Bottleneck questions

[SGTechGamer]

I'm asking on behalf of my brother, he's planing a new 1080p-1440p system for both work and play. 

Requirements :

For work : Able to do color correction, photo editing, photo image resolution restoration. 

For gaming : play games at 1080p (100 - 144fps) -1440p (70 - 110fps) on QHD 1m-sec 165hrtz freesync "27" inch curved. 

Games : Shadows of the Tomb Raider, Forza 4, Smite, Rocket League, Apex Legends, CS-Go, Dirt 4,World of Tanks. 

CPU options : i5 9400F, R5 2600X

GPU options : Vega 56 8gb, RTX 2060 6gb, or the zotac's rtx 2080 twin fan (cheapest 2080)- not sure if it'll bottleneck. 

Ram option : Crucial Ballistix Elite 3200mhz cl15 16gb (8gb x 2 sticks) 

Questions 

Is the rtx 2080 overkill? 

Should he go eve higher tier for his work cpu wise?

[Herman Mcpootis]

which programs are he using for photo editing? adobe will do better on the 9400F. the 2080 will be the best choice for 1440p 165hz.

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

which programs are he using for photo editing? adobe will do better on the 9400F. the 2080 will be the best choice for 1440p 165hz.

Have in mind that for anything Adobe related Quick Sync iGPU Hardware Acceleration is of EXTREME benefit and you're losing it with a 9400F

 

Furthermore 1440p165hz I don't think OP should cheap up on CPU here if a RTX 2080 is on the list, the i7 8700K or a Ryzen 7 2700 sounds more appropriated to keep all things balanced.

[Devryd]

2 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Furthermore 1440p165hz I don't think OP should cheap up on CPU here if a RTX 2080 is on the list, the i7 8700K or a Ryzen 7 2700 sounds more appropriated to keep all things balanced.

also if its a possibility, you could wait for next gen ryzen 
its pretty close and i think the shrink to 7 nm will be very strong

[SGTechGamer]

4 minutes ago, Devryd said:

also if its a possibility, you could wait for next gen ryzen 
its pretty close and i think the shrink to 7 nm will be very strong

If you can don't work for the next 3 months I'd be amazed, I think I'll talk to him to get a 8700k

[Devryd]

Just now, SGTechGamer said:

If you can don't work for the next 3 months I'd be amazed, I think I'll talk to him to get a 8700k

i thought he might have an existing pc and that might last the next 3 month

[SGTechGamer]

13 minutes ago, Devryd said:

i thought he might have an existing pc and that might last the next 3 month

He does his work on a laptop at the moment, but it's 5 years old

[SGTechGamer]

54 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

which programs are he using for photo editing? adobe will do better on the 9400F. the 2080 will be the best choice for 1440p 165hz.

Not sure, I never ask about his work usually. He works for a wedding photographer, he does editing for them to make bridezillas into goddesses that's what he told me before. Wedding photos and videos. 

[SGTechGamer]

13 minutes ago, VegetableStu said:

 go ask

It's 10pm at night he's probably asleep. 

[NelizMastr]

1 minute ago, SGTechGamer said:

It's 10pm at night he's probably asleep. 

You sleep at 10pm? Weaklings.

[wasab]

Whats holding your PC back is the lack of rgb

[Pixel5]

looks like the main focus in that build is gaming, else you should be getting a different monitor and take care of good color accuracy

[SGTechGamer]

10 hours ago, wasab said:

Whats holding your PC back is the lack of rgb

Hmm let's see, dying battery, taking forever to load windows 7,games at 1080p 30 - 40 frames, my favorite problem faulty screen (blacks out after 2 hrs of use), got to love dell

7 hours ago, Pixel5 said:

looks like the main focus in that build is gaming, else you should be getting a different monitor and take care of good color accuracy

We were thinking of getting him. That $4000 4k monitor till he said "get me a working computer first" 

[SGTechGamer]

12 hours ago, NelizMastr said:

You sleep at 10pm? Weaklings.

He starts work at 4am, you try working with overly emotional, overly demanding, overly bitchy, overly loud women aka "bridezillas" that want the "perfect wedding photos" from 5am til 6pm. And he's got to be nice to them while working for them. *shivers*

[wasab]

4 minutes ago, SGTechGamer said:

He starts work at 4am, you try working with overly emotional, overly demanding, overly bitchy, overly loud women aka "bridezillas" that want the "perfect wedding photos" from 5am til 6pm. And he's got to be nice to them while working for them. *shivers*

I used to go to bed at 6AM and work from 9pm to 5am in the morning. I never felt so good in my life and I slept soundly and well for the first time in my life too.  

[SGTechGamer]

2 minutes ago, wasab said:

I used to go to bed at 6AM and work from 9pm to 5am in the morning. I never felt so good in my life and I slept soundly and well for the first time in my life too.  

Just hope your future wife doesn't turn into a bridezilla when you get married

[SGTechGamer]

13 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

which programs are he using for photo editing? adobe will do better on the 9400F. the 2080 will be the best choice for 1440p 165hz.

Adobe light room (Raw files) , Adobe photoshop(for watermarking and recording) , Camera raw, Google Nik, Define 2 pro edition, FX Pro, 

Alternative : Capture One Pro(uses this software over Adobe mostly) ,

And some video editing software I really don't understand.