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Post Date: 2008-08-22
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I am not a gamer but do a lot of photo editing with Photoshop CS3 and Lightroom 2.0.  Lightroom 2.0 is currently a 64 bit program.  The next version of Photoshop for Windows will be 64 bit.  I think it is coming out this fall.  I am looking to buy a new computer to connect up to my Lacie 324 LCD (1920 by 1200 resolution).  Here is my configuration.  What do you think?  I do have a NAS system for the majority of my files as well as 2 eSata drives and 2 usb drives with my current system, a P4 3.2GHZ Dell System. Thanks.
 
Ticket Number: 177215
Total Price with Instant Savings: $2,500.00

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Specifications:
Chassis: Antec 900
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Interior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Power Supply: 650W Corsair HX (Dual SLI Compatible)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz (1333MHz FSB) (12MB Cache)
Motherboard: NVIDIA 780i Core 2 Quad (Chipset: nForce 780i SLI)
System Memory: 8GB DDR2 OCZ at 800MHz
Card Reader: - No Thanks
Hard Drive 1: 150GB Western Digital Raptor (10K RPM) (16MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed)
Hard Drive 2: 150GB Western Digital Raptor (10K RPM) (16MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed)
Raid Option: - No Thanks
Hard Drive 3: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x) (LightScribe Edition)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Wireless Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX+ 512MB
TV Tuner: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: Air Cooled Stage 2 (Silent Artic Cooling Heat-sink Upgrade (Copper Heatpipes)
Internal Lighting: - No Thanks
Modifications: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: Yes, Overclock the processor as much as possible with complete stability
Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost Memory: Yes, Overclock memory timings (Includes Memory Fan Kit Installed)
Tweak Windows: Yes, Disable and tweak all of the non-crucial services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (64-Bit Edition) (For Enthusiasts)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Install/Test Game: - No Thanks
LCD Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Desktop 2.0 (Multimedia Keyboard + Optical Wheel Mouse)
Mouse: - No Thanks my keyboard comes with a mouse
External Storage: - No Thanks
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty
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Photoshop/Graphic users out there?  Please help me with my configuration I posted.  Thanks.

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Your second drive does not need to be a Raptor.

If you want to OC then go with liquid cooling, its gonna get you much higher results in speed and stability, but if you have to go fan then go atleast stage 3.

Drop the keyboard and get your own ;)

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Your config is perfect I'd say so. You got all the requirements for photoshop optimization. Fast CPU + four cores. PS will definitely use all four cores. Maximum memory capacity + fast HDDs. The only suggestion I would make is, drop the two 150s and use one 300GB velociraptor instead.
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@Duke, so you think his stage 2 is fine for overclocking?

Can't say how much I disagree with one large drive, everything is much more complicated and shaky with one drive.

takes much longer to defrag, backup and keep clean. and if it goes down, everything is lost.

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Thanks for the comments.  On the two drives I thought it would help to have the paging file on the first drive and use a partition on the second drive for the Photoshop scratch disk.  What do you think?  Thanks.
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you have my answer, go with 2

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Stage 2 was made for overclocking. It'll clock fine. I've got 8GBs of memory myself, and I disabled Windows paging file completely. No issues for me. With PS, I've never had any out of memory prompts, but I usually work with small files [like making banner graphics]. If you're doing big stuff, then you'll probably want to keep the paging file, but you should adjust it accordingly to the recommendations of this article [next page]:

Speeding Disk Access
BTW the article says over 1GB RAM is fine, I don't agree. If you have over 4GBs then I would say you're good in disabling the page file. (with Vista).

Having a whole 150GB for a scratch disk + page file to me sounds over the top, but if that's your reason, and you want the up-most performance, then you have my blessings.



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Duke I too have page-file disabled with no problems, I have 4GB on XP.

tried disabling page-file when I had 2GB of ram and it did not go well, so I agree with you that 1GB is not enough and also the fact that 4GB or more is when page-file should be disabled.

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I sometimes work on very large stitched panormas.  I think I have worked on 3gb file but had to flatten it before I could save it.  I do work on large files quite a bit of the time. Thanks for the advice.
 
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