Lightroom Build Intel or AMD & storage options

bodtwo

bodtwo

bodtwo

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Hi all,

getting around to replacing my iMac for lightroom work, hobbyist use with a little photoshop and general pc duties. I've a synology NAS and WHS2011 for storage and media serving.

I'm reusing some odd bits and donations from work, so using a Silverstone HTPC (ATX) case with an OCZ 650W mod power supply and a Radeon Pro WX7100 and a reasonable amount of balanced/quiet fans.

So looking at CPU, MBoard, 16GB Memory and local storage, probably not bothered with overclocking. Keen on something instant on, or near as and stability. It will Drive two 27" AOC monitors at 1920x1080, which i already have. Budget £800'ish, if i can save money but get something useable, then i'm all for that.

CPU, I've lost track of where Intel/AMD are, Lightroom doesn't make use of lots of cores, four possibly, but does like high clock speed. So Intel or AMD?

Motherboard, again depending on CPU, what would you recommend? I like the idea of a boot SSD, something like the samsung evo's 256GB and another fast SSD/Storage of about 1TB for local files. And it looks like after CPU, what boot and storage medium define the m/board.

Also like the idea of everything board mounted, minimum cables, SATA or otherwise.

So, what CPU, bits would people go for.
 
HI all,

thanks for taking the time to respond. Gone through all the Puget stuff and as interesting as it is, thats for a pro lightroom rig. I'm a hobbyist with a few hours LR time a week. So all about instant on and work through stuff.

Also apologies, i didn't give guidance on budget which i'm sure would have helped out. I'm lookign at between £600 to £800 for CPU, MB, Memory, Nvram and possibly a second ssd for temp storage.

I was looking at the 2700x or 2600x and B450 which someone suggested. It's the nvram/ssd set up that confuses me!
 
@bodtwo
If you're a hobbyist on a budget then a 2600x/2700x system will be ideal. I'm not sure what you mean by NVram but I'd get at least this for your OS;
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sams...-3.0-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-hd-23m-sa.html

and then a 1TB etc mechanical drive for data.[/QUOTE]

That’s good to hear. Sorry meant NVMe drive. Can I go with two NVMe drives, or will I see no gain and better with OS on NVMe and files a SATA m2?

Thanks again
 
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