First build : photo editing pc opinions needed

[Jonnyp16v]

Looking for some advice on my first build plans. It will be used for photo editing in lightroom and Photoshop, possibly some 1080 video editing in the future. No gaming at all. Budget is €1000-1200, £860-1030, US$1115-1340. Location Ireland. 

 

CPU: ryzen 7 2700x, chosen over the 3600, due to lower price, more cores and I like the stock cooler more. 

 

MOBO: msi b450 mortar max micro atx, chosen over the msi b450 gaming pro carbon ac, due to lower price and there was compatibility issue flagged with the power supply on pcpartpicker.com. Something about needing an extra connection. 

 

RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory, I had considered going for 2x8 gb to save on price and upgrade to 32gb later, but going with 2x16 allows possible upgrade to 64gb later. 

 

STORAGE : Patriot VPN100 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive for os. 

Crucial MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive for file storage. 

 

GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX 570 4 GB Gaming 4G Video Card, chosen over the Asus GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB TUF Gaming OC Video Card and gigabyte windforce 1650 super, due to much lower price. 

Gpu is the main area for advice needed, it's a big chunk of the budget and not crucial for Lr and Ps. Thoughts? 

 

PSU: be quiet! System Power 9 CM 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply

 

CASE: GameMax Solar ATX Mid Tower Case

 

Monitor: Dell SE2219H 22.0" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor ips monitor. 

 

Also needed, windows 10, case fans, wifi adapter keyboard and mouse. 

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9B638M

 

If you read all that, fair play to you. All advice appreciated. 

[Radium_Angel]

30 minutes ago, Jonnyp16v said:

Gpu is the main area for advice needed, it's a big chunk of the budget and not crucial for Lr and Ps. Thoughts? 

If you are not gaming, then you don't need quite that powerhouse, as LR and PS only take slight advantages of graphics-card acceleration.

Video editing however.....well I"m unsure on that front.

But if you are not gaming, go with something like a GT 1030 or even an old Quadro K4000

[Tiona]

2 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

If you are not gaming, then you don't need quite that powerhouse, as LR and PS only take slight advantages of graphics-card acceleration.

Video editing however.....well I"m unsure on that front.

But if you are not gaming, go with something like a GT 1030 or even an old Quadro K4000

personally I would be more focused on getting a monitor that has good colors/ is in a higher resolution.

[Radium_Angel]

Just now, Tiona said:

good colors

Or, if it's critical (aka, professional) work, a colour calibration device in addition to the (dual, in my preference) high quality monitors.

[Jonnyp16v]

Cheers for the advice Radium angel and Tiona, any suggestions for higher quality monitors in the lower end price bracket? I will only be going for a single monitor due to budget and space restrictions. Will be used for professional work. 

 

[Jurrunio]

1 hour ago, Jonnyp16v said:

CPU: ryzen 7 2700x, chosen over the 3600, due to lower price, more cores and I like the stock cooler more. 

 

This is wrong, Lightroom and Photoshop favour single core performance more than multicore. That's why 9900k kills all Ryzen and even many Skylake-X parts. 2700X also kicks out more heat so the better stock cooler is no better temperature-wise. If you want RGB, an aftermarket cooler is always better.

 

1 hour ago, Jonnyp16v said:

compatibility issue flagged with the power supply on pcpartpicker.com. Something about needing an extra connection. 

the extra EPS 4pin, you dont need that. Just the 8pin will power the CPU, this isn't Skylake-X or Threadripper.

 

1 hour ago, Jonnyp16v said:

GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX 570 4 GB Gaming 4G Video Card, chosen over the Asus GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB TUF Gaming OC Video Card and gigabyte windforce 1650 super, due to much lower price. 

Adobe stuff benefit from GPU acceleration with Nvidia cards better than AMD cards, even if it's not CUDA specific (which AMD can't use at all). Prefer 1650S still

[Jonnyp16v]

Cheers for the in depth reply Jurrunio, much appreciated. I did a quick build on pcpartpicker.com with the 9900k, but even though I wouldn't need a graphics card, the price rules it out for me. Will look into an aftermarket cpu cooler. 

 

Thanks for informing me about the extra 4pin connection, I'm new to all of this, so I was unaware it wasn't an issue. 

 

Thanks for the advice on the 1650 super. 

[Jonnyp16v]

I have been looking at some dell monitors, they have a sale on at the minute. What would peoples opinion be on these, the U2518d U2518D (€264) and S2719h S2719H (€204). Or does anyone know of better monitors at this price point?