Yeah, I would expect that a new GPU would give you the most bang for your buck.
If you can upgrade the CPU without upgrading your MOBO, that would give a good boost with less risk of finding out that your new mobo doesn't support some bus that one of your old cards needs, or suchlike. It would be very interesting if you could do some sort of benchmark before and after each upgrade. Have lightroom build a 12 frame HDR pano, and then do a denoise on it. Then do the same thing on the same files, each time you upgrade. I suspect that more memory would make more difference without the GPU, since they often have their own memory. > On Jun 18, 2024, at 1:59 PM, Toine <to...@repiuk.nl> wrote: > > Any major brand is ok (MSI, Asus, Asrock). I would pick Intel, one of the > last generation (13th 14th). i7 is fast enough, i9 runs very hot and > needs max power. add 32Gb Ram or more. I would go for a liquid cooler on an > i7 or i9. Peak power is simply too much for most air coolers (I ruined an > i7 on aircooling). BeQuiet power supplies, aircoolers and system cabinets > run very quietly. Last but not least: add a nvidia GPU, something like a > RTX 3060 at minimum. Lightroom, photoshop etc all use the GPU. Denoise > drops from 9 minutes to 9 sec on an rtx3060 > > On Tue, 18 Jun 2024 at 18:08, Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com> > wrote: > >> I've been having computer problems that I've traced to the motherboard >> (to about 99% certainty) and, as I'm long overdue for an upgrade, I'm >> thinking it's time to go for a new motherboard. I'm interested in any >> input and recommendations anyone might have to offer. This will be >> used for mostly photography work. I've been happy with AMD stuff in >> the past but I'm open to Intel-based boards if there's a compelling >> reason. >> >> -- >> Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia >> www.robertstech.com >> 617-276-7369 >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from ret13est -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.