Photo Editing PC

[Threeiiis]

Hello, so i have built pcs for gaming and am generally knowledgeable of pc hardware, however im building a pc for a family member and they want one for photos and photo editing and im kind of out of my depth here. Obviously i could just go overkill on everything and it would be fine, but im not trying to break the bank. So my question is what specifically do i need to be concerned with? Storage space will be up there but like, do you need a good cpu for photo editing, and if so whats more important core count or clock speed, also is usb 3.1 pretty much a necessity, also do you need a good gpu or will integrated be more than enough? Also this is just for photo editing NOT video editing. Thanks for any help you can give <3

[The Sloth]

a ryzen 1700 with a rx480 can do well for you. 

[Threeiiis]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

a ryzen 1700 with a rx480 can do well for you. 

you don't think a 480 is overkill?

[The Sloth]

Just now, Threeiiis said:

you don't think a 480 is overkill?

for gaming no, bit of power  doesn't hurt. 

[Threeiiis]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

for gaming no

This isnt for gaming, sorry if you misunderstood my post.

[The Sloth]

Just now, Threeiiis said:

This isnt for gaming, sorry if you misunderstood my post.

i was talking about extra bit of power, a rx480 can be bought for low as 140 usd. 

[NTDaws]

7 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

i was talking about extra bit of power, a rx480 can be bought for low as 140 usd. 

He could just buy a 1050ti and that would be fine.

[The Sloth]

Just now, Being Delirious said:

He could just buy a 1050ti and that would be fine.

he could buy a rx480 for the same price

[NTDaws]

2 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

he could buy a rx480 for the same price

even a rx 460 for a gt 710 is fine.

[The Sloth]

Just now, Being Delirious said:

even a rx 460 for a gt 710 is fine.

i know but you get more for your money, sweet spot build. 

[Flavio hc 16]

For serious video editing ( photoshop and stuff like that, for professionals), you don't need a super powerful system, however,  I would recommend:

 

-A lot of ram (16 gbs, but if you can squeeze it even 32gbs)

- fast storage ( ssd possibly a 500gbs+)

and that above is what I consider important, then nice bonuses will be

-a true quad core processor ( i would wait for ryzen 5, especially the 4c/8t variants that will come at 160-190$)

- a discrete gpu: I personally do not recommend to go with the Igpu, I would buy something like an rx460, possibly with 4gbs of vram

Thats it

 

 

[brob]

Something like the following should be more than sufficient for most photo editing jobs. If one is using PhotoShop, then the discrete gpu will be used to accelerate some editing functions. 

 

I would suggest lots of memory and a large ssd. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H270N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($116.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($112.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($140.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($121.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($134.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Silverstone RVZ01B Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair SF 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($89.75 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full - USB 32/64-bit  ($106.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor  ($348.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1552.56
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