i5-2500k - Photo editing in photoshop and lightroom?

[Vanity]

Hi guys,

How is the i5-2500k performance at photo editing in Photoshop and Lightroom?

I recently started a small family photography business and I've been editing 4-6 shoots every weekend, so I'd be interested in the best 'bang for my buck' in terms of performance upgrades.

Thanks!

 

[joeyjojo]

Superb value. Use some SSD scratch space and you'll have a very nice platform.

 

[the shadow]

Got enough Ram ?

 

[eddiew]

Nice benchmark comparison here: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU/25 (Older CS4 version of Photoshop, but still fairly indicative I think.)

2500K ranking pretty highly. You could see some gains from an i7 or a hex-core, but probably not worth the cost jump.

As has been suggested above, try to give it ample RAM and make sure the scratch files are on an SSD in order to get the best out of it.

 

[Frank Jeagar]

Hi guys,

I recently started a small family photography business and I've been editing 4-6 shoots every weekend, so I'd be interested in the best 'bang for my buck' in terms of performance upgrades.

For this workload and best value the 2500k will be an ideal match.

From the look at the anandtech benchmarks posted earlier you might be able to squeeze out a fair bit of extra performance if you invest in a decent cooler and do some mild overclocking

I also agree with ample RAM being a must.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Make sure you have enough RAM,and fast enough storage. A dedicated scratch disk is useful too.

 

[sieze2]

So I run a 4.4ghz 2500k running lightroom. I have presets configured so I load in the image and run the preset and save or tweak from there. I would say it takes a few seconds to process each picture (26 million pixel raw file) but it adjusts blacks , whites, contrast, saturation, vibrance, clarity, sharpness and lens profile. Obviously faster would be better and I will be getting an i7 next time but the 2500k is fine imho.

 

[And]

I do all my photo editing on a MacBook Pro, late 2011, which IIRC is a Sandy i5 2.4Ghz with HT. It has 4Gb ram a 240Gb SSD main drive and a 500Gb 5400rpm 2.5" drive for storage where the optical drive once was. Certainly not as fast as a 2500K but plenty enough for the job.

 

[cjenks22]

Great processor can really be pushed

 

[REDNINEAPB]

Error

 

[REDNINEAPB]

My wife's Photoshop lightroom pc has a 2500k and 16gb of ram.
Used for editing 100s of wedding photos from a d800 (raw) and it performs well
About to add a ssd (a cast off from mine)