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Keep or upgrade?

Mrsquishy
By Mrsquishy
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My computing needs have changed over the past few years from gaming to photo editing.

I was looking for suggestions as to whether or not I should update my current rig or keep it.

I am editing photos on two 4k monitors.

My current specs:

Intel i7 7700k processor

16GB DDR4 RAM. (I Don't know the speed off the top of my head.)

GTX 1070 graphics card (8gb)

Thanks in advance!

 

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assuming you're using photoshop

 

according to puget systems, a 5800x would be the optimal upgrade: https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Photoshop-AMD-Ryzen-5000-Series-CPU-performance-1956/

 

going off of their many previous articles, a 7700k = 2700x, which are ~12% slower than a 3600x, which is a tiny bit slower than a 3600xt, which is over 30% slower than a 5800x which basically tops their list. so 40-50% performance uplift if you go from a 7700k to a 5800x. but thats quite expensive, and you'd likely wanna get new ddr4 sticks that run at 3600-4000mhz. the gpu would be fine to carry over for photo editing workloads. an idea of what an ideal upgrade would cost:

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor $449.00
Motherboard MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $106.99 @ Amazon
Memory Crucial Ballistix 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory $149.99 @ B&H
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $705.98
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-11 17:52 EST-0500  

crucial ballistix e die has the best chances of getting you high clockspeeds without breaking the bank, 3800-4000mhz overclocks are common with these chips which would be perfect for a 5800x. you'd also be able to utilize a pcie 4.0 drive with this mobo, which may help with transferring raw photos or whatever. very expensive upgrade though, if your current system is fine then i'd avoid spending that kinda money needlessly lol

topics i need help on:

Spoiler

 

 

my "oops i bought intel right before zen 3 releases" build

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 (placeholder)

GPU: Gigabyte 980ti Xtreme (also placeholder), deshroud w/ generic 1200rpm 120mm fans x2, stock bios 130% power, no voltage offset: +70 core +400 mem 

Memory: 2x16gb GSkill Trident Z RGB 3600C16, 14-15-30-288@1.45v

Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S w/ white chromax bling
OS Drive: Samsung PM981 1tb (OEM 970 Evo)

Storage Drive: XPG SX8200 Pro 2tb

Backup Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 4TB

PSU: Seasonic Prime Ultra Titanium 750W w/ black/white Cablemod extensions
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Dark (to be replaced with a good case shortly)

basically everything was bought used off of reddit or here, only new component was the case. absolutely nutty deals for some of these parts, ill have to tally it all up once it's "done" :D 

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