Recommendations?

[Captainkek]

I am trying to find out what is the most appropriate design for a computer which is for graphic designs. What should I focus on for hardware the most? What is the most important in a computer for graphic designers? (I'm trying to look for a desktop build)

[Electronics Wizardy]

Laptop or desktop?

 

What programs?

 

Normally a quadcore, low/midrange gpu. 16-32gb of ram.

 

[Animus3D]

Depends on budget, what is it?

[Captainkek]

3 minutes ago, Animus3D said:

Depends on budget, what is it?

Around $2000

[Captainkek]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Laptop or desktop?

 

What programs?

 

Normally a quadcore, low/midrange gpu. 16-32gb of ram.

 

A desktop

I don't know the programs, I'm building the pc for a friend who is focusing on graphic designing.

okay, thanks

[Animus3D]

 

1 minute ago, Captainkek said:

A desktop

I don't know the programs, I'm building the pc for a friend who is focusing on graphic designing.

okay, thanks

3D graphics or 2D? will he be using it for gaming?

[alexhelvetica]

I don't think programs like flash or photoshop require much power to run. Spend money on a nice drawing tablet, high end IPS monitor, mechanical keyboard and a good accurate mouse.

 

The specs of the computer would be :

I5 6400

16GB RAM

250GB SSD and 1TB HDD

Corsair CX 450M as the PSU

 

You can upgrade the CPU and SSD and possibly include a GPU, but I don't think you will need more than that. 

[Captainkek]

2 minutes ago, Animus3D said:

 

3D graphics or 2D? will he be using it for gaming?

I don't know, all I know is that my friend will be using it for college practice. He isn't going to be using it for gaming.

[Animus3D]

Just now, Captainkek said:

I don't know, all I know is that my friend will be using it for college practice. He isn't going to be using it for gaming.

Hmm... well if it's for 2D he has waaay to big of a budget, unless he'll be working on giant-ass TIFF files from photoshop while rendering out a movie in After Effects.

For 2D, and fitting in the budget, I'd say:

-i7-6800k because 6C 12T, and core counts matter in 2D

-Mobo is up to you, but high memory is recommended for both 2D and 3D

-I'd say around 32G DDR4, if you can get ECC DDR4 for a reasonable-ish price it's really nice to have in a workstation

-Gpu would probably only need to be a 1060, 1070 if you're feelin' lucky

-of course do the math on watts or let PCPartpicker do that for you

-SSD all day every day. PCI-E over M.2 over SATA every day. Intel's 750 series is recommended because of reliability and speed (http://tinyurl.com/jeok86g)

 

That's my two cents, if i missed any critical things let me know

[Animus3D]

1 minute ago, Animus3D said:

Hmm... well if it's for 2D he has waaay to big of a budget, unless he'll be working on giant-ass TIFF files from photoshop while rendering out a movie in After Effects.

For 2D, and fitting in the budget, I'd say:

-i7-6800k because 6C 12T, and core counts matter in 2D

-Mobo is up to you, but high memory is recommended for both 2D and 3D

-I'd say around 32G DDR4, if you can get ECC DDR4 for a reasonable-ish price it's really nice to have in a workstation

-Gpu would probably only need to be a 1060, 1070 if you're feelin' lucky

-of course do the math on watts or let PCPartpicker do that for you

-SSD all day every day. PCI-E over M.2 over SATA every day. Intel's 750 series is recommended because of reliability and speed (http://tinyurl.com/jeok86g)

 

That's my two cents, if i missed any critical things let me know

Welp, i forgot to mention 3D.

Instead of a high core count CPU, go i5-6500k and spring for the new pascal Titan

 

[Captainkek]

Just now, Animus3D said:

Welp, i forgot to mention 3D.

Instead of a high core count CPU, go i5-6500k and spring for the new pascal Titan

 

Thanks! 

[Captainkek]

15 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

I don't think programs like flash or photoshop require much power to run. Spend money on a nice drawing tablet, high end IPS monitor, mechanical keyboard and a good accurate mouse.

 

The specs of the computer would be :

I5 6400

16GB RAM

250GB SSD and 1TB HDD

Corsair CX 450M as the PSU

 

You can upgrade the CPU and SSD and possibly include a GPU, but I don't think you will need more than that. 

Thanks!