Which pc for lightroom classic

[Deano69]

I have had some issues as my PC is fairly low spec, it has 16gb ram, fairly small ssd storage but graphics are rubbish, I was told I need 32gb ram, minimum 1tb ssd storage and a very high spec graphics drive of 8gb minimum, I'm not too computer savvy but what I have works okay with no issues, pretty much all features but denoise takes 15 to 20 mins per picture but told it should be almost instant within seconds, anyone have any info or a pc you recommend it will be much appreciated

 

[TG.]

16gb is acceptable, but it also depends on your processor speed. Can you expand the ram ? And could you change the graphics card ? SSD shouldn't be a problem to change.

 

[ancient_mariner]

I'm using the PC I built in 2021. Moderate spec (for the time) Ryzen processor, 32GB RAM, 2TB NVME drive, Radeon XT6600 8GB graphics card. Takes 15-20 sec for denoise of a 24MP (50MB) image in LR classic.

In general it's not about how big the SSD is, nor about RAM space provided you don't run out, but rather how quickly you can move data around inside the computer and then process it. I'd look for an Nvidia RTX3060 or 5060 with 8GB to speed up the processing assuming the rest of your machine isn't terribly slow. Something like this:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus-geforce-rtx-5060-dual-oc-8gb-gddr7-pci-express-graphics-card-gra-asu-05135.html?=

 

[Deano69]

I'm using the PC I built in 2021. Moderate spec (for the time) Ryzen processor, 32GB RAM, 2TB NVME drive, Radeon XT6600 8GB graphics card. Takes 15-20 sec for denoise of a 24MP (50MB) image in LR classic.

In general it's not about how big the SSD is, nor about RAM space provided you don't run out, but rather how quickly you can move data around inside the computer and then process it. I'd look for an Nvidia RTX3060 or 5060 with 8GB to speed up the processing assuming the rest of your machine isn't terribly slow. Something like this:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus-geforce-rtx-5060-dual-oc-8gb-gddr7-pci-express-graphics-card-gra-asu-05135.html?=

Thanks for info

 

[Deano69]

16gb is acceptable, but it also depends on your processor speed. Can you expand the ram ? And could you change the graphics card ? SSD shouldn't be a problem to change.

Thanks, yes I belive RAM can be upgraded, not sure about the graphics card but will do some checking, someone said just buy a gaming PC as it will have all I need to run lightroom smoothly but I no very little about pc's so don't want to get something that'll be just as bad.