I am researching on having my computer freind build a new one for me . Would like your input on some ideas that I have found on another site for using building a computer to work with CS4. I will be using a PC not A Mac.
Quote from (Wikipedia):Adobe CS4 is also developed to perform better under 64-bit and multi-core processors. Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe After Effects CS4, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, and Adobe Soundbooth CS4 will officially support 64-bit. However, Adobe CS4 64-bit will not be available for Mac OS X.[4] In early testing of 64-bit support in Adobe Photoshop CS4, overall performance gains ranged from 8% to 12%. Those who work with extremely large files may realize noticeably greater gains in performance, in some cases as dramatic as ten times the previous speed. This is because 64-bit applications can address larger amounts of memory and thus result in less file swapping — one of the biggest factors that can affect data processing speed
1) Here is one advise that I found:
A) A quality full or midi case from Lian Li,Coolermaster, Thermaltake, Antec or similar with good cooling.
An Intel motherboard with one of the later chipsets ( P45 etc)
Perhaps a redundant Raid aray made up of 2 or 4 X 1 TB Western Digital RE3's and seperate plug in storage for extra security.
An intel Quad Core 9000 series
A good 600watt plus power suply from Antec/Enermax/Tagan/Corsair/Seasonic/FSP/Zalman etc
A couple of DVDRW writers, take your pick
You really don't need to be spending several hundreds of dollars on graphics power for Photoshop. You could go dedicated workstation graphics at a cost but to be honest a mid range 512mb ATI 4850 or Nvidia 9600GT will do just fine.
And perhaps a good aftermarker CPU cooler to keeps things quiet and cool.
2)Here is another:
B) Photoshop can take advantage of quad core so definately quad 9000 series.
Quality well ventilated case as described
Quality power supply as described
Middle range graphics card as described.
Intel chipset motherboard P45 or X48 from Intel themselves
(stable and well sorted bios)
Big aftermarket cooler so things are cool and quiet as described
Photoshop works best with second scratch disc (as in second partion or physical drive so) my recommendation would be two 500 gig Western Digital RE3's in a performance raid configuration with a large 1TB Western Digital Black Edition for back up and storage plus safety.(so all your images are kept in two places.
Screen of your choice
May be a graphics tablet?
Input from members of this forum would gretly be appreciated.
Angel Miranda






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