Photo editing PC

Ethan62

Ethan62

Ethan62

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I have a colleague who is after a machine for using the Adobe creative suite. e.g. Image editing, website design etc.

Basically marketing material.

Unfortunately the only machines I can find from our suppliers all use the Quaddro range which seems overkill for her use.

I'm thinking the below spec, but help would be appreciated:

I7
16GB RAM
Nvidia 970
Primary SSD for applications/OS
Secondary HDD to storage.
 
I'm just looking for overall guidance on specs.

Been a while since I used the suite and my PC has always been at the higher end of the market so never noticed any performance issues.
 
No need for the i7 really, image editing won't use the extra HT the i7 provides. The 4690k is a better choice, still a little overkill though, just clock it to hell.

16gb of RAM us a great choice.

Get as big an SSD as you can, will help loading/saving images, the MX100 512gb is great at £150ish..

The 970 is massive overkill. The quadros offer some additional driver support (naughty nvidia) but are mainly low end, low power gaming GPU's. Low power is there mwlain selling point to big companies, as they may have 100 stations and a few watts adds up quickly.

My suggestion the GPU is take advantage of this new range by getting a cheap 760.

No need to go for anything special on the case/cooler/psu
 
Thanks I thought my spec was overkill but you know "Users".

I noticed the driver support but it seems to cost a lot for very little gain. Didn't realise the power consumption was less however.
 
I think the driver support will have very little impact when it comes to those uses though. I think (think) its more simulation based..

This rig shouldn't cost a lot if you can get a budget we can spec from there.
 
Drop the 970 for something cheaper and make sure its nvidia for the CUDA enhancements and spend the saving on 32gb of RAM as with photos/videos more is better.
 
So something like this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £154.99
2 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD316G1600HC11DC01) £99.95 (£199.90)
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 750 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N750-1GD5/OC) £82.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £44.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £41.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £855.77 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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