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So I built my current desktop a little over 2 years ago now. At the time, I was focused on building a gaming oriented system, but now my priorities have changed since starting my own photography business.
Approximate Purchase Date: Within the next 2 weeks
Budget Range: ~$1000
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Heavy photo editing, photoshop rendering, light video editing, streaming video, light gaming
Are you buying a monitor: No
Current setup
CPU: Intel i5 3570K
Mobo: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance @1600mhz
Storage: 128GB Crucial M4 SSD, 2x3TB WD Greens in RAID 0, 2x1TB Seagate Barracudas in RAID 0
GPU: EVGA GTX670 FTW
PS: Corsair HX750
Case: Corsair 650D
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com or amazon.com
Location: City, State/Region, Country: Dallas, TX
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Your Monitor Resolution: 2560x1440
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Lightroom and Photoshop get laggy and my 128gb boot drive is getting way too small.
My goal is to upgrade my current setup to see the largest impact on photo/video editing and photoshop rendering for my budget. I have thrown together 2 builds myself and would love to get advise/critique from you guys on what would be the most effective use of my funds to net the biggest improvement in these areas.
Upgrade 1:
CPU: Intel i7 4930K - $579.99 (newegg.com)
Mobo: MSI X79A - $249.99 (newegg.com)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB SSD - $219.99 (newegg.com)
Total Cost: $1,049,97 (newegg.com)
Upgrade 2:
CPU: Intel i7 4790K - $339.99 (newegg.com)
Mobo: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer - $124.99 (newegg.com)
RAM: G.SKILL Ares 32GB (4x8GB) 1866 - $314.99 (newegg.com)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB SSD - $219.99 (newegg.com)
Total Cost: $999.96 (newegg.com)
So with Upgrade 1 I would be switching to a 2011 socket 6 core beast of a processor, keeping my 16GB of 1600 RAM, have room to upgrade RAM in the future with tons of headroom (128GB), and I could use my current 128GB SSD as a photoshop/video editing cache.
With Upgrade 2, I would be get a faster clock speed, more cache, and hyperthreading with the i7, double my RAM and increasing the clock speed to 1866, and I could pick up a cheap case and some HDDs and use my current CPU/Mobo/RAM/SSD as a NAS.
I think a 512GB SSD is a necessity to give me more headroom on my boot drive and allow me to keep my current working photo files on it for quicker access.
From my understanding, I don't think I'll see much of a difference if I upgraded my GTX670 to a workstation card like a k4000, and my case and PS are solid. What do you guys think? Am I on the right track? Which setup would net me a larger performance improvement or should I go a different route?
TIA!
Approximate Purchase Date: Within the next 2 weeks
Budget Range: ~$1000
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Heavy photo editing, photoshop rendering, light video editing, streaming video, light gaming
Are you buying a monitor: No
Current setup
CPU: Intel i5 3570K
Mobo: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance @1600mhz
Storage: 128GB Crucial M4 SSD, 2x3TB WD Greens in RAID 0, 2x1TB Seagate Barracudas in RAID 0
GPU: EVGA GTX670 FTW
PS: Corsair HX750
Case: Corsair 650D
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com or amazon.com
Location: City, State/Region, Country: Dallas, TX
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Your Monitor Resolution: 2560x1440
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Lightroom and Photoshop get laggy and my 128gb boot drive is getting way too small.
My goal is to upgrade my current setup to see the largest impact on photo/video editing and photoshop rendering for my budget. I have thrown together 2 builds myself and would love to get advise/critique from you guys on what would be the most effective use of my funds to net the biggest improvement in these areas.
Upgrade 1:
CPU: Intel i7 4930K - $579.99 (newegg.com)
Mobo: MSI X79A - $249.99 (newegg.com)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB SSD - $219.99 (newegg.com)
Total Cost: $1,049,97 (newegg.com)
Upgrade 2:
CPU: Intel i7 4790K - $339.99 (newegg.com)
Mobo: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer - $124.99 (newegg.com)
RAM: G.SKILL Ares 32GB (4x8GB) 1866 - $314.99 (newegg.com)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB SSD - $219.99 (newegg.com)
Total Cost: $999.96 (newegg.com)
So with Upgrade 1 I would be switching to a 2011 socket 6 core beast of a processor, keeping my 16GB of 1600 RAM, have room to upgrade RAM in the future with tons of headroom (128GB), and I could use my current 128GB SSD as a photoshop/video editing cache.
With Upgrade 2, I would be get a faster clock speed, more cache, and hyperthreading with the i7, double my RAM and increasing the clock speed to 1866, and I could pick up a cheap case and some HDDs and use my current CPU/Mobo/RAM/SSD as a NAS.
I think a 512GB SSD is a necessity to give me more headroom on my boot drive and allow me to keep my current working photo files on it for quicker access.
From my understanding, I don't think I'll see much of a difference if I upgraded my GTX670 to a workstation card like a k4000, and my case and PS are solid. What do you guys think? Am I on the right track? Which setup would net me a larger performance improvement or should I go a different route?
TIA!
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