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Hey folks!
New here, but no stranger to Linus' channel. I recently finished (and wrote about in extreme detail on my website) my PC build optimized for my Adobe Lightroom Classic CC work. Just a hobby, but I spent a ton of time in Lightroom editing 42MP raws from my Sony A7R III while on trips and develop detailed photosets of my trips. I have been wanting a faster rig for use in the Develop module of Lightroom where I spend most of my time, especially as I'm gearing up for a safari to Rwanda and Tanzania and will likely be coming back with a terabyte or two of shots to edit. The Develop module isn't terribly efficient when it comes to multiple cores - compared to Premiere Pro which is very efficient with both GPU and CPU. As such I opted for fewer cores (not like 18 that would be great for a video rig) with a good OC.
I went with a delidded 8700K at 5.2GHz at 1.42V, DDR4-3200 @ 3333 CL14 at 1.4V and a GTX 1080 Ti at 2012 MHz / 11,200 MHz. For the display color accuracy was important to me so I went with the 4K Dell UP2718Q. Total build cost was about $6k but that includes a ton of stuff including display, VESA arm and related cable management things.
Much more detail on my site -- I spent about 4 months of spare time weekends writing up 32,000 words around the process, why I picked certain parts, how I configured Windows, LR and more about my LR workflow if you're interested in that stuff: <link removed>
