similar request.
A few weeks later, following forum advice and on budget I had what I needed for LR4, PS and handling large RAW files...

...now all I do is play GW2 on it though. Bleh!

wijcc · 14 Dec 2012 at 12:13

He would need everything.. starting with a blank slate. So a powerful i7 and lots of RAM is needed.. or would a i5 do with lots of RAM? He is not into overclocking either.
Would it be cheaper to buy a top end off the shelf PC? A monitor is not needed as he already has a high end 24" one.
Thanks again guys

Doomedspeed · 14 Dec 2012 at 12:31

wijcc said:
He would need everything.. starting with a blank slate. So a powerful i7 and lots of RAM is needed.. or would a i5 do with lots of RAM? He is not into overclocking either.

I don't think Photoshop is that CPU hungry, i know video editing programs (and some CAD programs) are. I think PS uses RAM mainly. An i5 should do. The reason im hesitant is due to the non-overclocking fact. I'd normally say an overclocked i5 will be perfect, as Ocing it to 4.3-4.5 will give you a fair 10%-15% more performance.

wijcc said:
Would it be cheaper to buy a top end off the shelf PC?

No.