Photography Desktop Pc

[garyl]

Hi all.



I'm looking for some advice on a new desktop pc. The choice is vast and a bit confusing. " For me"


I use the pc for general internet/email. Light use of Open office/excel. I enjoy photography so the pc would need to run Photoshop cc.


I am pretty confused over the processors e.g. i5 i7 i9. My current pc is an i7-3770 @3.40GHz

64 bit System

16gb ram

2tb sata drive


Windows 8


12 years old.


This as been a great pc and run Photoshop cs6 for ever. It is still quick on start up and great but It's time I started to use Photoshop cc plus the newer cameras require software not able to run on this system.


As you can tell I don't change my tech often so I would like to buy something that will last a while.


I am thinking to spend upto £1500.


My thoughts, off my limited knowledge are the pc would need.


Highest processor eg : Intel i9

64 Ram

1 tb ssd

4 tb sata drive

No idea as regards graphics apart from reading about Gpu ?


As you can see my knowledge is limited but I would really appreciate anyone wishing to point to a pc on the site that they think would fit, from my description.

Feel free to tell me i'm completely wrong with the above.
All advice is welcomed.

Thanks

Gaz

 

[garyl]

Hi and welcome.

Wil you be building or pre built system?

Coming from 3770 anything modern will seem like a giant step up.

Hi there thanks for your reply. I am wanting pre built.

Gaz

I'm in the same position re Photoshop CS6 / old Lightroom BUT i just convert my RAW images to dng files using the free Adobe converter - does not loose any quality.
Mel

Hi there.

Yes I have done that in the past.

I would normally use Canon Dpp4 for my Canon R6 files. Its slow but I like the simple layout. I would then transfer over to Cs6.
A few weeks back Windows got messed up somehow and the only solution was to refresh the pc.

Which solved the problem but reverted it back to Win 8 I was on Win 8.1.

Thus Canon dpp4 would not open my raws. Secondly my Cs6 was a dodgey copy which I threw out some time ago. I know I could most likley upgrade to 8.1 and maybe find a way to get on windows 10 but I have come to the conclusion I have had my monies worth and need to upgradE.
Gaz

For 2D work / photoshop you don't normally need that many cores, it is mainly single core/thread, so personally I wouldn't bother with an i9 and the added complications in motherboard and cooling requirements.

They're starting to introduce more GPU-oriented features, even for 2D work, so while the IGP used to be fine, I'd suggest getting a 3060 12GB at this point.

Swap the CPU for i5-13500 (not available at OCUK).

Cooler: this (under £50).

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-13400 (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6BC-IN) = £229.99
• 1 x MSI B760 Gaming Plus WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-37M-MS) = £160.00
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-41600C40 5200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5200C40 (SKU: MY-4DC-CS) = £169.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X OC 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-374-MS) = £278.99
• 1 x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 3D NAND NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-075-CR) = £114.95
• 1 x Crucial MX500 2.0TB 2.5" SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-06H-CR) = £109.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P600S Silent Midi Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-08V-PT) = £139.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus GX-850 ATX3.0 850W 80 Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-08M-SS) = £139.99

Total: £1,343.89 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Hi There

Really appreciate you putting this togther. Explaining the Intel core processor helps too.
I maybe stating the obvious but the above basket is for me to build ?
Plus purchase win 11.
If so is there pre built pc you would reccomend.

Thanks
Gaz