Minimum spec for photo editing

[Jay Hansford]

Hi.

I’m looking for a PC To be able to run Lightroom and photoshop for photo editing. What’s the cheapest build or prebuilt system that will capably run these programs?
Cheers.

 

[Jay Hansford]

You can run Photoshop on a quad core cpu and 8 gb of ram but it depends how long you want to wait for the task to complete.. There is also the shortage of graphics cards which are overpriced if you can get one.

Whats your budget ?

Thanks. Would onboard graphics be sufficient? I’d be happy to spend around the £500 mark.

 

[Jay Hansford]

Thanks for the help guys.
I actually have a 13 year old pc.
Asus p5q pro motherboard
Intel quad q8200 cpu at 2.3ghz
4gb ddr2 ram
Radeon rtx 560 gpu (a gift from a friend as my old gpu died)
2x500gb hhd raid

Just wondering, if I upped the ram to 8gb and installed an SSD, would this make the pc usable for photoshop and Lightroom at a workable rate?

Ive been looking into monitors as well. If I can upgrade my current pc I will have more budget for a monitor.

cheers.

 

[Jay Hansford]

Oh, and I’m still running windows 7, looking to upgrade to windows 10.

 

[Jay Hansford]

• 6 core cpu could drop to 4 cores if you want and 1tb m2 ssd. Motherboard with Wi-Fi and reuse your 560 gpu.

CODE My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-10400 2.90GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail= £154.99
• 1 x MSI B460M PRO-VDH WIFI (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £96.95
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2D30= £74.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £92.99
• 1 x Corsair CX-M Series CX550M 550W 80 Plus Bronze Semi Modular Power Supply (CP-9020102-UK)= £57.95
• 1 x Aerocool Aero One Mini Eclipse ARGB Micro- ATX Case - Black Tempered Glass= £49.99

Total: £540.16 (includes shipping: £12.30)
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Thanks for the build mate. I’ll look into that. Will I need a cpu cooler as well?