Build for picture editing

[Simon771]

Friend from work is going to buy new PC for picture editing with adobe programs like photoshop and lightroom.

He only does picture editing, and not videos.

 

So this is what I picked for him:

CPU: i5 6500

motherboard: H170A-X1 ASRock

RAM: DDR4 2400MHz CL15 Kingston HyperX Fury(B)

HDD: 6TB WD Red

SSD: Samsung EVO 850 250gb

GPU: GTX 950 Palit STORMX 2048MB

 

I'm not expert on picture editing, but if I'm correct, it doesn't need that much GPU or CPU power. I know that for video editing i7 would be better option, for for just pictures ... I think i5 6500 and GTX 950 should work just fine.

He's not into gaming or anything, so there is no point of buying any better GPU I guess.

 

So am I right about that, or would i7 6700 + GPU like GTX 1060 acctually benefit him a lot?

 

He also need that 6TB HDD, to store all the projects and stuff. SSD will be used for Windows + programs. There will be also 50GB partition made on SSD, where he will move projects that he will be working on more frequntly.

So let me know what you guys thing about this build for that kind of use

[JHY]

What is his budget?

[Simon771]

Just now, PCNoobie said:

What is his budget?

1000€

 

And as said above, he needs 6TB HDD to store files.

 

[JHY]

How about this?

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/MDdzf8

[Silencer]

How much ram were you planning to get. Also if I'm not mistaken h170 only supports 2133 MHz so the 2400 will just downclock. Though in some areas 2400 is cheaper than 2133. A higher cpu would help depending on the level of photo editing happening

[Simon771]

2 minutes ago, PCNoobie said:

How about this?

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/MDdzf8

But is it worth buying AMD GPU for adobe programs?

Tell me if I'm wrong, but adobe programs prefer nvidia.

[JHY]

2 minutes ago, Simon771 said:

But is it worth buying AMD GPU for adobe programs?

Tell me if I'm wrong, but adobe programs prefer nvidia.

Current amd cpu is bad compared to intel, but amd zen cpu might be good. If your friend can wait until 2017 or luckily get it in late 2016 for that cpu.

Edited August 31, 2016 by PCNoobie

[Blind X]

What about that:

http://fr.pcpartpicker.com/list/Kd24sJ

 

It will be something around 1060 Euro

[Captain_WD]

1 hour ago, Simon771 said:

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Hi there

 

What amount of memory are you planning on having ( I don't think you have listed it). 

Also, you should check if the specific application that your friend will be using can make more use of more VRAM or work better with specific card manufacturer. Investing as much as you can in the GPU in this case (if the application uses is a lot) is the best thing to be done here. 

 

Any particular reason why you went with a NAS/RAID HDD instead of a regular storage drive or a performance drive? WD Red is designed for NAS devices and RAID arrays. It would do the job fine here but I would recommend checking out WD Black which has better performance and longer warranty.  Or simply opt for a regular WD Blue for basic massive storage.  

 

Captain_WD. 

[Simon771]

1 hour ago, Blind-X said:

What about that:

http://fr.pcpartpicker.com/list/Kd24sJ

 

It will be something around 1060 Euro

That's better build, so I will give him this advice

 

 

37 minutes ago, Captain_WD said:

Hi there

 

What amount of memory are you planning on having ( I don't think you have listed it). 

Also, you should check if the specific application that your friend will be using can make more use of more VRAM or work better with specific card manufacturer. Investing as much as you can in the GPU in this case (if the application uses is a lot) is the best thing to be done here. 

 

Any particular reason why you went with a NAS/RAID HDD instead of a regular storage drive or a performance drive? WD Red is designed for NAS devices and RAID arrays. It would do the job fine here but I would recommend checking out WD Black which has better performance and longer warranty.  Or simply opt for a regular WD Blue for basic massive storage.  

 

Captain_WD. 

He will be using 8GB memory. More than enough. He was using some old PC with 4GB ram and AMD CPU + HD 7xxx graphic from CPU.

So this upgrade will be decent for him

 

I went with WD Red simply because it's cheaper on the website where I was ordering. It will be used just to store data, so I'm pretty sure any WD HDD can handle that

And as I said before, he will move files and projects to SSD partition for faster performance when working with it.

So for that price, WD Red should do the work just fine. At least I hope so  

[Quindor]

A WD RED and WD Green are basically the same disk with two differences.

 

TLER (Time Limited Error Recovery) and Spin down.

 

RED: Spin down off, TLER ON

Green: Spin down on, TLER off

 

Spin down can cause issues when used in devices that are on 24Hrs a day (such as a NAS), that's why it's disabled on the RED. You could also do this for the green in your desktop, it can make it live a lot longer.

 

But the most important feature is TLER. Basically, what TLER does is that in the case something goes wrong reading data from the disk a desktop drive (With TLER off by default) will try until it succeeds or the disk controller (often 5 minutes) times out. With TLER (Time Limited Error Recovery) on the disk will call it quits after 7 seconds (to not hang up the system for too long) and return that it can't read the data, mark the sector bad and continue.

 

TLER is desirable in a situation where data can be reconstructed in a different way (Mirror, RAID, etc.) but undesirable when this can't be done such as a desktop. If you do run one in a desktop, it'll work but the chance of losing data is higher. Can't really recommend it.

[Captain_WD]

3 hours ago, Simon771 said:

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For editing purposes you may want to up the number of memory a bit as most editing software applications such quite a lot of memory and you can surely benefit from having more (if the budget allows it). 

 

If the price is good and the usage is simple storage you should be good. Let me know if you have questions regarding it or any issues.

 

Captain_WD.