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07-02-2006, 02:33 PM
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AMD build for Photoshop
Hi guys,
I was asked by a friend to help him put together a $1000 system (sans monitor) for heavy photoshop use. He asked me a couple of questions that I couldn't answer because I've been out of the loop for too long. What AMD processor should he go with? He mentioned that there are three different ones and wanted to know which is best. Is there any component (cpu, ram, video card) that he should spend more money on considering it is mainly used for photoshopping? And persoanlly, I wanted to know if I still know which brands are the best for each component. So far I have: Asus, Abit for Motherboard (which cpu is the best for amd?) Ati, (forgot the good nvidia based brands) for Video Card Western Digital, Seagate for hard drive Corsair, Crucial, Kingston for Ram Sparkle Power, enermax, Antec for PSU. Thank you Dswissmiss
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07-02-2006, 02:37 PM
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You want to spend more on the video card and get a video card that is mainly for video editing and not games. I'd go with an Antec psu, ASUS mobo, and the AMD dual core would be the best bet for your friend. All the ram you stated is good brands. The Fire GL by ATI are good video editing cards but expensive
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07-02-2006, 07:32 PM
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Thanx for the reply!
So after a few minutes I've come up with this, sound good so far? Some Antec atx case with a 400w PSU AMD Athlon 64 3800 Asus mobo (don't know which one yet, but with onboard sound, a 16x pci express port and socket 939) 200gb Western Digital Caviar SE 7200rpm HDD 2gb (by his request) Corsair XMS2 Ati FireGl v5000 128mb PCI express 16 Does anything sound out of place in terms of too little or too much speed? Thanx again |
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07-02-2006, 09:55 PM
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That vid card is a workstation 3d card is overkill for Photoshop. You may also want to look into an X2 instead of a single core CPU. 2Gig RAM is good, but unliess he totally insists, the SMS2 is also overkill (unless you're going to overclock his machine).
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07-03-2006, 12:07 AM
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The card is dual core, forgot to mention that. Any video cards you'd recommend then? This will definately help reduce the cost. Also, are antec psu's relatively quiet? My sparkle power is a lawn mower and I don't want him to get turned off bulding his own system.
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07-03-2006, 10:10 AM
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Especially with the Antec P180 case. It was kind of a pain to install and sort of pricy.. but well worth it. |
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07-03-2006, 11:16 AM
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You do not need a workstation card for Photoshop. A high entry level Radeon will do just fine, as long as you stay away from the Hypermemory versions. Look at the X1300.
You want the *dual core* Athlon 64 for that use. Look at the X2-3800+, not the plain 3800+. The best motherboard for the money is the Asus A8N5X. Toss it in an Antec Sonata case and get a 2gb kit of dual channel PC3200 Corsair Value Select. I do not recommend the new AM2 platform yet - stick with the tried and true 939. This all may put you over budget, but it will pay off. Processor - $300 Motherboard - $75 Ram - $175 Case/PSU - $100 Hard drive - $100 Optical - $50 Video card - $100 This is $900 - maybe it will be pretty close. |
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07-03-2006, 11:18 AM
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Photoshop requires Ram & Processor.. Video card isn't important. A cheap 128/258 mb card will work perfectly. Ram is the most important factor. a 100mb .psd can easily chew up 1gig ram when it's loaded into memory.
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07-03-2006, 02:00 PM
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I suggested the X1300 for the AVIVO technology, which will be beneficial if you ever get into video. It's only about 30 bucks more than a non-Hypermemory X550.
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07-03-2006, 04:54 PM
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Appreciate the help, great info. Just one question though, should I go with a SATA hard drive? I'm looking at western digital, and they have the same drives for both ATA100 and SATA. Also, I had a bad experience with value select ram whenever I did anything graphics intensive. Is that usually what happens or did I just get a bad stick?
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07-03-2006, 05:20 PM
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Given a choice, choose an SATA hard drive. In terms of stability, there is nothing noticibly different between premium memory and value memory. I think you just had a bad stick of memory.
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