Rig Strictly for Heavy Photoshop Use

njjuliano said:
I do plan on overclocking,
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Why? Photoshop doesn't need much computing power. Mostly it responds to the amount of memory in the system. There isn't much point in making your system less reliable unless you need to is there?
 
Justin Horne said:
Just wanted to throw an update out for you. I got my system (as listed above,) built tonight. Rinning Windows 7 beta, I ran the Retouch Artist's PS Speed test (Run it on your current machine for a referance.)

I actually pulled a faster time than ANYTHING they have listed, including the (albeit older now) 4x3.00 GHz Zeon Mac Pros, with a completion time of 18 seconds. I was blown away, this thing rips.
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Good to hear. Glad things are working out. How much did your total go btw? Use parts from the old rig?
 
Thanks for the cooler suggestions as well, Bodagitt and bomberboys.


fmw said:
Why? Photoshop doesn't need much computing power. Mostly it responds to the amount of memory in the system. There isn't much point in making your system less reliable unless you need to is there?
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I'm genuinely interested why you think this is so. This is the second time I've read you post this, and I disagree with you. I'd like to know if I'm missing something here, cause with the advent of 20+ meg slrs, 14 bit, I see my processor spiking (and staying) to high 90s, and the tasks taking a bit more time to complete than I want, especially when I get deep into edits. What type of PS are you doing and files are you using that your rig is sufficient?

Thanks for taking the time to post.
 
fmw said:
Why? Photoshop doesn't need much computing power. Mostly it responds to the amount of memory in the system.
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My old Socket 939 system with 3Gigs of RAM used get WORKED by PS CS, making video sigs and editing large photo files.
 
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