I currently have a Maximus VII hero, 32 gb DDR 3 ram, i7 4770 chip and a Samsung SSD 960 pro 512gb.
I use this mainly for Lightroom and photoshop. Rendering in lightroom, seems to have actually slowed down since I changed my SSD to the new m.2 drive. Apparently, from what I have read, this board can't take advantage of the m.2 very much so it runs at half speed. Benchmarking is 50/100 for the rig, and much lower for the hard drive performance. 15/100.
So, I was thinking, Maximus IX hero, 32 DDR 4 ram, i7 7700K and the M.2 drive. Am I right in thinking this will speed up rendering a little, but allow my computer to run much faster as it will take full advantage of the M.2 drive? Or is the increase in speed not worth the upgrade cost, (around £900/$1200). I basically want a fast computer, and better rendering times.
Or are there any other things I need to look at to increase rendering times? (I have read most of Lightroom's suggestions and followed them already).
Many thanks
I use this mainly for Lightroom and photoshop. Rendering in lightroom, seems to have actually slowed down since I changed my SSD to the new m.2 drive. Apparently, from what I have read, this board can't take advantage of the m.2 very much so it runs at half speed. Benchmarking is 50/100 for the rig, and much lower for the hard drive performance. 15/100.
So, I was thinking, Maximus IX hero, 32 DDR 4 ram, i7 7700K and the M.2 drive. Am I right in thinking this will speed up rendering a little, but allow my computer to run much faster as it will take full advantage of the M.2 drive? Or is the increase in speed not worth the upgrade cost, (around £900/$1200). I basically want a fast computer, and better rendering times.
Or are there any other things I need to look at to increase rendering times? (I have read most of Lightroom's suggestions and followed them already).
Many thanks