Building a photo editing pc

[TelosHD]

Hey Guys

 

Im gonna build a new pc for a friend of mine, who is gonna use it for photo editing, and make websides. You guys got any suggastions? Have about 1200 USD for the build. 

[ahuckphin]

any computer would work as long as it has at least 8gb of ram, 64 bit os and a SSD

[LukeSavenije]

how heavy are we talking about? anything else or just that? what programs?

[TelosHD]

She mostly uses all of adobe's programs, for edit. if i remember right

 

[LukeSavenije]

10 minutes ago, TelosHD said:

She mostly uses all of adobe's programs, for edit. if i remember right

 

okay, so a heavy but not too overkill pc? I'll take a look

[TelosHD]

It's gonna be her primery work station, and be the source for her income, so yeah a little heavy. Thank you mate

[LukeSavenije]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$164.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$106.30 @ OutletPC
Memory	G.Skill - Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$104.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$64.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$59.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	XFX - Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card	$189.99 @ Amazon
Case	Phanteks - Eclipse P300 Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	$39.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair - CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$26.98 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$808.12
	Mail-in rebates	-$50.00
	Total	$758.12
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-20 05:46 EST-0500

something like this maybe? it can use gpu acceleration, has 6 cores, a good quality ssd, and It's still under budget. 

 

edit: you could get a higher quality psu, but this one will last for at least 5 years if it's well maintained

[TelosHD]

Looks good, thanks. We have up to 1200 if there is anything that could be upgraded for a longer use

[LukeSavenije]

2 minutes ago, TelosHD said:

Looks good, thanks. We have up to 1200 if there is anything that could be upgraded for a longer use

supernova g2, focus gold, txm, formula gold, whisper m, rmx, or psu's like that could even last 10 years if you do it right. that might be a nice upgrade, you could go higher on the cpu, but if it isn't strong enough down the line, there will probebly be better am4 chips out by then, you could add an nvme ssd if you want things to load faster, add a more silent case, a stronger gpu if other workloads than the one you mentioned can use it more, a bigger harddrive, or 2 for raid, You can do all of that inside your budget, but this one would do too

[TelosHD]

Alright, thanks mate very much. Mery christmas 

[Cereal5]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor	$259.00 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$106.30 @ OutletPC
Memory	G.Skill - Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$104.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung - 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$131.21 @ OutletPC
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$59.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	XFX - Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card	$189.99 @ Amazon
Case	Phanteks - Eclipse P300 Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	$39.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$49.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$991.36
	Mail-in rebates	-$50.00
	Total	$941.36
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-20 06:00 EST-0500

Something to the tune of this, though I think 6 cores would be more than enough for photo editing (video editing might be another story).

[TelosHD]

Thanks mate