Hi people, I’m an Illustrator and this new build is primarily for working on complex Adobe Illustrator files. Perhaps some digital painting in Photoshop. No, gaming, video editing, CAD etc.
Illustrator, clunky old pile that it is, bangs away at a single thread on the CPU; extra cores add nothing to performance. Similarly, it doesn’t send enough the way of the GPU for it to be a major factor (even with “GPU Performance”). And it’ll grind to a crawl long before using much more than a few gigs of RAM.
So my priorities are;
Cheers folks!
Illustrator, clunky old pile that it is, bangs away at a single thread on the CPU; extra cores add nothing to performance. Similarly, it doesn’t send enough the way of the GPU for it to be a major factor (even with “GPU Performance”). And it’ll grind to a crawl long before using much more than a few gigs of RAM.
So my priorities are;
- a fast-on-a-single-thread performing processor,
- a fast SSD,
- everything else adequate to my needs with stability essential and quietness a welcome bonus.
- i7 8700k 3.7 Ghz
- 512GB Samsung 960 Pro M.2 PCIE…
- 32 GB 2x16 2666Mhz - just in case I also want to paint in Photoshop and have few hundred browser tabs open, as you do...
- Storage I’ve got covered between HDs from my old PC, external HD and the server at work.
- Mobo
- Case
- PSU – I know this system is unlikely to require much more than 300W – but the Corsair “Ultra Quiet” PSUs start at 650W. Would I notice a difference?
- Cooling – Illustrator can use a single core intensively when it’s figuring stuff out – but it’ll take brakes in between operations. Surely it's not as heat intensive as next-gen gaming? Suggestions please!
- GPU – nothing crazy needed here, just needs to be good enough, whatever that might mean
Cheers folks!