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Hey everyone I'm planning to build a PC for graphic design in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.

Specs should be:

16 GB DDR4 RAM

Samsung 860 Evo 250 GB SSD

WD Blue 1TB HDD

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My question is which option is more useful for these kind of workloads (only photo editing/design, painting, logo design - no video editing):

1. i7 8700 (non k)  and using the integrated gpu

2. i5 8400 with 1050Ti 4G

3. something different (budget under 1000€)

 

Thanks for your help ;)

 

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The i7 8700 alone would be better as there is very little GPU hardware acceleration for photo/image work exclusively while the i7 8700 will have a very strong single core performance which these applications love while the Hyper-Threading will improve multi-tasking.

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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Photoshop will use a gpu to accelerate certain functions.

 

Add an appropriate amount of hdd storage if it is needed.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  (€197.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49 CFM CPU Cooler  (€34.90 @ Caseking) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€85.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€132.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€147.89 @ Mindfactory) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB SC GAMING ACX 2.0 Video Card  (€169.90 @ Caseking) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define S ATX Mid Tower Case  (€76.85 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 450 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€63.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €910.50
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-15 19:35 CET+0100

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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1 hour ago, lboyd1 said:

@Slottr @Princess Cadence Would you say that the i7-8700 (non k) is good enough for photo editing?

Yeah, absolutely. But i'd still strive for the 8700k for its higher base clocks, even if you aren't overclocking

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1 hour ago, lboyd1 said:

@Slottr @Princess Cadence Would you say that the i7-8700 (non k) is good enough for photo editing?

It's about as great as it gets.

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor €306.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Motherboard ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard €85.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory €116.08 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage SanDisk - Ultra 3D 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive €79.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive €44.90 @ Caseking
Video Card EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB SC GAMING ACX 2.0 Video Card €169.90 @ Caseking
Case Fractal Design - Define S ATX Mid Tower Case €76.85 @ Amazon Deutschland
Power Supply SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 450 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply €63.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €944.51
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-16 16:59 CET+0100  

you could try this 2700x has 2 more cores than an 8700k and some Photoshop things might utilize gpu 

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