Hi there! I am thinking about building my first PC, which will be mainly used for photo and video editing (Photoshop, Lightroom and Adobe Premiere Pro / Davinci Resolve).
Can you advise on what would be the best key components for such a build? (GPU, Processor, motherboard, monitor…)
My thought at the moment is that I should probably invest most of my budget in the processor (i9-13900k?) and then just get an “okay” GPU (maybe something from the Nvidia 30 series, or low tier 40 series, even something used??) since photo and video editing programs wouldn’t really get the most out of it anyway.
Don’t really have a clue about what motherboard would be best for the use the PC is going to have. Happy to hear suggestions and things to look for.
Finally, what would be good monitor options for color fidelity, within a reasonable budget of ~ $300?
Is there anything else that I should keep in mind when building a creator PC?
Thanks!
13900k or 4080
now that we are in the nitty gritty, I looked around for some benchmarks.
looks like adobe doesn't utilize the gpu too much
while davinci resolve does
the difference between 13900k and 13700k in photoshop and light room seems negligible to me while there is a difference in premiere pro ~ 8% slower
davinci resolve 4080 vs 4070TI ~6% slower
difference calculation
https://i.imgur.com/FPevTZ2.png
I’m no expert on your software, that’s you :) And I think it shows because steel-manning an argument for a 4080 seems really hard now with the cold numbers in front of us. It is ultimately up to you and your workloads. In the past, where you more plagued by davinci resolve being slow or adobe? Are you willing to spend 33% more money(358€) on a GPU for 6% performance? (I wouldn’t) Would you spend 29% more money(150€) on 8% performance in 1 of the 3 applications? (again I wouldn’t)
The motherboard I suggested has 2.5gig networking and Wi-Fi, in the original reply I wrote that I slashed that, but I checked again and the motherboard has it. You got a full size ATX motherboard, in theory you can add PCIE expansion cards for these purposes when you get to it. For more USB or additional 2.5 gig networking or wi-fi. From my experience especially wi-fi cards seem superior to the onboard wi-fi solutions from most motherboards.
example add-in cards