Have you ever asked about new system approval or advice? Mostly it's all about Adobe Photoshop.
Have you ever asked about new system approval or advice? Mostly it's all about Adobe Photoshop.
Hey guys, here is a plan I made to swap out my old PC for Adobe Photoshop. Gaming isn't needed at all. Any advice or tips from other people would be awesome! 🙂 When are you buying this? It could happen anytime before September 2025. The budget is around 2800 Swiss Francs (which is about 3350 US$). Shipping is free in Switzerland, but I won't mind if it's cheaper. What do you use your computer for most? Editing photos and Adobe Photoshop. Maybe some simple film editing later on, but that's not super important. Are you getting a monitor? No. Do you need to buy an operating system? No (it will run on Windows 11). Which website should I shop from? Digitec.ch. Where is this happening? In Zürich, Switzerland. What parts do you want? AMD Ryzen CPUs, MSI or Gigabyte motherboards, Corsair or Seasonic power supplies, Noctua coolers for the CPU. Turning it up to max speed: No. Multi-screen gaming: No. Your monitor size? 1920 by 1080 pixels or 1920 by 1200 pixels. Some extra notes: I'm really not sure about my graphics card yet. Air cooling on the CPU is better than water cooling. The RAM sticks are short so they fit under the CPU cooler. Most important of all, why am I upgrading? My current PC is 10 years old and still runs Windows 10. I need to switch to Windows 11 starting in October 2025. It also struggles a bit with big photo files. The Plan: Motherboard (Gigabyte X870E AORUS MASTER), CPU (AMD Ryzen 9 9950X), RAM (2x 32GB Kingston FURY Beast M2 SSDs, 2x Samsung 990 Pro 2000GB with heatsinks, and a 4GB WD Blue for backups), Graphics Card (Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Twin Edge), Power Supply (Seasonic Prime PX), CPU Cooler (Noctua NH-D15), Case (Chromax Fractal Define 7 Black). Thanks so much! Kind regards, Littlelupo
Everything fits nicely here. A 750-watt power supply handles the load perfectly without being too much. If you need extra headroom, an 850-watt one is enough.
Here are a few options you can look at. Check these deals from Digitec: the MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WIFI motherboard for 265.00 CHF, or the ASUS TUF GAMING Z890-PLUS WIFI for 263.00 CHF. You might also want to consider the Intel Core Ultra 9 285 processor at 556.00 CHF, or the be quiet Pure Rock PRO 3 CPU cooler which costs 50.90 CHF. For storage, you could buy two Samsung SSDs (990 Pro) for a total of 154.00 CHF each. The Seasonic Core GX-850-V2 power supply is also worth checking out at 129.00 CHF.
Your idea looks pretty much like what I built back in 2022 for Photoshop and Topaz Video AI. I picked the 7950X over a 13900K because it gets a lot less heat, especially since my old Lian Li case sucks air too well. I have three big M.2 drives: one holds Windows and apps, another is Adobe's temporary files folder, and the third holds work in progress. Maybe a little too much for Photoshop but might help Premiere Pro and Topaz Video run faster. If saving money is your goal, try a Thermalright cooler instead of Noctua; I can recommend the Phantom Spirit 120 SE with seven heatpipes because it's cheap and works well enough. Just make sure your case has room to fit a big air-cooling fan. https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/producttype...lright-497 If you want to check how different parts perform in Photoshop, look at the charts on Puget Systems. Unlike video editing, Photoshop doesn't need a super-fast graphics card. https://www.pugetsystems.com/soluti...on...endations/ Maybe our needs are different, but I set up five hard drives for my system (two 8TBs, one 6TB, two 4TBs). I make over 600GB of RAW and JPG files every vacation, so drive space runs out pretty fast.
Thank you so much for all your help. It really means a lot to me. I have started some of the changes you suggested and updated my build (I swapped out the GPU, power supply, and memory). I do have a few questions if you can take a moment to answer them. Is there a specific reason to switch from AMD to Intel CPU? I heard that for photo editing, AMD is actually better, but I am not sure about this yet. The Thermaltake and beQuiet coolers are much cheaper, which is great. Unfortunately, I have never used these before, and my current Noctua cooler has worked fine for years so far. How do the Thermaltake or BeQuiet coolers compare to mine? Here is my adjusted system: Motherboard Gigabyte X870E AORUS MASTER CPU AMD Ryzen 9 9950X RAM 2 x 32GB Kingston 64GB DDR5 6000MT/S CL30 DIMM M2 SSD 2 x Samsung 990 Pro 2000GB with Heatsink 2nd HD for mass storage 4GB WD Blue GPU Gainward GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Python III OC PSU Seasonic Core GX-850-V2 CPU Cooler Noctua NH-D15 Chromax Case Fractal Define 7 Black Again thank you & kind regards Littlelupo
Thanks to Why_Me, Logan54321, Misgar for helping me out! I really liked seeing how the Ryzen 9700 performs in Photoshop. Our vacation needs are way different than yours; we probably don't need that much storage or space like you might have with Hubble photos. It's been a fun read. The parts came together for about $400 less than my original plan, which is great! I'm going to share what I built next week because our charity has so little money and every dollar counts. Your advice was super helpful, and thanks again everyone. Have a great time! Littlelupo
You will see both Intel and AMD choices if you look at their suggested systems. In 2022, I picked AMD because the AMD 7950X ran cooler than the Intel 13900K. For video editing on a budget, Intel CPUs with H.265 support are useful for encoding and decoding. If "AMD is better" means graphics cards, some people prefer Nvidia because it might have more OpenCL or OpenGL support. You probably won't notice a big difference in Photoshop unless you use Nvidia or AMD GPUs. Unless you spend way too much time processing thousands of photos every month with Photoshop, I don't think the brand matters much for most people. https://vtechinsider.com/amd-vs-nvidia-photoshop/ . I have an NH-D15 on a 7950X, an NH-D14 on a 3800X, and lots of small Noctua fans on older Intel and AMD machines. Some people hate the old Noctua brown color scheme, but Chromax black is another choice for recent coolers. More recently I've bought Thermalright products like Peerless Assassin 120 SE for an Intel LGA2011-3 Xeon server build and an SI-100 low profile fan for a home cinema system. Noctua has good style and quality, but if you don't have clear side panels on your case, Thermalright will work the same way (or even better) for less money. I'm not sure if my Thermalrights will still be working in ten years, but when they are one-third the price of a Noctua, I won't be too unhappy. My vacations are just "only" 3 to 4 weeks long, but when they include 5-day festivals and I know everyone well, I can easily shoot over 1,000 photos per day. I take 2 or 3 shots at different angles for each person and pick the best one for printing. Other days I might only take 100 shots while traveling or it is raining hard. I bought nine Dell laptops from a college and gave them to schools in villages where I take pictures. That could explain why I get many more photos than other tourists, because I come back with over 1200 printed copies of the previous festival. If you want desktop PCs, look at used office computers from suppliers like HP, Dell, or Lenovo that are 3 to 4 years old. They should still have a lot of life left but you might need to update them from Windows 10 to 11. For anyone still using Photoshop CS5.1/5.5 or CS6, modern hardware isn't very important. Not everyone needs both CC and A. I find bulk rendering RAW images in Topaz Photo AI (a Photoshop plugin) goes faster on my new RTX 4070 than on my old RTX 3060. When buying systems on eBay, I limit my search to a 25-mile radius so I can check the condition when I pick them up myself. You might need a van for 18 computers and monitors!