First build advice

[TheUser]

Budget (including currency): GBP £1200 Of course, if I can spend less and still function as I want it will be better. 

Country: England 

Games, programs, or workloads that it will be used for: It will mainly be used to run Adobe programs such as Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Premier Pro, Lightroom, etc. I will also want to use it to play games such as call of duty, Minecraft, Elden ring and some others. 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

• Existing parts list: this is what I have chosen for now

  • CPU: Intel Core i7-13700F
  • GPU: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
  • Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z790-H GAMING WIFI
  • RAM: ADATA XPG Lancer Blade 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30
  • Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 1TB NVMe SSD
  • Case: CiT RAIDER RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased)
  • PSU: Antec NeoECO Gold 650W Fully Modular PSU

  I'm happy to hear any feedback or suggestions for better options or places to save money. I have only purchased the case so far. 

• Resolution and refresh rate: The main purpose is so that it can run all the Adobe Creative Cloud apps comfortably so whatever is good for that. For gaming, also not sure what resolution and refresh rate are good enough. 

• Peripherals: I already have a keyboard and mouse, but I will need a monitor.

• Timeline: I plan to buy within the next 6 weeks, but I am willing to wait for deals if it makes a significant difference.
  
  This will be my first build, so I’d appreciate advice on compatibility, build tips, or anything I should consider. 

 

[Zenny232323]

Hi, sorry, seems youve been left in the dust, let me help.

On 11/24/2024 at 10:10 AM, TheUser said:

Resolution and refresh rate

That would depend on what type of monitor you'd like.

As a rule of thumb, 24" is 1080, and every 3 inches you go up in resolution.

So 27" 30"(usually its 34) is 4k and anything more looks less sharp.

Would you need more vertical or horizontal space on your monitor?

If you need horizontal, get an ultrawide monitor. If you need vertical, get a 16:10 monitor.

Refresh rate wise, 165 is about standard.

Also, how important is colour accuracy? If it's important, I'd say you're looking at either a very good IPS or an OLED.

On 11/24/2024 at 10:10 AM, TheUser said:

Timeline

Well, we already sorta have black friday, see if you can get any deals I guess.

 

Give me a bit ill spec a list in PCPP.

[Zenny232323]

Well, here's what i managed:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/NrsnHW

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor (£246.35 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin Spirit V2 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (£15.90 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard (£110.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£92.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 990 Pro w/Heatsink 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£82.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: Zotac GAMING Twin Edge OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card (£532.54 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: MSI MAG FORGE 100R ATX Mid Tower Case (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£79.00 @ Computer Orbit) 

Total: £1208.75

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-11-26 16:54 GMT+0000

 

Realistically,  I'd suggest just looking up benchmarks for your apps, see how they do with different cpus and gpus.

Now, i didn't include a monitor, and If I did that'd probably make me get a 4070 normal, or a 7600, which would probably hurt cause your apps would benefit from more cores and a better gpu.

[TheUser]

18 hours ago, Zenny232323 said:

Realistically,  I'd suggest just looking up benchmarks for your apps, see how they do with different cpus and gpus.

Thanks for the reply, after a bit of searching around and asking in other places I think I've settled on this:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/qcypGJ 

From what I know adobe apps, or at least Photoshop, works better with an Intel CPU.
if you find any issues or something I can improve in that feel free to lmk. 

[Zenny232323]

1 hour ago, TheUser said:

Thanks for the reply, after a bit of searching around and asking in other places I think I've settled on this:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/qcypGJ 

From what I know adobe apps, or at least Photoshop, works better with an Intel CPU.
if you find any issues or something I can improve in that feel free to lmk. 

Well, i dunno about Intel or amd cpu's for adobe, let's wait for someone more knowledgeable. 

But for now:

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/vYM6sp

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700K 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor (£233.99 @ CCL Computers) 

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (£39.00 @ Computer Orbit) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte B760 GAMING X AX ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£112.02 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£92.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Blue SN580 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£46.73 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: MSI VENTUS 2X OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card (£539.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: KOLINK OBSERVATORY LITE MESH RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (£42.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 

Power Supply: MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£79.00 @ Computer Orbit) 

Total: £1186.67

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-11-27 13:50 GMT+0000

 

few changes:

4070S. While 7900xt is a great card and better, AMD isnt liked by adobe because no cuda cores, so here we are.

Changed the ream to cl30 6000,

I also changed the motherboard to ATX, since you have an atx case.

Case is ultimately your choice, but as I was editing the list the case you had was unavailable, so I picked the next best one I could fit.