Professional Photography PC

A high performance system for the professional photographer

Updated 11/12/2023.  To return to the old SKU, click this link – 2022 Version Professional Photography PC

 

Our professional photography system has been designed to offer the ultimate in performance, tuned for use in Photoshop, Lightroom, On1 and Topaz AI, but also able to handle video editing and many other productivity and content creation tasks. Each component has been chosen to offer the best performance; we use our many years’ experience to choose the very best performing specification.

 

The Intel Core i9-14900KF CPU is one of the fastest available processors on the market today.  It powers through just about any task you can throw at it and really excels in content creation.  With a high 6GHz turbo clock speed, it offers the best performance in Photoshop and Lightroom whilst its 24 cores and 32 threads help it power through demanding multi-tasking workloads such as video editing too.

 

The Gigabyte Z790 AERO G DDR5 is one of the very best motherboards available and includes just about every possible feature you could ask for.  This motherboard offers better audio quality, higher performance memory and far superior USB connectivity with the inclusion of 2 x USB Type-C ports, one of which supports the super high speed Gen 2×2 standard.  There are also 2 x Thunderbolt 4 and a further 2 Type-A gen 2 ports as well as 9 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports.  In total, this PC has a staggering 19 USB ports!

 

The inclusion of dual Thunderbolt 4 ports enables the connection of high speed external storage devices.  If you record and store large volumes of data on an external shoot, Thunderbolt 4 storage devices are an ideal storage medium.  The high performance of Thunderbolt 4 has made it a favourite of Apple MAC users so the inclusion of the Thunderbolt connectivity also allows easy transfer of content between camera, MAC and PC.

 

The included NVidia RTX 3060 12GB graphics card helps enable superb GPU acceleration in a growing number of effects. The 12GB video memory is able to cope with large images and offer superb performance.  It also has support for 10-bit colour for high levels of detail and colour precision. Couple this with a 10-bit capable photography monitor for superb colour accuracy and image quality.

 

The system includes the highest performance SSD drives on the market today.  The primary SSD drive is the WD Black SN850X 1TB.  The secondary SSD drive is where you will keep most of your work in progress images so its important to have a high performing drive.  This system also uses this best drive available on the market today for the second SSD, the WD Black SN850X 2TB.  These are the new generation PCIe 4.0 interface NVMe drives with the highest of transfer speeds. The storage drive is the 10TB Seagate Ironwolf Pro offering incredible performance – (24/7 rated, 5 years warranty, 300TB/year workload rating) – Register for 2yrs FREE Data Recovery on www.seagate.com/register.

 

The immensely impressive chassis with huge scope for future expansion of the system is also notable.  Its built using high quality materials and offers excellent cooling for high performance equipment.  Fans are low noise yet extremely efficient.  An excellent choice for the professional photography studio. The Be Quiet! Dark Base 900 chassis provides a professional grade workstation chassis that is clean and uncluttered. Its a true pro chassis made from the best materials and is designed to house the highest performance components and keep them cool. The inside of the chassis side panels are lined with noise isolating materials to reduce noise and vibration. We also equip this chassis with 3 x 140mm SilentWings 3 cooling fans which ensure your PC components are adequately cooled while their low noise design ensures the system remains quiet.

A high performance professional photography PC

Processor

• Intel Core i9-14900KF 3.2GHz 24 Core CPU
• 32 Processor Threads
• Max Turbo Frequency 6Ghz
• Cache: 36MB
• 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 SN850X M.2 SSD – Primary C: drive with OS loaded
• 2TB WD SN850X 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 BW-16D1HT Blu Ray Writer
• 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 RTX 3060 12GB GPU

Audio

• High Definition Audio, 5.1 or 7.1 channel
• Audio provided by Realtek ALC1220-VB Audio Chip on the motherboard

Input Devices

• No Keyboard or Mouse Included

Wired Networking

• 1 x Intel® 2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbit/1000 Mbit/100 Mbit)

Wireless Networking

• Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211
• Speeds up to 2400mbps
• Bluetooth 5.3

Power Supply

• 1000 watts
• Over 87% efficiency

Dimensions

• Height: 585mm
• Width: 243mm
• Depth: 577mm

Interfaces

• 4 x USB 2.0 Port (2 front, 2 rear)
• 9 x USB 3.2 Port (6 front, 4 rear)
• 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Port (1 x Type-C & 2 x Type-A at the rear)
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C Port (rear)
• 1 x RJ-45 Ethernet Port
• 2 x Thunderbolt 4 Ports 40Gb/s Bi-Directional Bandwidth (shared with USB Type-C)
• 2 x Audio Jacks at the rear
• 2 x Audio Jacks at the front
• 3 x DisplayPort on GPU
• 1 x HDMI on the GPU

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

Expansion

• 3 x PCI-e x 16 Slots, 0 free (1 x Used for video card, 1 x used for USB card, 1 used for Thunderbolt 4 card)

Case

• Be Quiet! Dark Base 900 Black ATX Case
• 2 x 140mm pre-installed fans at the front
• 1 x 140mm pre-installed fan at the rear
• Space for 8 additional 120/140mm fans
• Space to accept 120/140/240/280/360mm liquid coolers

Warranty

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

• Be Quiet! Dark Base 900 ATX Black
• Intel Core i9-14900KF 3.2GHz 24 Core CPU, 32 Thread, 6.0GHz Turbo
• Gigabyte Z790 AERO G DDR5 Motherboard
• NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6 LHR GPU
• 64GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 5600MHz CL40 (2x32GB)
• 1TB WD BLACK SN850X NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD (7300MB/R, 6300MB/W)
• 2TB WD BLACK SN850X NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD (7300MB/R, 6600MB/W)
• 10TB Seagate 3.5″ Ironwolf Pro HDD, 2 Years Rescue+DataRecovery on registration
• Be quiet! Pure Loop 240mm Cooler
• Corsair RM1000x V2 1000W 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular PSU
• Built in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
• 16x Blu-Ray & DVDRW Writer (Asus BW-16D1HT)
• Akasa Interconnect EX 5.25 Bay USB 3.0 Card Reader
• Built in 5.1 Sound Card
• 2 Port USB 3.0 PCIe Card with Internal Dual Header Port
• Gigabyte Thunderbolt 4 Intel JHL8540 Maple Ridge
• Microsoft Windows® 11 Home