Adobe & WoW build advice...

[dscs]

Budget (including currency): ~$4k | CAD 

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Adobe Creative Cloud (Mainly Lightroom, Photoshop, Illustrator, & Substance) & WoW/light, lame gaming

Other details I have nothing other than a total trash Asus ROG g73JW laptop (with no battery) & my work 2021 MacBook M1 Max... 

 

I'm hoping I can get a bit of build advice - I mainly use my machines for photo editing, rendering and I'm hoping for a little MMO gaming. I'd love to get into something new, other than may work computer. I need to build something that can readily edit 60+MP images from my Sony a7Rv and I'd love to have something that will max out WoW.

 

I'm mainly a console player - so I don't imagine that I'll need much more from the gaming perspective - this is more about Adobe workflow and maxing out rendering as much as possible. I need to land on a full build along with a single, great & colour-accurate, display. I may use my existing Samsung 1080 monitor as a second (mainly toolbar) display. 

 

I'm totally happy with the other peripherals I have and my budget is a little flexible - 4k was sort of an arbitrary figure, but I'd love to be as budget conscious as possible. 

 

Do your best guys... If it helps, I'm in NS, Canada and would love to shop as local as possible. Timing for this build is the next month or so... Thanks in advance. 

[filpo]

5 minutes ago, dscs said:

I'm totally happy with the other peripherals

so no monitor, keyboard or mouse needed in budget?

 

6 minutes ago, dscs said:

Budget (including currency): ~$4k | CAD 

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Adobe Creative Cloud (Mainly Lightroom, Photoshop, Illustrator, & Substance) & WoW/light, lame gaming

Other details I have nothing other than a total trash Asus ROG g73JW laptop (with not battery) & my work 2021 MacBook M1 Max... 

 

I'm hoping I can get a bit of build advice - I mainly use my machines for photo editing, rendering and I'm hoping for a little MMO gaming. I'd love to get into something new, other than may work computer. I need to build something that can readily edit 60+MP images from my Sony a7Rv and I'd love to have something that will max out WoW.

 

I'm mainly a console player - so I don't imagine that I'll need much more from the gaming perspective - this is more about Adobe workflow and maxing out rendering as much as possible. I need to land on a a full build along with a great, colour-accurate, display.

 

I'm totally happy with the other peripherals I have and my budget is a little flexible - 4k was sort of an arbitrary figure, but I'd love to be as budget conscious as possible. 

 

Do your best guys... If it helps, I'm in NS, Canada and would love to shop as local as possible. Timing for this build is the next month or so... Thanks in advance. 

I'd say try this (PS: The price also adds up to $4090 just like an rtx 4090)

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($529.00 @ Newegg Canada) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($48.90 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($279.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory  ($134.97 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($189.97 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card  ($2623.50 @ Vuugo) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse G360A ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 TT Premium 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($189.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Total: $4090.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-12-30 16:18 EST-0500

 

If you want to be a bit more modest on the gpu side

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i9-14900K 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor  ($797.25 @ Vuugo) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420 A-RGB 68.9 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($199.99 @ Memory Express) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($299.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  ($289.97 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($419.99 @ Best Buy Canada) 
Video Card: NVIDIA Founders Edition GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB Video Card  ($1599.99 @ Best Buy Canada) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL III RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($199.05 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 - TT Premium Edition 1050 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($199.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Total: $4006.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-12-30 16:21 EST-0500

[MiszS]

agree with the list above, besides the fact that the 14900k is literally an overclocked 13900k, so you can save a bit by getting it, and that the 990 pro is overpriced af, 980 pro is the most you should get, even if you have huge files

[Shimejii]

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/jNK8xH I disagree with the above list since you dont need a 4090, especially with its massive price increase recently. Adobe prefers intel still, and id say just go with the 14700k. Keep in mind 4080 Super comes out next month, its probably worth waiting to see when it launches. If you are paying the same price ish and getting the extra 5%ish or so performance you may as well. 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-14700K 3.4 GHz 20-Core Processor  ($571.25 @ Vuugo) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($188.80 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($299.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($264.97 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($159.97 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($159.97 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB Video Card  ($1638.98 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Fractal Design Focus 2 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: FSP Group Hydro PTM X PRO,Gen5 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($116.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Total: $3510.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-12-30 16:41 EST-0500

[PDifolco]

29 minutes ago, dscs said:

Budget (including currency): ~$4k | CAD 

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Adobe Creative Cloud (Mainly Lightroom, Photoshop, Illustrator, & Substance) & WoW/light, lame gaming

Other details I have nothing other than a total trash Asus ROG g73JW laptop (with no battery) & my work 2021 MacBook M1 Max... 

 

I'm hoping I can get a bit of build advice - I mainly use my machines for photo editing, rendering and I'm hoping for a little MMO gaming. I'd love to get into something new, other than may work computer. I need to build something that can readily edit 60+MP images from my Sony a7Rv and I'd love to have something that will max out WoW.

 

I'm mainly a console player - so I don't imagine that I'll need much more from the gaming perspective - this is more about Adobe workflow and maxing out rendering as much as possible. I need to land on a full build along with a single, great & colour-accurate, display. I may use my existing Samsung 1080 monitor as a second (mainly toolbar) display. 

 

I'm totally happy with the other peripherals I have and my budget is a little flexible - 4k was sort of an arbitrary figure, but I'd love to be as budget conscious as possible. 

 

Do your best guys... If it helps, I'm in NS, Canada and would love to shop as local as possible. Timing for this build is the next month or so... Thanks in advance. 

Hey, don't insult the Asus ROG J73 ! It was a heck of a good gaming laptop, played Dragon Age on it !

Ok it was in 2010  

@filpo builds are nice as usual