2 Similar builds. Which is better for the intended use?

[JeolEfmo]

Hi guys,

Finalising my first ever PC build.

It will primarily be used for photo editing (Adobe Photoshop / Lightroom), as well as casual gaming second.

 

Please let me know which is better for the price and use:
 

A) 32GB, 3200 RAM- Basic RX580 GPU - Almost AU$200 cheaper (US$137)

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$515.00 @ Shopping Express
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$359.00 @ IJK
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$255.05 @ Amazon Australia
Storage	ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$225.00 @ Umart
Video Card	XFX Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card	$292.41 @ Amazon Australia
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$149.00 @ PCCaseGear
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$144.00 @ Shopping Express
Case Fan	ARCTIC F12 PWM PST - Value Pack 53 CFM 120 mm Fans
Monitor	Acer XV272U Pbmiiprzx 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor	$698.00 @ Austin Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2637.46
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-11 19:40 AEST+1000

 

B)  16GB, 3200 RAM - Much better RX 5700 - More expensive.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$515.00 @ Shopping Express
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$359.00 @ IJK
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$129.95 @ Amazon Australia
Storage	ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$225.00 @ Umart
Video Card	MSI Radeon RX 5700 8 GB MECH OC Video Card	$596.00 @ Skycomp Technology
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$149.00 @ PCCaseGear
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$144.00 @ Shopping Express
Case Fan	ARCTIC F12 PWM PST - Value Pack 53 CFM 120 mm Fans
Monitor	Acer XV272U Pbmiiprzx 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor	$698.00 @ Austin Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2815.95
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-11 19:40 AEST+1000

 

Let me know what you think!

 

[GoldenLag]

Swap CPU to any HT enabled intel CPU with an iGPU and a gtx 1060 6gb or better. 

 

Simply because Adobe being Adobe

[Princess Luna]

You shrink the costs of an Intel build by going with the 50 dollars cheaper locked i9 9900 and the cheapest z390 board you come across.

 

I personally got the gygabyte gaming z390m which was very cheap and it handles the turbo boost of the 9900 perfectly fine even with inexpensive air cooling.

 

Trust me the 250mhz you lose in comparison to a full out overclocking 9900K build is not that much of an issue and if you game with nothing running it still boosts to 5ghz when only 2 cores are in use which will ensure you get those 144fps with more ease on games.

 

But games aren't the reason why use Intel, whenever you speak of Adobe on a more intensive level Intel is preferable due to how the software loves ring bus making editing snappier and quicksync igpu hardware acceleration does wonders on rendering and exporting.

 

Furthermore Premiere Pro hates OpenCL hardware acceleration which is what AMD video cards use, the RX5700 also is worse at OpenCL than old GCN cards making it a poor choice for hardware acceleration on workstations, it's really primarily a gaming card.

 

You will be better served with a RTX card that can do Cuda acceleration instead as that's what Premiere loves the most.

[brob]

Early test results suggest the Zen 2 is a remarkably good choice for Photoshop, especially given that an i9-9900 is actually more expensive than an i9-9900K in Australia. https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Photoshop-CPU-Roundup-AMD-Ryzen-3-AMD-Threadripper-2-Intel-9th-Gen-Intel-X-series-1529/

 

Adobe products tend to prefer Nvidia gpu. In Photoshop differences are fairly small, but definitely favor RTX, https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Photoshop-GPU-Roundup-NVIDIA-SUPER-vs-AMD-RX-5700-XT-1552/. 

 

The system would be well powered with a 450W psu. 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($515.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($359.00 @ IJK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($129.95 @ Amazon Australia) 
Storage: ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($225.00 @ Umart) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB VENTUS OC Video Card  ($549.00 @ Austin Computers) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($149.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($77.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Monitor: Acer XV272U Pbmiiprzx 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor  ($698.00 @ Austin Computers) 
Total: $2701.95
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-12 04:22 AEST+1000