High End Plus Photography PC

A high performance system for the professional photographer

Updated 17/03/2023.

 

This PC builds on the already tremendous performance offered by our High End Photography PC by offering increased storage and storage performance and also Increased connectivity.   The primary SSD remains the 1TB WD SN770 but the second SSD is upgraded to the 2TB WD SN770 which both offer excellent performance due to their new PCIe Gen 4.0 interface enabling speeds of up to 5150MB/s but also high endurance for extended longevity.

 

The systems third drive is also increased to 10TB capacity.  The drive used is the Ironwolf Pro (24/7 rated, 5 years warranty, 300TB/year workload rating) – Register for 2yrs FREE Data Recovery on www.seagate.com/register.  The Ironwolf Pro are built more like a server drive, using only the best grade of components in order to ensure longer lifetime and better performance.  These drives also carry 2 years of Seagate’s rescue and data recovery service which means Seagate will endeavour to recover any data they can from your drive should the drive fail within the 2 year cover period.  They will use the most advanced techniques available in their lab but there are no guarantees if the data is completely gone.

 

The processor is the latest 14th generation Intel Core i7-14700KF.  This is a 20 core processor capable of operating up to 5.6GHz.  This very high clock speed enables superb image processing speed even for very complex workloads.  The 20 cores are more than enough for Photoshop and Lightroom and are ideal for users wishing to have multiple applications open at once.  The i7-14700KF is also ideal for those users wishing to also undertake video editing on the PC or who wish to undertake AI based photo editing.

 

Building on the already huge specification of our High end system, this photography PC takes the step up to 64GB of DDR5 memory for truly spectacular performance with the largest images in multiple layers and effects. Many images can be loaded at once without degradation of performance. This is a truly professional grade system able to handle fast processing of complex images. The 64GB is also very helpful for those users also undertaking video editing on the same PC as it will allow for editing of complex 4K workloads.

 

The system also includes a high performance memory card reader which is compatible with Memory Stick, Compact Flash and SD cards including the latest SDXC and SDHC cards.

 

The power supply is the 750w Corsair modular which will allow for future system upgrades and has plenty of power to spare.

 

We retain the NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 graphics card which has support for 10-bit colour and a high performance AI acceleration engine for more complex image enhancements.

 

Be sure to read our blog posts for more detailed advice on choosing the right system for your needs.

Specification

Processor

• Intel Core i7-14700KF 3.4Ghz 20 Core CPU
• 28 Processor Threads
• Max Turbo Frequency 5.6Ghz
• Cache: 33MB
• Be Quiet! Pure Loop 240mm Cooler Installed

Memory

• 64GB DDR5 5600Mhz RAM
• Dual Channel – 2 x 32GB
• Supports up to 192GB
• 4 x DIMM sockets (2 Used)

Hard Drive

• 1TB WD SN770 Black PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD Primary C: drive
• 2TB WD SN770 Black PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD (D: Drive)
• 4 x M.2 sockets, 2 free
• 10TB Seagate Ironwolf Pro 3.5″ Hard drive (24/7 rated, 5 years warranty, 300TB/year workload rating) – Register for 2yrs FREE Data Recovery on www.seagate.com/register
• 6 SATA Ports, 4 free (2 Used for DVDRW & 10TB HDD)

Optical Drive

• Asus DVD Re-Writer, SATA, 24x, M-Disk Support
• 2 x Optical Bays, 0 free

Card Reader

• Multi Card Reader – Akasa Interconnect EX
• Support for SD Cards, Memory stick and Compact Flash
• Provides an additional 4 x USB 3.0 ports at the front of the PC

Software

• Windows 11 Home 64-bit
• Clean install, no additional software

Chipset

• Intel Z790 Chipset

Display Outputs

• 3 x DisplayPort
• 1 x HDMI
• Supports up to 4 monitors at once
• Supports HDCP

Graphics

• NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 12GB GPU

Audio

• High Definition Audio, 5.1 or 7.1 channel output
• Audio provided by Realtek Audio Chip on the motherboard

Input Devices

• No Keyboard or Mouse Included

Wired Networking

• 1 x Realtek® 2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps)

Wireless Networking

• Intel Wireless-AX AX210 wifi 6e
• Speeds up to 2400mbps
• Bluetooth 5.2

Power Supply

• 750 watts
• Over 82% efficiency

Dimensions

• Height: 470mm
• Width: 220mm
• Depth: 492mm

Interfaces

• 4 x USB 2.0 Port (4 rear)
• 9 x USB 3.2 Port (6 front, 3 rear)
• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Port (2 x Type-A at the rear)
• 1 x USB Type-C 3.2 Gen 2 x 2 Port (1 rear)
• 1 x RJ-45 Ethernet Port
• 3 x Audio Jacks at the rear including S/PDIF Out
• 2 x Audio Jacks at the front
• 3 x DisplayPort on GPU
• 1 x HDMI on GPU

Note the display outputs from the motherboard are disabled when a graphics card is installed

 

Expansion

• 3 x PCI-e x 16 Slots, 1 free (1 x Used for GPU, 1 used for USB card)

Case

• Be Quiet! Pure Base 600 Black/Silver ATX Case
• 1 x 140mm pre-installed fans at the front
• 1 x 120mm pre-installed fan at the rear
• Space for 4 additional 120/140mm fans
• Space to accept 120/140/240mm liquid coolers

Warranty

• 3 Year Return to Base parts and labour
• 1st 30 days collect and return at our expense

• Be Quiet! Pure Base 600 Silver Case
• Intel Core i7-14700KF 3.4GHz 20 Core CPU, 28 Thread, 5.6GHz Turbo
• Gigabyte Z790 GAMING X AX DDR5 Motherboard
• NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6 LHR GPU
• 64GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 5600MHz CL40 (2x32GB)
• 1TB WD BLACK SN770 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD (5150MB/R, 4900MB/W)
• 2TB WD BLACK SN770 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD (5150MB/R, 4850MB/W)
• 10TB Seagate 3.5″ Ironwolf Pro HDD, 2 Years Rescue+DataRecovery on registration
• Be quiet! Pure Loop 240mm Cooler
• Corsair RM750e 750W 80 Plus Gold Full Modular ATX 3.0 PSU
• Built in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
• 24x SATA Internal DVDRW
• Akasa Interconnect EX 5.25 Bay USB 3.0 Card Reader
• Built in 5.1 Sound Card
• USB 3.0 PCIe Card, 2 Internal Dual Header Ports
• Microsoft Windows® 11 Home