Graphic designer's computer

[TrophyMP]

Aim

I am building a new computer for graphic design purposes (mainly in Photoshop, InDesign and Ilustrator). While I do not want choose any side atm, I would prefer staying with nVidia and intel for I have been using them for the past few generations.

Budget and Location

It is not meant for me, but I will be building it and setting it up. Keep in mind that I live in Europe, Czech Republic and some specific things might not be available to me, so try to keep with big brands.

 

The budget of now is around 1600 US$ + 1000 US$ for the monitor (which in my currency is 30.000 czk + 20.000 czk). No case is needed.

Monitor

The monitor is not important, but if you know a good pre-calibrated monitor, than be sure to post it. I've already found some good Eizo's that are 27' with 2560x1440, which so far are the best options. There will possibly be a second monitor that we already own, which is probably running at something like 1280x1024.

Reason for upgrade

The old computer is old and outdated. Cannot reuse pretty anything except for the case, which is a necessity (can give measurements for CPU coolers if needed).

 

I had a few ideas myself, but being a gamer, I'm not really sure what is preferred in this type of scenario, except for the bigger demand on CPU power rather than GPU power.

 

Thanks for any answers. (btw no custom watercooling for this build)

[extremescouter]

This is what I would suggest: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/17xZy

 

The PSU is definitely overkill, but it will be reliable and can easily expand to meet any of your future needs.

 

I would also suggest going for an Asus ProArt monitor. 

[Glenwing]

This is what I would suggest: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/17xZy

 

The PSU is definitely overkill, but it will be reliable and can easily expand to meet any of your future needs.

 

I would also suggest going for an Asus ProArt monitor. 

 

ASUS doesn't offer any 1440p true 8-bit panels, only WLED so that is probably not good enough.

[spartin503]

Even though this goes a little over the budget, for content creation, you will see a performance increase with the 3930k over the 4770k, and if you want to overclock you can go a lot father with the Sandy Bridge-E then Haswell. You will also get a lot more memory bandwidth with the quad channel with the X79, over the dual channel from the Z87.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/17Amw

[airdeano]

how big are the Ps/Ai/Id files? what kind of filters and plugins are you using?

 

the SB/IB/HS can fill the bill just fine. if using a high-end plug-in or monster

pixel rez, then the X79 platform can take it easier than the SB/IB/HS platform.

 

graphics efficiency along with the monitor performance can really make a

big difference, so skimping there is counter-productive. using mainstream

graphics can be a blessing and curse. sometimes a work station card is

what is needed. but we had to have determined what intensity the station

is being used.

 

airdeano

[TrophyMP]

Thank you for the suggestions.

 

how big are the Ps/Ai/Id files? what kind of filters and plugins are you using?

 

the SB/IB/HS can fill the bill just fine. if using a high-end plug-in or monster

pixel rez, then the X79 platform can take it easier than the SB/IB/HS platform.

 

graphics efficiency along with the monitor performance can really make a

big difference, so skimping there is counter-productive. using mainstream

graphics can be a blessing and curse. sometimes a work station card is

what is needed. but we had to have determined what intensity the station

is being used.

Well for most the files won't exceed 200Mb. Not really doing large format, just some occasional posters. This would be the reason for why I'm not sure about the x79 platform. 

 

Until the new build is done, the use of plugins wasn't very much of an option, I mean still using the CS2 pack with a whole bunch of fonts and filters from the break of the millenium :D

Will be moving on to CS6 now.

 

Another thing I really don't know about is the graphics card, since when I asked a couple of people out of this forum about it and most seem to think that you do not need a strong graphics card for these things. Please let me know on that one since that could be a game changer.

[Glenwing]

Thank you for the suggestions.

 

Well for most the files won't exceed 200Mb. Not really doing large format, just some occasional posters. This would be the reason for why I'm not sure about the x79 platform. 

 

Until the new build is done, the use of plugins wasn't very much of an option, I mean still using the CS2 pack with a whole bunch of fonts and filters from the break of the millenium :D

Will be moving on to CS6 now.

 

Another thing I really don't know about is the graphics card, since when I asked a couple of people out of this forum about it and most seem to think that you do not need a strong graphics card for these things. Please let me know on that one since that could be a game changer.

 

Since you can use your graphics card to accelerate Adobe programs (by a lot) yes it can be important.  You don't really need the best of the best though.  A GTX 760 or 760 Ti would be just fine, although they aren't released quite yet.  If you're willing to wait for that you can still get the rest of the system going and add on the graphics card later for additional performance, if you feel it's needed.