Question Photoshop Computer build configuration?

[kirkdickinson]

Computer build…

The goal of this build is to be the best performing Photoshop computer that I can put together, while also being robust for running numerous programs at the same time. I frequently use Photoshop, Illustrator, Access, Vegas Video, Dreamweaver, all up at the same time along with many other programs like Filezilla, Thunderbird, Vice Versa, Splashtop, Firefox, Chrome, etc…

It wouldn’t be unusual to have all those programs open at the same time and having other services running in the background.

I have done some reading on Puget Systems about their purpose built Photoshop systems, and have these parts:

• Asus ProArt X870E-Creator
• AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
• G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 64GB (2 x 32GB)
• Gigabyte WindForce GeForce RTX 570
• Samsung 9100 Pro 2TB
• Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB
• Hot swap box that will hold 4 SATA drives for storage.

I was intending to use the Samsung 2TB for my OS drive and the 1TB for Photoshop Cache/windows Swap/temp files/etc.. (I don’t play any games at all on this computer.)

So, to get this configured like I had intended will require compromise because of limited PCI lanes…

Possible Configurations:
#1

• RTX 5070 PCI_1
• Samsung 1TB M.2_1
• Samsung 2TB M.2_2

The downside of this configuration is that the M.2_2 port shares lanes with PCI_1 so it knocks the RTX 570 down to only 8 lanes. Does that really matter since I am not playing games?

#2

• RTX 5070 PCI_1
• Samsung 1TB M.2_1
• Samsung 2TB M.2_3

The downside of this configuration is that the M.2_3 port is not a direct connection to the CPU, but off the chipset and is only PCI v.4 whereas M.2_1 and M.2_2 are PCI v.5

#3

• RTX 5070 PCI_1
• Samsung 2TB M.2_1
• Skip dedicated swap/temp/cache

The downside of this is not having a swap/temp/cache drive

There are some other configuration possibilities. Which one will give me the best performance for my intended use?

 

[daveybrat]

You still have a decent system in your specs. What video card are you currently running?

 

[kirkdickinson]

You still have a decent system in your specs. What video card are you currently running?

The current computer bricked. I gave up trying to diagnose it and took it to a local shop. The Mobo has something wrong with it. Decided to build a new computer.

The old one has an RTX 3070.

I will probably pick up a replacement Mobo and repurpose it in our office. I am working on getting rid of all the Windows 10 systems that we are running.

 

[In2Photos]

In real world use I'm not sure you can tell the difference between PCI gen 5 vs gen 4. I also don't think running the GPU at x8 really matters in your case either. I'd probably go with option 2 though. Nothing wrong with using the chipset lanes. You can still get the 9100 Pro or save a few bucks on the 990 or 980 pro instead.