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Would I see a noticeable jump in performance in PS & LR upgrading from an:-

i7 9700k
msi z390a motherboard
32gb ram
GPU GeForce GTX 1650 4gb GDDR5
Win 11

To an:-

AMD Ryzen™ 5 7640HS Processor, 6 Cores/12 Threads
(16M Cache, up to 5.0 GHz)
GPU AMD Radeon™ 760M
32gb DDR5
Win 11

Thanks
 
what made you to home in on these exact specs? Would you be in a similar position again very shortly?

Btw. No I would not go with that at all, even if I only had that exact money to spend.

1. Modern GPU is critical. Not integrated breadcrumbs... That could be your only change if nothing else. If you really can't spend much at least get intel b570.
2. No increase in RAM. It defeats the purpose. 32GB is adequate, 64GB is desirable. DDR4 > 5 is nice but minor. You could get the very last DDR4 intel board and keep the RAM if you need to save every penny.
3. CPU - still old generation, low power (mobile spec), low core number.
4. Storage speed and size. I am not sure what you have now, but if it is slow that's actually #1 item. Upgrade will allow taking advantage of nvme 4 or even 5 so at least there is one easy win with a new, top spec drive...

unless it is a fire sale deal - run.
 
I'd swap your graphics card for an RTX5060 (budget about £230 in the black Friday sale) and put your image files and catalogue on a nvme SATA drive or at least a conventional SATA SSD (and your OS and applications too if on HDD).
 
I've been away from the computer scene for sometime and really need to understand the new gear.
The AMD was suggested to me by a colleague but with doubting the improvement from my i7, I posted here. Another option from a tech company was to upgrade to the below, but again I have doubts especially with the gpu.

i5 14400 s1700 raptor
Asus iH610 m/board
DDR4 3200mhz ram
2gb GT710
 
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A PC is more than a processor and RAM. For photo editing it's really important to have fast data delivery and increasingly to have a powerful GPU too. A low spec GPU with 2GB memory will be a disadvantage however good the base system is, ditto if you're pulljng filles from an HDD.

What's the rest of the spec for a) you present system and b) your proposed new one?

I would treat an Nvidia RTX3060 8GB as the minimum acceptable graphics card now.
 
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I was thinking of the graphics card and larger storage, but doubts set in when I was being told a newer system would be a better option.
 
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I was thinking of the graphics card and larger storage, but doubts set in when I was being told a newer system would be a better option.
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The thing is, these are transferrable.
 
dcash29 said:
I've been away from the computer scene for sometime and really need to understand the new gear.
The AMD was suggested to me by a colleague but with doubting the improvement from my i7, I posted here. Another option from a tech company was to upgrade to the below, but again I have doubts especially with the gpu.

i5 14400 s1700 raptor
Asus iH610 m/board
DDR4 3200mhz ram
2gb GT710
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I suggest not talking about tech with these contacts of yours
 
That's more a sidegrade than an upgrade, money spent for next to or no improvement. Newer GPU and faster storage would be money much better spent, I'm running the same intel cpu with an Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti super 32 gb ram on NVME ssds and it runs Photoshop very well. I also game and see no reason to upgrade at this time.
 
As long as your base system is good I think it's more important to upgrade your graphics card.

I was thinking of upgrading my GPU and monitor to 4K, would it be worth it? Is anyone editing in 4K?
 
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I was thinking of upgrading my GPU and monitor to 4K, would it be worth it? Is anyone editing in 4K?
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Some like it, some don't. I have 2 X 27" monitors, one is 1440P and the other 4K. I prefer the 1440P for photo editing because I feel it gives me a better indication of detail quality at 100%. The 4K monitor is used for work to make fine text easier to read with multiple documents and spreadsheets open at the same time, and even though I spread onto the 1440P screen, text is sharper on the 4K screen. If I only had a single screen I'd choose the 1440P. I've also had 4K at 32" and preferred 1440P.
 
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That's more a sidegrade than an upgrade, money spent for next to or no improvement. Newer GPU and faster storage would be money much better spent, I'm running the same intel cpu with an Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti super 32 gb ram on NVME ssds and it runs Photoshop very well. I also game and see no reason to upgrade at this time.
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Nice, but I can't warrant paying for one.
Plus if I stick with the original m/board, I'd have to be careful with the nvme m.2 storage because I think I need adapters.
 
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Dael_Pix said:
I would suggest PC Specialist. They're based in Wakefield. Always get my PCs from there.
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Thanks DP, had a chat and they were very helpful. However, I'll have to think through as the configuration got a little out of hand. Until I decide, I will stick in another sata ssd for now and go through things again soon.
 
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LongLensPhotography said:
I would never go back to sub 4k. In fact would love 5k or 6k at 32"
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I've been using Adobe RGB and sRGB 4K screens on laptops for the last 5 or 6 years and lower res 1440p 2KAdobe RGB 27" on my desktop over the same period

I don't really care much whether it's one resolution or other. I do notice that when I use a 1080p screen at 13" or over that it feels like a step back - not just for photo editing but general use. So I suspect there will be people out other with a tolerance threshold that is more sensitive than mine and they would feel the same step back going down below 4K.

I also think having had a split between using OLED and IPS that on balance I prefer an IPS screen for working with on a day to day basis.

I find when printing that I'm a lot happier preparing and working on an IPS screen than an OLED screen.
 
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