Photoshop editing PC

[o3Mo]

Hey all,

 

New to this community hoping to have a great time. 

 

I am in a need of a good computer for photoshop editing. Price is around 1200-1300 euros or 1600-1700$.

Currently this is what I have in mind, but i am open for suggestion were i can get something better.

 

Core i7 6700k

Asus Z170-A

Double 2x16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 2400mhz DDR4

Corsair RM750x (price difference compared to the RM650x is 13$)

Samsung 850 Evo 250GB

WD 4TB Green

 

And here is my concern.. Do i need a top of the line GPU or not? If i do need one i will need to cut somewhere.

Any suggestions? 

 

 

[Clanscorpia]

2 minutes ago, o3Mo said:

Hey all,

 

New to this community hoping to have a great time. 

 

I am in a need of a good computer for photoshop editing. Price is around 1200-1300 euros or 1600-1700$.

Currently this is what I have in mind, but i am open for suggestion were i can get something better.

 

Core i7 6700k

Asus Z170-A

Double 2x16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 2400mhz DDR4

Corsair RM750x (price difference compared to the RM650x is 13$)

Samsung 850 Evo 250GB

WD 4TB Green

 

And here is my concern.. Do i need a top of the line GPU or not? If i do need one i will need to cut somewhere.

Any suggestions? 

 

 

You don't need an amazing PC for photoshop, it's Premiere and video rendering that need good PCs. You'd be fine with just an i3

[Starelementpoke]

3 minutes ago, o3Mo said:

Hey all,

 

New to this community hoping to have a great time. 

 

I am in a need of a good computer for photoshop editing. Price is around 1200-1300 euros or 1600-1700$.

Currently this is what I have in mind, but i am open for suggestion were i can get something better.

 

Core i7 6700k

Asus Z170-A

Double 2x16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 2400mhz DDR4

Corsair RM750x (price difference compared to the RM650x is 13$)

Samsung 850 Evo 250GB

WD 4TB Green

 

And here is my concern.. Do i need a top of the line GPU or not? If i do need one i will need to cut somewhere.

Any suggestions? 

 

 

Just for photoshop? No gaming?

[Moonzy]

3 minutes ago, o3Mo said:

Do i need a top of the line GPU or not?

does your software benefit from gpu acceleration? if yes then does it scale with gpu horsepower?

[o3Mo]

Only photoshop will be used, no gaming. This PC is being build for a photographer.

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, o3Mo said:

Only photoshop will be used, no gaming. This PC is being build for a photographer.

Where country wise?

[ronstig]

1 minute ago, o3Mo said:

Only photoshop will be used, no gaming. This PC is being build for a photographer.

Should be more than enough then.

Hell, the core duo disgraces we use for photoshop in my school are good enough, let alone a 6700k.

[o3Mo]

2 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

Where country wise?

Eastern Europe, Bulgaria

[Starelementpoke]

11 minutes ago, o3Mo said:

Eastern Europe, Bulgaria

PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/cYrLVn
Price breakdown by merchant: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/cYrLVn/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  (€388.75 @ Mindfactory) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€32.77 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A Raider ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (€201.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€57.37 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€39.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Toshiba  3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€86.50 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 950 2GB OC Edition Video Card  (€151.00 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€45.70 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€92.53 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1096.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-25 22:58 CEST+0200

No clue how much storage the guy needs. SSD is just for OS. GPU is just for in case it can take advantage of GPU acceleration.

[MisterDeadeye]

Okay, so I use Photoshop. There IS hardware acceleration, and you can look online to see that there are measurable differences with going for better GPUs. Now, what you have selected would be great for gaming with the Z170 board and i7-6700k. It'll do well with Photoshop as well, but the CPU is most definitely NOT needed for Photoshop. My suggestion is to dial back on the CPU and motherboard(the chipset on that board is also for SLI and overclocking, "gaming" features that will literally not be used at all in an editing PC), and reallocate the funds for better stability and higher speeds for reading/writing. 

 

Anyway, this is a mockup of what I've found. http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/KRvY6h

 

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V5 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€264.00) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X150-PLUS WS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€108.94) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€70.99) 
Storage: Samsung SM951 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (€137.05) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  (€193.18) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular Fanless ATX Power Supply  (€147.05)
Total: €921.21

 

Okay, now a bit of a breakdown for my reasoning on these components. The Xeon is much cheaper than the i7, but has the same cache and hyperthreading. It isn't overclockable, has a slower clock speed, and no integrated graphics, but none of that is something you'll care about with Photoshop. I'm telling you, while the i7-6700k is recommended on here all day, you have to realize that most of the people here use their computers for LTT, porn, and games. The Xeon will be a better choice.

 

The motherboard is compatible with the Xeon -- for the first time in a while, Xeon processors aren't compatible with the standard chipsets; admittedly, there are few C232 or C236 chipset boards that show pricing on PCPartPicker. Again, comparing this to the Z170 board, you'll notice a couple of things. This is essentially Gigabyte's version of ASUS's TUF series. It's a workstation board, and you're building a workstation -- not an MLG pro 420allday gaming PC.

 

You aren't going to need 32GB of RAM for Photoshop. 16GB will be plenty to have Photoshop and Lightroom open, along with 20 tabs of Chrome. You aren't using up that 16GB of RAM. Also, regarding the speed difference, again, this is negligible and you will not notice a difference between 2133 and 2400.

 

You're going to want some sort of flash storage. SSD, PCIe, M.2, something. I chose that Samsung M.2 card because of the read/write speeds; you can go for a 950 Pro if you want to spend the extra money. Regardless, you'll have a lot of presets and templates saved on your main drive. Having a storage device with fast read/write speeds is necessary for Photoshop. You're not going to want a WD Green as your OS drive. Dear God, 5400RPM(or whatever it technically is) is so bad; it's really only useful at this point for archiving. 

 

As far as the GPU, I kind of had a difficult time deciding what to go for. GTX 960 is a good choice, especially if you're planning on having multiple monitors setup while processing with the GPU. GTX 950 is fine, but again, you should notice a difference with the 960. Honestly, the most important thing is making sure you have the video outputs you'll need per the displays you're intending to use.

 

750W is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overkill for ANY single CPU and GPU system. The 520W I chose is nice for two reasons. One, it's fanless so it's totally silent. Two, it's 80+ Platinum so it's efficient. You'd actually be fine with the 460W version with either of the GPUs we've recommended here, and the 80+ Gold PSU recommended above would be fine as well. Again, this is a workstation, so you shouldn't be focused on watts and clock speeds. Stability and efficiency are the most important aspects of a workstation.

 

I didn't choose a HDD, a case, or a CPU cooler because those aren't as important. A stock cooler would be fine if there's going to be no gaming(or even light gaming assuming the case has decent cooling). I'd choose a WD Red Pro for storage, though a Green would technically be fine. 

[Streetguru]

2 hours ago, o3Mo said:

 

Your display is going to be more important than your PC hardware, you'd be fine with an i5 6500, possibly invest in a 950 SSD

 

You really don't need a GPU for photoshop

You aren't going to need anything more than this really. The motherboard should have a PCI-e M.2 slot on the back, not sure how well that'll work though given that the 950 SSDs run pretty hot at times

Also don't know your display set up, the motherboard only has DVI and HDMI options, but it has built in wifi

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/JGhTbv
Price breakdown by merchant: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/JGhTbv/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€304.29 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: MSI B150I GAMING PRO Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€92.66 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€120.95 @ Mindfactory)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€113.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€158.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  (€43.25 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Super Flower Golden Green HX 450W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (€68.82 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €902.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-26 00:46 CEST+0200

[o3Mo]

After reading all the posts here is what i have ordered:

 

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V5 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  

Cooler: CM 412s
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X150-PLUS WS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: 2 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (it was on a good promotion)
Storage: Samsung 950 Pro 250GB, WD RED Pro 3TB
Video Card: GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular Fanless ATX Power Supply

And a random case.

 

Thanks everybody for the advises!!!