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04/26/2012 07:14:07 AM · #1 |
So...I've got a nice PC as far as gaming is concerned but I wondered what would be needed to make what I have faster for LR4 and CS5 and possibly CS6 very soon.
Here's what I have now:
CPU: AMD phenom II X6 1100T
MB: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5
Memory: 8GB memory
Video Card: GeForce GTX 560
Storage: 3 x Western Digital HD: 1TB, 1.5TB and 2TB
OS: Win 7 64bit
I would love an SSD drive (Seen them in relation to standard SATA drives for startup times side-by-side) but not sure it's worth the money. I'm also wondering how more RAM would help.
I also do video editing and would LOVE to see those encode times drop, but I don't know how to make those times drop either. So, if anyone has any advice, I'm all ears!! |
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04/26/2012 07:25:07 AM · #2 |
AMD has never been the option for editing, gaming they used to be the best but you should really consider chopping it in for an i7 machine or at least an Intel core2, RAM helps because LR4 and CS are RAM hogging software. For video editing you need a serious video card mate, my friend uses 2x1GB monsters in his Mac and has 32GB RAM and 2xquadcore units..
I would suggest the best thing to start is to replace the MB and go with Intel then get the best vid card you can budget for.
If there is no budget for replacing the unit then get a better vid card and another 8gb RAM would help.
I have an SSD in my macbook Pro that I use to store the OS, I replaced the optical drive with a 1TB HDD to store photos etc on. |
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04/26/2012 07:44:30 AM · #3 |
| I guess I'll have to take a look at some RAM tomorrow after work. My video card WAS good...ran all my games flawlessly. Hmmmm...more research needs to be done. At least with RAM I can move it into a new MB if I go that way |
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04/26/2012 09:09:07 AM · #4 |
An often neglected factor is the FSB or front side bus speed on the motherboard. It's useless to have all that memory waiting if you can't get the data there any faster.
I run an ad setup as well with crossfire enabled 1gb video cards and 6gb RAM, very few issues. Nothing will ever be instantaneous, so I'd say save money and keep your existing setup for another while. |
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04/26/2012 10:01:49 AM · #5 |
| How do I tell if my FSB can handle more RAM? |
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04/26/2012 10:13:13 AM · #6 |
Your FSB doesn't technically handle RAM in the manner in which you're asking.
Your CPU and motherboard determine the amount of usable RAM you can jam in your box.
The FSB is the speed at which the CPU and RAM talk to each other.
CS
Message edited by author 2012-04-26 10:13:57. |
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04/26/2012 04:23:23 PM · #7 |
You do not need more RAM. 4-6gb is about all anyone needs.
An i5 2500k smokes your AMD processor on the photoshop benchmark test. 721sec for the AMD vs 441 for the Intel chip.
If the processor makes that much of a difference then I doubt SSDs and graphics cards are really the limiter (or RAM).
Tom's Hardware Benchmark |
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