Spec for photographer and business owner

nigpd

nigpd

Bronze Level Poster
Hi

Below is the spec for a workstation that I would like to use for

Lightroom
Photoshop
Premier Pro
Microsoft Office 365

linked to 2 Dell Ultrasharp monitors
U2410 1920 x1200 @ 60Hz
U2713H 2560 x 1440 @60Hz

The only thing I would like to change is the memory. I'd like to up it to 3600Mhz, but there isn't an option for this
Confirmation that the motherboard will support M.2 NVMe SSD Disks would be welcome.

thanks in advance for views and recommendations

Spec link as follows

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/amd-am4-gen3-pc/1877046/

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 465X RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12 Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.6GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
Gigabyte X570 GAMING X: ATX (USB 3.2 Gen 1, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
4TB SEAGATE IRONWOLF PRO 3.5", 7200 RPM 128MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)
Memory Card Reader
USB 3.0 EXTERNAL SD/MICRO SD CARD READER
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100x Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Ultra Quiet Fans
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [MUP-00003]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Google Chrome™
Surge Protection
6 Socket 2m Surge Protector
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Price: £2,075.00 including VAT and Delivery
 
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Bigfoot

Grand Master
You will probably be asked to provide the link to the specification, so that the experts can make some tweaks. The Asus ROG Strix x-570 board is usually recommended by them for that processor and that can have 2 NVME drives. You could save a few pounds by getting the non-RGB RAM. You have selected an older version of the cooler and should be looking at the Platinum version. The 5900X CPU is out in a few days and might be a worthwhile upgrade. The 3070 GPU may be overkill for your monitors and application and they are like hen’s teeth at the moment. What resolution and refresh rate are your monitors? Bullguard anti-virus is generally not recommended.
 
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Gavras

Master Poster
Personally I think it’s a bit overkill for photographic type of work.

as above, key will be your monitors, 1440p or 4K?

that will point to the graphics card.

memory speed for the likes of lightroom likely makes zero difference.

As for storage, I believe HDD would be best options with M.2 for OS.

also is there a specific reason for Windows Pro, home does pretty much everything everyone needs.

you could easily drop cpu down (I know cores come in to it, gfx card match to monitors.

change to motherboard To strix as above.
 
Scott

Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
Moderator
Just about everything I would cover has been covered above :)

The only thing I would say is that it's not a great time to buy such a system. You could of course get it just now but I think the 3070 would be over what you would ever need. The 3060Ti, when released, would be more than a match for your uses.

The 5900X would also be my recommendation, along with the appropriate cooler and motherboard choices.

The PRO HDD isn't really worth it in my eyes, I would tend to go with the standard one. With regards to the NVMe drives, the 980 Pro's are out now which are significantly faster. I would probably want a reasonable size primary to store the OS, Programs (500GB) and a reasonably sized scratch/fast storage drive (250GB).
 
Scott

Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
Moderator
Below is what it would roughly look like with the CPU and GPU in as placeholders.

You would want the 5900X and the 3060Ti. I believe the price overall would be around £2.2k if that was appropriate.

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 465X RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12 Core CPU (4.7GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 SUPER - HDMI, DP - VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
3TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
250GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6400MB/R, 2700MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Price: £2,108.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/uztHsXfxdD/
 
nigpd

nigpd

Bronze Level Poster
Bigfoot said:
@Scott was very helpful with the spec for my proposed photo editing beast. The thread is here https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/threads/guidance-for-photo-editing-pc.71683/
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@Bigfoot Just read through your thread and it looks like you and me are very much looking along the same lines, with very similar budgets. Thankfully @Scott sounds a very knowledgeable chap. I'm right at the borderline of my knowledge here and welcome his expert views reading through his comments.
Like you, I'm thinking hold off for a week or two for the updated AMD processor and as for the graphics card, I'll be open to advice there.
My thinking is I will stick to a fast HDD for storing my photos and videos, rather than go to an SSD
 
nigpd

nigpd

Bronze Level Poster
Just doing the final lap of my spec and thanks to @Scott, @Gavras and @Bigfoot for getting me this far.

I've put in the 3070 GPU instead of the 3060Ti with the hope of getting delivery before Xmas. No idea when 3060Ti is going to be readily available and would probably run out of patience :)

Anyhoo, hopefully this is fairly decent and will cover my needs. Any final comments before I press the button would be welcome, of course

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 465X RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.8GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
4TB SEAGATE IRONWOLF PRO 3.5", 7200 RPM 128MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
250GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6400MB/R, 2700MB/W)
Memory Card Reader
USB 3.0 EXTERNAL SD/MICRO SD CARD READER
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 13 to 15 working days
Promotional Item
Get 1-Year Founders Membership to GeForce Now w/ select RTX Cards
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Price: £2,361.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/RbxRfGDQGE/
 
Scott

Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
Moderator
I would recommend one minor change. There has been a development in the memory configuration aspect of AMDs architecture. It actually gets a performance boost from 4x8GB over 2x16GB. With that in mind I would switch it over to 4x8GB 3600Mhz RAM.

Other than that, the build is perfect.
 
Scott

Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
Moderator
Look forward to see what you make of it. I think you'll be really impressed just turning it on to be honest :D
 
nigpd

nigpd

Bronze Level Poster
Scott said:
Look forward to see what you make of it. I think you'll be really impressed just turning it on to be honest :D
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I’m sure I’ll be impressed. Thanks once again for all the advice. It’s going to be a busy couple of days getting it sorted, starting with a clean install, drivers, antivirus etc etc.
I can’t sleep 😂
 
Scott

Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
Moderator
Take your time with it, get every step spot on so that you can just enjoy it all the more. Before you do the clean install, benchmark it and put it through some stress testing. Last thing you want to do is go through all that only to find an issue :)
 
nigpd

nigpd

Bronze Level Poster
Scott said:
Take your time with it, get every step spot on so that you can just enjoy it all the more. Before you do the clean install, benchmark it and put it through some stress testing. Last thing you want to do is go through all that only to find an issue :)
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Good shout!
 
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