I am trying to build a new PC for photoshop and was thinking of pulling the trigger with the items below.
My Budget is less than $2k for everything but monitor, mouse and key board
i did not include the case which is part of the budget.
Would this build be sufficient for photoshop and some movie editing?
Im not sure if i need an more RAM or another hard drive.
Currently in the build
I have SSD hard drive for OS
1TB for other stuff and back ups
10,000rpm 74 gb Hard drive for use as a scratch disk
I was reading forums about using a scratch disk for PS and im still confused
1.) should i go with 6GB RAM or 12 GB ( and use RAMDisk to partition some of the 12 GB for a scratch disk)
2.) or should i go with a 3rd Hard drive that's fast and use that as a scratch disk.
3.) In general for PS and other movie editing software would I need 12GBs ?
4.) Should i go with SSD hard drive at all?
I will be running 64 bit Vista, and I might break down and play Wow but thats pretty much it.
Any help will be greatly appreciated
Thanks
1 Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive $129.99 1
Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 $279.99 1
BFG Tech LS SERIES LS-550 550W Continuous @ 40°C ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.8 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply $79.99 1
Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10000 RPM SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive $99.99 1
ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard $289.99 1
LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS30 $24.99 1
Intel X25-M SSDSA2MH080G1 80GB SATA Internal Solid state disk (SSD) $363.00 1
OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G1600LV6GK $130.00
1 SAPPHIRE 100270SR Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB 512-bit (256-bit x 2) GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card $274.99
My Budget is less than $2k for everything but monitor, mouse and key board
i did not include the case which is part of the budget.
Would this build be sufficient for photoshop and some movie editing?
Im not sure if i need an more RAM or another hard drive.
Currently in the build
I have SSD hard drive for OS
1TB for other stuff and back ups
10,000rpm 74 gb Hard drive for use as a scratch disk
I was reading forums about using a scratch disk for PS and im still confused
1.) should i go with 6GB RAM or 12 GB ( and use RAMDisk to partition some of the 12 GB for a scratch disk)
2.) or should i go with a 3rd Hard drive that's fast and use that as a scratch disk.
3.) In general for PS and other movie editing software would I need 12GBs ?
4.) Should i go with SSD hard drive at all?
I will be running 64 bit Vista, and I might break down and play Wow but thats pretty much it.
Any help will be greatly appreciated
Thanks
1 Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive $129.99 1
Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 $279.99 1
BFG Tech LS SERIES LS-550 550W Continuous @ 40°C ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.8 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply $79.99 1
Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10000 RPM SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive $99.99 1
ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard $289.99 1
LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS30 $24.99 1
Intel X25-M SSDSA2MH080G1 80GB SATA Internal Solid state disk (SSD) $363.00 1
OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G1600LV6GK $130.00
1 SAPPHIRE 100270SR Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB 512-bit (256-bit x 2) GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card $274.99