Photoshop/Lightroom CC & upgrade of computer

Morning all the

New to the forum so my apologies if this has already been answered - it's the first page that is displayed.

Im looking to buy a computer to run the CC Lightroom/Photoshop package.  I have a D800 [36MP sensor] and want to process files in format jpeg or RAW, which will be a maximum of 25 MB for jpg files or 75 MB for batch RAW files.  I'm trying to get the right machine spec - this will be a Windows desktop machine, to talk to some that say fast processor [s] some say plenty of RAM and other says everything is in the graphics card. I have a shop proposing to change a 2 CPU [thread 16] former server for me with 16Mb of RAW and a Sandisk SDS graphics card [not sure] a NVIDEA or similar. The guys in the shop seem very authentic but would like once again to make sure I get the right machine spec first before installing the Photo CC package.  It is easy to spec on the machine, but I don't want to spend too much... then people, what should I look for, please?

Thank you very much

Rob

[being new I hope that I have the right demand! ~ Community law etc.]

Hi Rob

A question what is your budget?

Generally, you want to

processor iCore 5 or 7

16 GB of Ram the longer the better!

2 GB graphics card

SSD for OS and applications

Separate drive for the drive to work and storage

And then you have to consider the monitor, one thing, I would advice is to calibrate your monitor correctly!

Calibration of the monitor for photography

Optimize the performance of Adobe Photoshop CC

How to tune Photoshop CS6 for optimal performance

Don't know if I'd go for a refurb

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