Photo editing PC

glic83

Hi All,

1. What is your budget? Up to €1500

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Mainly photography editing - Lightroom & Photoshop .

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? Can purchase a key if it does not come with build.

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? Keyboard & mouse.

5. Do you need a monitor? No, recently got a dell 32inch 4k ultra sharp

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? No

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? No

8. How can you pay? Credit/Debit card

9. When are you purchasing? Soon

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? N/A

Right, friend of mind needs to upgrade his pc, primarily for photography (lightrrom & photoshop) he won't be gaming and hasn't mentioned video editing. Will be also using ms office. He is open to prebuilds (ie Dell, Lenovo etc) or ordering parts and I'll put it together for him. He is VAT registered so will be looking to claim the VAT back on this purchase, he would rather spend the money now and have a system that will last him a while. He understands the market is different these days with graphics card being on the high side. Open to all suggestions

TIA

Thecageyone

I do a lot of photo editing using both LR and PS, often both running side by side, I have a lower level PC by editing/gaming standards at least - Ryzen 2600x with 16GB RAM and GTX 1660. If I had the funds I'd upgrade to a system with something like this : https://www.currys.ie/ieen/gaming/pc-gaming/gaming-pcs/pcspecialist-tornado-r5-gaming-pc-amd-ryzen-5-rtx-3060-2-tb-hdd-512-gb-ssd-10223939-pdt.html

I would up the RAM to 32GB, store Lightroom and Photoshop on the SSD then use all that lovely HDD storage for my catalogue folders, until I could upgrade to all SSD drives

Photo/video editing Pcs aren't too different to gaming PC's, I know that LR and PS do take advantage of better gpu, but also plenty of RAM

glic83

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118775238#Comment_118775238

Thanks for the reply , don't think he'll be wanting rgb tbh. Is alderlake the better direction to go at the minute over amd?

glic83

[PCPartPicker Part List](https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/rjQQZw)

Type|Item|Price

:----|:----|:----

**CPU** | [Intel Core i7-12700F 2.1 GHz 12-Core Processor](https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/LT3gXL/intel-core-i7-12700f-21-ghz-12-core-processor-bx8071512700f) | €363.00 @ Amazon Deutschland 

**CPU Cooler** | [Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler](https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/84MTwP/noctua-nh-d15-chromaxblack-8252-cfm-cpu-cooler-nh-d15-chromaxblack) | €109.90 @ Amazon Deutschland 

**Motherboard** | [MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard](https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/GvmmP6/msi-pro-z690-a-ddr4-atx-lga1700-motherboard-pro-z690-a-ddr4) | €189.99 @ Amazon Deutschland 

**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory](https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/W6ndnQ/corsair-vengeance-lpx-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr4-3200-memory-cmk32gx4m2e3200c16) | €126.90 @ Amazon Deutschland 

**Storage** | [Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive](https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/9nhKHx/intel-660p-series-1tb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-ssdpeknw010t8x1) | €95.60 @ Amazon Deutschland 

**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/mwrYcf/seagate-barracuda-computer-2-tb-35-7200rpm-internal-hard-drive-st2000dm008) | €57.90 @ Amazon Deutschland 

**Video Card** | [Zotac GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GAMING Twin Edge OC Video Card](https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/sM8bt6/zotac-geforce-rtx-3060-12-gb-gaming-twin-edge-oc-video-card-zt-a30600h-10m) | €599.91 @ Amazon Deutschland 

**Case** | [Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case](https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/bCYQzy/corsair-4000d-airflow-atx-mid-tower-case-cc-9011200-ww) | €98.99 @ Amazon Deutschland 

**Power Supply** | [EVGA G1+ 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/xTMwrH/evga-supernova-g1-750w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-120-gp-0750-x1) | €114.99 @ Amazon Deutschland 

 | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |

 | **Total** | **€1757.18**

 | Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2022-03-13 14:03 CET+0100 |

Just put together a build on amazon German just to see how it compares to the pre built, I'm not really gone on gpu prices at current and might be worth building without the gpu at present and add at a later stage.

Thecageyone

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118778404#Comment_118778404

Not mad about rgb myself, got none on my PC, but it was just an example. Prices on gpu seem to coming down, though if you look on adverts there's still a lot of greed, some trying to sell the 3060 for example for €800!

glic83

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118779774#Comment_118779774

Yeah agreed its still on the upper end of where it needs to be , but I think it will be another few months (hopefully it will continue) before it comes down to where it should be.