Upgrade advice for Photoshop/3D, - best bang for buck

[blazed]

I don't know why but as 3Ds max and photoshop get updated every year they seem to become more and more laggy and slow for my computer even through not much has been added to the software, is it just being badly optimized for older genenration PCs?

I also get annoying lag when working on high resolution in PS like 4096x4096 or larger, (guessing 16 gb ram isn't enough)

My current specs now:

• Evga Supernova 750w G2 gold power supply.
• 16GB DDR3 Ram (4x4gb)
  
• Samsung evo 850 500gb SSD.
• Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3P-B3 motherboard.
• Intel i5-2500k 3.3 ghz CPU (oc to 3.7ghz)
• MSI geforce gtx 770 graphics card.

Gaming: Occasionally, but I don't mind putting graphic settings lower.

Is this spec worth upgrading? or should I wait it out a little longer?

I prefer value / best bang for buck build im guessing I'd only need to upgrade: cpu, motherboard, and ram?

 

[4K8KW10]

Yes, CPU, motherboard and DDR4 RAM:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Xtreem T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black= £179.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £169.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £125.99

Total: £486.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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[blazed]

Yes, CPU, motherboard and DDR4 RAM:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Xtreem T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black= £179.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £169.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £125.99

Total: £486.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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Cheers, do you think 16gb DDR3 to 16gb of DDR4 is worth it?

 

[4K8KW10]

Cheers, do you think 16gb DDR3 to 16gb of DDR4 is worth it?

Well, the new CPU works only with DDR4 and I think 16GB is a sufficient capacity and is not your current bottleneck.

 

[blazed]

Well, the new CPU works only with DDR4 and I think 16GB is a sufficient capacity and is not your current bottleneck.

Ah right, thanks for the input!

 

[bloodiedathame]

A 7700k or 8700k upgrade would be far better.

 

[tamzzy]

(guessing 16 gb ram isn't enough)

why don't you load up a project and see how much ram it's using?
if you're going to upgrade, then at least make it an all-round decent upgrade

 

[blazed]

why don't you load up a project and see how much ram it's using?
if you're going to upgrade, then at least make it an all-round decent upgrade

Usually PS project about 2gbs of the ram, pc usually running about 7gb ofs ram, I always assumed resolution was slow due to ram as I read long ago that ram is most important for resolution size, I guess it comes back to CPU then.

 

[tamzzy]

Usually PS project about 2gbs of the ram, pc usually running about 7gb ofs ram, I always assumed resolution was slow due to ram as I read long ago that ram is most important for resolution size, I guess it comes back to CPU then.

you answered your own question then...16gb is fine.
also...

Intel i5-2500k 3.3 ghz CPU (oc to 3.7ghz)

i5 2500k can (usually) overclock to 4.7-4.8ghz (5.0+ with a golden chip) with adequate cooling...why don't you try this first instead of (potentially) needlessly shelling out for new parts
that's an extra 20-25% untapped performance...

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Key bit, the Last item. The GPU . Back in the day using 3DS Max I threw in the best GPU I could afford. Got the CPU with more cores but not always the fastest .
I did games design so ranged from making scenes , to weighted/scripted models or full blown Cut scenes and each taxed the system in different ways

Depends on what your doing within 3DS Max.. if your doing fluids, heavy particle effects, high polygon models or using textures that aren't baked etc etc you'll need slightly different things .
If your rendering ... Would be chucking a 1080ti at the thing and keeping your current set up

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700 3.2GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM= £248.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B360 Aorus Gaming 3 WIFI Intel B360 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £95.99
• 1 x Team Group Delta RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - RGB Black (TF3D416G26= £158.99
• 1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 1060 Twin X2 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £269.99

Total: £785.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)


Card is a lot more powerful then your current along with the vram!​

 

[blazed]

Bumping this old thread, as it's still relevant, didn't go with an upgrade.

 

[blazed]

Do you guys think the ryzen 2700 would be worth over 2600?

Are there usually good Black friday deals on CPUs?