Photo processing build

DamoKen

Hi, as the title suggests I'm putting together a new build the primary purpose of which will be photo editing through Photoshop and Light room mainly. No peripherals are required.

Build isn't actually for me, it's for my father in law so won't be doing any gaming. His budget is around a thousand sterling but hope to build him a quality machine for less.

My last build was 5 years back so bit out of the loop, especially on chipsets and graphics cards.

Put together a draft build, might be well overspecced though so any advice appreciated. For ram I was thinking of two sticks for a total of 16GB, again could be overkill though. Haven't selected anything for a graphics card yet as not sure if it'll be necessary. Would it offer any appreciable performance increase for photo processing or would the quad core be sufficient?

Cheers!

Case : http://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-carbide-series-100r-mid-tower-computer-chassis-with-side-window-usb-30-cable-management-and-

Mobo : http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asrock-h170-pro4-d3-intel-h170-s-1151-ddr3-ddr3l-satae-2-way-crossfire-realtek-gigabit-lan-usb-30-at

Processor : http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i5-6400-s-1151-skylake-quad-core-27ghz-33ghz-turbo-6mb-cache-950mhz-gpu-27x-ratio

Ram : http://www.scan.co.uk/products/16gb-(2x8gb)-corsair-ddr4-vengeance-lpx-black-pc4-17000-(2133)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-13-15-15-28-xm

SSD : http://www.scan.co.uk/products/512gb-samsung-950-pro-m2-(22x80)-pcie-30-(x4)-nvme-11-ssd-ubx-3d-v-nand-read-2500mb-s-write-1500mb-s

HHD : http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2tb-seagate-st2000dm001-barracuda-720014-sata-3-6gb-s-7200rpm-64mb-cache-8ms-oem-ncq

PSU : http://www.scan.co.uk/products/550w-corsair-rm550x-series-80-plus-gold-full-modular-single-rail-458a-plus12v-1x135mm-fan-atx-psu

Gehad_JoyRider

It's always handy to have a GPU for a image processing takes a lot of strain away from the CPU or maybe it could be considered work.

I think it's a fine set up small 2 GB ddr5 GPU would be a great addition.

I don't think 16gbs is over kill, as as cameras pixels sizes are getting that big that in some cases the extra umph is ideal. And some what allows for camera upgrade in terms of camera pixel size.

DamoKen

Cheers Gehad, yeah that was my thinking with the ram, especially as he's planning on upgrading his camera to a semi-professional or professional model this year. Seriously large raw images to process.

I had read somewhere that light room especially will take advantage of a GPU so had considered getting a decent cheapish card. Don't want to get him more graphics power than he will ever use though. Also it's a bit of a bewildering array out there!

Any recommendations?

Thanks again

Digital Solitude

GTX750 is a low powered card, about €100 that would be grand for him

DamoKen

Digital Solitude wrote: »

GTX750 is a low powered card, about €100 that would be grand for him

Cheers DS, I'll check it out when I get home

Robert ninja

You haven't listed a display so I assume you're sorted on that front but if not you'll need a colour-accurate panel to compliment such a machine.

DamoKen

Hi Robert, correct. He invested in a pretty decent monitor a while back purely for photo processing so all good there.

Cheers