As a photography enthusiast, what is the general configuration of your computer?

If you just want to retouch the computer, you can use AMD's CPU, because APU is relatively better in graphics rendering, so it is recommended to choose AMDFX series CPU. Graphics card, gtx970 or above, if economic conditions permit, you can choose gtx 1060, and then the display, the color rendering should be more gorgeous and the resolution should be higher; These are the hard conditions, nothing else.

First of all, do you want to use MAC or PC? If you don't have any knowledge of computer hardware and don't want to spend time studying it, I suggest using MAC because the choice is relatively simple. Just buy an iMac or MacBookPro with more than 8GB of memory. Isn't that simple? However, if you are a long-term PC user, accustomed to the operating environment of Windows, but don't want to spend any more time learning a new operating system, or need to reuse a PC at work, there is no problem in choosing a PC. The same efficiency, PC will be cheaper. When operating Photoshop or Lightroom, the effect of MAC and PC is the same, and the myth that MAC will be better is no longer valid, but it makes sense to use MAC to make people look handsome.

The advantage of PC is that every kind of hardware can be flexibly configured, and it can be freely added or replaced according to its own needs, but it is a headache for people who are not familiar with computer hardware.

Photographer's computer goal _ Run Photoshop and Lightroom smoothly and store a large number of photos.

Random access storage

The main purpose of the photographer's computer is to run Photoshop, Lightroom and other programs smoothly and store a large number of photos. What the two sets of software have in common is that the amount of system RAM greatly affects the running speed. It is recommended to take off at least 8GB. If you want to listen to songs, retouch pictures and read materials online, you may need more RAM. Note to PC users: Your Windows version must be Windows7 or above, and you should use the 64-bit version.

display card

Discrete graphics cards have strong computing power, and Photoshop can also use the computing power of discrete graphics cards to accelerate when using some functions, but generally speaking, the CPU integrated display is enough, and Lightroom will not apply the computing power of discrete graphics cards. Therefore, if you can't play computer games, you can save money on the discrete graphics card.

Monitor (monitor)

The price of monitors varies greatly, but as a computer that processes photos, monitors must not be sloppy. I suggest you buy a monitor with IPS panel. Although this kind of monitor will be more expensive, its ability to display colors is absolutely incomparable with other cheap goods. If you use iMAC, don't worry, because the display of iMac uses IPS panel. Above 8gb

The configuration of retouching is generally ok. I3-8 100 alone with 1050 is very good, about 2500-3000 host budget.

The computer used by photographers is mainly configured to adapt to the two functions of film repair and image data storage in the later stage of photography. The computer configuration used by photographers is completely different from that of game computers. Because PS image processing is almost useless for graphics cards, integrated graphics cards can handle it without considering the performance of graphics cards.

At the end of 20 18, I bought an assembled computer in JD.COM Wuji Store. See the figure below for the configuration. The graphics card and monitor were removed from the outdated old computer, so I continue to use them. Other configurations are those of the store. In order to facilitate storage, I bought another western data mechanical disk of 1TB to make up for the shortage of this configuration storage space. At present, the installed AdobePhotoshopCC20 18 and Adobe BridgecCC 20 18 are mainly used for film selection and adjustment, and there is no jamming problem when running PS, which can basically meet the requirements of later photography.

This set of configuration is 2900 yuan, plus 299 yuan 1TB mechanical hard disk, a total of 3200 yuan.