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jimg1990

jimg1990

jimg1990

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Hey,

Looking at building a rig later this year, but want it to be good for photography and gaming.

Now the complication comes with picking monitors.

I want ips panels for photography but these only run at 60hz. So I'm thinking having 2 setups connected to the one PC.. One side with Duel IPS photography monitors and one side with triple 1440 gaming monitors.

could this work?
 
Oh and I wouldn't need all 5 monitors working at the same time. something where I could flick a button and the stations would swap, so only one side needs to work at a time.
 
It's a bit of a reach. One way to do it would be to have a second (simple) display adapter for the photography work. butbid say it's a bit ambitious, do you really want 5 monitors? Do you really want triple, with bezels?

You could find an ultrawide for gaming and another ultrawide for work. Alternatively - go and actually try monitors and see if there is one that will tick every box, rather than comparing letters in the specs
 
Thinking about it.. duel on the photography side and single ultrawide would work really well... its always the simple things i miss. Cheers mate.
 
Wait for HDR monitors. Worth the wait, specially for digital work . But then your taking big money !

Your system can be kepts lownin cost, ryzen 2600/2700 or Intel i5 8400/8700
 
Specs I've got my eye on are

cosmos c700p
Intel i7 8700k 3.2
16gb gskill trident z ram
Aio 360mm cooler
1080 ti
M.2 storage + spinning disk for back up of images
Asus hero mobo
 
Just need to shop around for monitors then. Not really fussed about HDR . Never effected my photos not having it and how many of my clients will really be viewing their wedding photos on a 4k HDR screen??
 
jimg1990 said:
Just need to shop around for monitors then. Not really fussed about HDR . Never effected my photos not having it and how many of my clients will really be viewing their wedding photos on a 4k HDR screen??
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for gaming... Can't believe PC has been so slow to move to HDR monitors !

Do the prints not turn out different from using a Screen with Non HDR monitor ?
My wife has a cracking screen and went with RAW image software are wedding, whist it picked out the colours very the lighting in open shots didn't quite match HDR/prints .
But heading most clients wouldn't tell the difference :D

Went for system based around Aorus due to UK RMA and rep support on here.
Non K 8700 with B350 board that has Intel's latest WiFi standard .
1TB SSD for Games and OS, HDD for Back up and NVMe for Editing software and to act as a scratch drive ! This is one of the areas were NVMe M.2 drives fly ! No point for them for your average user . Helped build a system for 3D mapping using 2000+ 32MP pictures captured from a drone can cut the companies producing time by 70% in regards to storage medium . If you load images there, do your work then once complete , more across to HDD or cold storage

Went with Bequiet case and cooler since it's quite and has ability to flip board upside down or mount GPU vertically .

Non K 8700 should serve you well as well as keep down the pennies and key thing, keep down the heat and sound down . Boosts to 4.3ghz and at high resolution your GPU bound more then CPU

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £2,251.18 (includes shipping: £15.30)


*** I re-edited had all my wedding photos from RAW images as we used a photographer that just used an online program to store and edit images and Jesus, he killed the images ;(
Was also the cash what he thought was good on screen just didn't transfer to actual prints . Sounds like he hadn't had any complaints but my wife clocked it before I did haha​
 
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Well going through a photography degree, all we used were IPS panels, but calibrated to print. No issues what so ever... although I don't tend to offer prints these days, most don't want to pay and it's hassle
 
Ah no worries. Some nice calibration kits on the market now, not sure if ocuk do them

And just as ryzen reference

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £2,552.19 (includes shipping: £15.30)​
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Adobe photoshop still favours Intel but Oren favours ryzen .

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £2,552.19 (includes shipping: £15.30)​
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I'd love a pair of BenQ SW271 4k but at £1066 each, im dreaming....
In reality, its more likely going to be a pair of BenQ PD2700q.

These will be mounted on a duel arm stand to lift them from the desk.
 
jimg1990 said:
I'd love a pair of BenQ SW271 4k but at £1066 each, im dreaming....
In reality, its more likely going to be a pair of BenQ PD2700q.

These will be mounted on a duel arm stand to lift them from the desk.
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HDR as standard on those monitors :) thought they would, best advantages for editing possible . 10 bit panel... know wonder why its expensive ! but looks cracking though same its 27"- 31/32" would have been a dream to work with

okay- looks and they do, sw320 but damn £1300...
 
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