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    Angel Miranda
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    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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    Either configuration for a PC would fine. 64 bit is a good choice and definitely a second and a third for Raid and back up. Quad processors and max out your memory on the motherboard with as much level 2 cache as possible. Of course as things progress and the world turns one more day, this will be become old. :)

    Most of all have fun imaging!

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    Thank you so much for your input.

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    Either 1 or 2 would be fine....I think it very important to go with 8 GB RAM and two separate internal drives. What I do is C drive is for programs and D drive is work data and scratch drive for PS. Leave the windoze scratch on C. I use external drives for backup. One questio0n I ask is why would you need two DVDRW writers, such as is in system 1.

    Bill

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    Thanks for answering Bill. In answer to your question "why would you need two DVDRW writers, such as is in system 1".

    I don't know. I just posted what I read in the forum for "PC for photoshop". So here I am to get some input and advise.

    Thanks again
    Angel

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    Standard CD Rom drives and DVD drives on the way out. DVDRW + - drives are here to stay and are only a few dollars more, so why not. Two drives can be used to copy from drive to drive, so long as it is a legal copy. I have been a self employed PC tech since 1989 and always try to keep on the cutting edge where feasible and cost effective. So when building a PC for this type of application and so as not to buy again down the road too soon, I would always try to steer the client higher end.

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    Thanks Grady for the great info. Looks like I'm getting some good input here.

    Angel

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    Angel,

    I just went through this dilema and looked at Velocity Edge Micro, HP, Dell, Alienware, and a few others. I opt'ed for a Dell platform with an Intel Core i7 processor, 12 GB RAM and a dual 640GB Raid 0 performance disk set-up running 64-bit windows.

    My goal was to maximize PSCS speed. the Core i7 processor was tuning in PSCS benchmark test scores equal or better then similar price/speed Quan Core 9xxxx processors. The Core i7 is a quad core with Hyperthreading. Hyperthreading was introduce years ago, did not go anywhere but was brought back by Intel for the i7.

    Hopefully I made the right decision. And I don't want anyone to rain on my parade as the thing is on its way so let me have my dream. :) :)

    Major Specs Below.

    Studio XPS 435MT, Intel Core i7-920 processor(8MB L2 Cache 2.66GHz)
    12GB DDR3 SDRAM AT 1066MHZ-6X2GB,X
    Dell 24 inch UltraSharp 2408WFP Flat Panel,w/ Adjustable Stand
    512MB ATI Radeon HD 4850
    Serial ATA II RAID 0 With Dual640GB Hard Drives
    Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Home Premium 64-Bit Edition Edition English
    Integrated 10/1000 Ethernet
    16X DVD+/-RW
    Roxio Creator 10.2 Dell Edition
    Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio

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    Thanks for your help Robert. I will give all this information to my computer friend.

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    I recently built almost exactly the same system that Robert described above. I'd go with the latest technology myself again and that means the i7 processor line that uses tri-channel ram and the new Intel X58 chipset. From what I understand this new technology is no longer limited by a front side bus which can only help. When I built mine a few months back there were 9 MB's available on NewEgg and now there are 29. This latest MB "might" be more suitable to upgrade in the future... at least more so than the last generation. I'm no techie but have had no issues yet with my new setup and it's great to not have to jump through hoops to get more than 4GB ram in there going with 64 bit.

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    Thanks for your good input Jim.

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    Jim,

    Thanks for the feedback. I was afraid someone was going to tell me I made a bad decision.:eek:

    I did a lot of research on this and the Core i7's new architecture seemed to be a good bet and adding the other performance enhancements, RAM, 65-bit Vista and the Raid 0 performance drive setup should keep me happy. Glad you are pleased with your setup.

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    Hello Robert. My computer friend also agreed that this is a great system. I guess I will also be going this route.

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