Posted October 31, 2019 Hi everyone! Im pretty good with coputers in general, but my friend asked me what pc should he buy for mainly photoshop. I never used photoshop, so im not exatly sure, what sould i recommend to him. Can you guys please help me out with this? (I mainly need a cpu, memory speed, and gpu recommendation, i can figure out the rest) Thanks in advance! ps.: im not a native speaker, so sorry for bad grammar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 31, 2019 If he is mainly just doing Photoshop and nothing else, an AMD Ryzen 5 2400G APU or an AMD Ryzen 5 3400 G and 3000 MHz RAM should work fine. As for the GPU, either APU has an integrated Vega 11 GPU that should be suitable to your needs, and they're fairly affordable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 31, 2019 6 minutes ago, weeberkolos said: Hi everyone! Don't really need a powerful PC for photoshop What budget/country? Any gaming? I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly... Spoiler What is your budget/country for your new PC? what monitor resolution/refresh rate? What games or other software do you need to run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 31, 2019 Author Can you tell me if does photoshop uses more single thread or more multi thread performance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 31, 2019 Author 2 minutes ago, Streetguru said: Don't really need a powerful PC for photoshop What budget/country? Any gaming? I live in hungary, the budget is not that straight, maybe around 670$ (we have an ssd and hdd already) But i have to buy a monitor and keyboard/mice, so the cheaper the better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 31, 2019 19 minutes ago, weeberkolos said: Can you tell me if does photoshop uses more single thread or more multi thread performance? 17 minutes ago, weeberkolos said: I live in hungary, the budget is not that straight, maybe around 670$ (we have an ssd and hdd already) I did use it for college once, and I found that it's a little more single threaded. However, you don't need a very fast CPU nor do you need a very fast GPU, hence why I suggested a Ryzen APU. In the United States, the 2400G costs around $120 new while a 3400G costs around $145 new. A microATX B450 AM4 motherboard costs around $85, and 2x 8 GB (16 GB) of DDR4 3000 MHz costs around $65. This is a total of $270 if you get a Ryzen 5 2400G. I imagine prices will be different where you live, but even so, it should still be quite affordable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 31, 2019 Author Thanks for the info, i ll check them out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 31, 2019 55 minutes ago, weeberkolos said: Can you tell me if does photoshop uses more single thread or more multi thread performance? Some things are multi-threaded, but any modern CPU will be fine in photoshop, even like an i7 2600K Probably want something like that, going to want a board that has VRM heatsinks on both VRMs. If you need an actual GPU for gaming, find a cheap used R5 1400/R51600 and an RX 470/480/570/580 PCPartPicker Part List: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/YthdBb CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor (€83.80 @ Alza) Motherboard: ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (€77.80 @ Alza) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (€66.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) Total: €228.50 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-31 11:19 CET+0100 I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly... Spoiler What is your budget/country for your new PC? what monitor resolution/refresh rate? What games or other software do you need to run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 31, 2019 Author Thanks for the help guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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