What to upgrade?

[haris178]

Hi everyone,I have my PC for about 4 years now. The question is : what to upgrade to increase performance on graphic design ( photoshop/illustrator/lightroom ). games is not priority so I don't think that the GPU upgrade is necessary. My thoughts is to change motherboard,buy cpu cooler and overclock cpu,and add more RAM. so the build is : 

i5 4670k ( stock cooler ) 

asus r9 280

8gb 1600 ram

b85m-g

120gb samsung 840evo 

1TB seagate HDD ( enough ,still 650gb left ) 

[FastRDust]

1 minute ago, haris178 said:

Hi everyone,I have my PC for about 4 years now. The question is : what to upgrade to increase performance on graphic design ( photoshop/illustrator/lightroom ). games is not priority so I don't think that the GPU upgrade is necessary. My thoughts is to change motherboard,buy cpu cooler and overclock cpu,and add more RAM. so the build is : 

i5 4670k ( stock cooler ) 

asus r9 280

8gb 1600 ram

b85m-g

120gb samsung 840evo 

1TB seagate HDD ( enough ,still 650gb left ) 

Wouldn't it be a better idea to swap out the CPU as well when you already plan to change the MOBO?

It will increase performance in software applications and be more future proof then.

[NelizMastr]

Adobe software prefers Nvidia GPUs, so you could probably win something there. However, there's a vast amount of relatively cheap CPU upgrades you can do as well. Take a look at Xeon E3 v3 chips, and especially the 1230v3 and up. They can be had for around $120 and offer 4c/8t. You wouldn't need to change boards that way.

[wojtepanik]

you can go 2 paths of budget upgrade : upgrade gpu and upgrade cpu later , or upgrade cpu now and upgrade gpu later, as for now I would get new gpu and upgrade cpu later next year, when 9th gen intel settles in the market for good

[haris178]

okay,to make things more clear few questions : 
Does gpu really affects adobe performance? cuz I don't play games at all,and I don't think that gpu upgrade>cpu upgrade ( maybe I am wrong,enlighten me ) 

Does b85 really is not ready for overclock? I am founding information that is not recommended,but thats not always impossible 

I am still pupil,and graphic design is still just a small side job to make some cash.

I am from Lithuania where prices are way higher than yours ( probably,not sure about tech,opinion formed based on other products ) 

 

 

[19_blackie_73]

Try to get a used xeon 1231v3, still a decent chip. Basically an i7 4770