What spec PC do you have?

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Just wondering what spec PC you guys have?

I was wondering if it was worthwhile getting a Quad Core PC with 4gig ram for a fast PC experience during photoshop, Elements etc etc? Is it a worthy buy to go Quad (Got Win 7 64bit). Thanks
 
E6400 @ 3.2ghz with thermalite HS & FAN
4gb Corsair DDR2 memory
2 x 500gb
1 x 320
1 x 160

ATI 4370 at 650/1100.

If you can afford it, buy it yourself and go with one of intels i3, i5 or i7 processors.

The old dual cores still do a awesome job IMO.
 
My desktop is;

Vista Ultimate 64bit, Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53Ghz, 8Gb DDR2 PC2-6400 (400Mhz), ATi Radeon X1900, 1x 640GB HD 2x 1TB HD

Runs CS5 and Lightroom no problems. :)

I'd be tempted by the new i3, i5 or i7 processors, and I'd also get 8GB RAM too. ;)


PS Just to say that my laptop had no problems with CS5 and Lightroom either and the specs for that is;
Win7 Home Premium 64, Athlon II Dual Core M320 2.1Ghz, 4Gb RAM DDR2(400 Mhz), 320GB HD
 
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PC running:

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 2.94ghz CPU
Nvidia Geforce G210
500GB SATA HD
3GB DDR3
Gigabyte GN-WP01GS


Runs CS5 and Lightroom 3 perfectly.
 
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Intel Q6600 @ 3.3ghz
4GB DDR3 1600mhz
OCZ LE 60Gb SSD
Samsung 1TB
ATi 5870
Lian Li v1200+

Laptop:
HP DM4
Core i5 2.53ghz
4gb DDR3
500GB HDD
5450 512mb
14"

HTPC
Dual Core Celeron e3200
2GB DDR2
Zotac Mini ITX board
8800GT
Silverstone SG-05
250Gb 2.5" HDD

What? I'm a geek :D
 
Windows 7 64-bit
Intel Core 2 Duo 3GHZ
4GB of Ram
1.8 TB HDD
Ati Radeon 5750
 
Used to have an I5, DDR3 PC with HD5770 graphics but thats old news, sold it to get some money together to take up photography (hence why im here :)) so now im packing a laptop:

HP G62;

Intel core i3 330M @ 2.13GHz
2GB DDR3
250GB Hard drive
Intel HD graphics (no dedicated graphics unfortunately)
EDIT: With win 7 HP 64 bit as well :)

Handles CS5 + plugins and photomatix like a dream and hopefully lightroom too when i can get enough money together to buy it lol. CS5 and the Tamron 15-70mm f2.8 im planning to buy will have wiped me out for long enough :D

Si
 
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I've just ordered a new system that includes 24gb Ram (8x4gb) as I'm getting increasingly fed up at my existing systems inability to cope with me doing lots of things at the same time.

I want to be running several excel spreadsheets, I want word to be open, I want to have a few browser windows running, I want my CS5 photoshop to be handling a few full frame images, I want lightroom to be busily chugging away with a weddings worth of images, and at the moment - it struggles, it really does. (4gb ram on XP so only 3gb actually being used, with a quad core processor and 3tb of hard drives).

Not sure how much faster the 24gb will be in terms of having a number of programs running, but will let you know once I've tried it. Some might say overkill - but I'd rather have a bit of spare capacity - as I'm now also processing video from the 5dmk2...
 
cymruchris said:
I've just ordered a new system that includes 24gb Ram (8x4gb) as I'm getting increasingly fed up at my existing systems inability to cope with me doing lots of things at the same time.

I want to be running several excel spreadsheets, I want word to be open, I want to have a few browser windows running, I want my CS5 photoshop to be handling a few full frame images, I want lightroom to be busily chugging away with a weddings worth of images, and at the moment - it struggles, it really does. (4gb ram on XP so only 3gb actually being used, with a quad core processor and 3tb of hard drives).

Not sure how much faster the 24gb will be in terms of having a number of programs running, but will let you know once I've tried it. Some might say overkill - but I'd rather have a bit of spare capacity - as I'm now also processing video from the 5dmk2...
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You should have added one or two of the Intel X25-M SSDs, they're pretty good for multitasking.

I have:
Intel Core i7-860
4GB DDR3 RAM (Kingston)
64GB Kingston V-Series SSD (first generation)
640GB WD Caviar Blue HDD
Windows 7 Professional x64

It makes RawTherapee happy enough for me, the 3.0-dev is really fast on this machine (well, it should be) :D
 
Intel core 2 duo E4500 clocked at 2.5Ghz
2Gb DDR II RAM (matched)
160GB HD
1TB external HD
ATI HD 4670 1GB GPU

All this runs Photoshop CS4 sweet as a nut
 
Intel Q6600 Quad Core 2.4ghz
4GB Matched Corsair DDR2
Windows 7 64-Bit
Raidon X1050 Graphics

Lots of hard drives!


Runs CS5 and handles the huuuuge 7D raw files no problem!
 
Lian Li Mini-Q
Zotac 9300 ITX
Intel Q9550 Quad w/ Alpenföhn Panorama 'Low Profile' CPU Cooler
Geil 8Gb DDR2-800
OCZ Vertex 60Gb SSD
XFX Ati HD4650 1Gb
LG BH10LS30 BD-RE
BeQuiet 480w modular PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
2x Dell 2209WA
Logitech Di-Novo Edge
Logitech MX620 Laser Mouse
Wacom Bamboo Fun Small

Synology DS1010+ w/ 3x Samsung HD203WI 2TB in RAID5

pics - http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=2910115&postcount=43
build log - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18096877
 
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Twin Xeon 5150s, 10gb Ram, windows 7 business, dual boot with Snow Leapord.

2* 1tb Spinpoints, GEforce7300

As we seem to be adding NAS configs too, 1* Neygear 8tb NV+, 1* WD Sharespace 4tb.
 
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I'm a big fan of more than 4Gb of RAM. I currently have 8 and my next machine will have more.

Core2Quad @ 2.4 GHz
8Gb RAM
Windows 7 HP x64

And I'm about to rip the SSD out of my netbook and put it in my desktop instead

Storage taken care of with a Synology DS408+ NAS box
 
Asus P6TD (Correct?) Deluxe V2
12gb Ram
i7 920 clocked to 3.6ghz
Radeon 4800 series
2 x Intel M-x25 SSD's in a mirrored array
Windows 7 64bit
1 x infosafe eSata Raid external drive in mirrored array. (2 x 1tb)
1 x infosafe eSata Raid 4 port external drive in mirrored array (2 x 2tb)

REALLY FAST
 
Intel Xeon E5420 (2.5GHz / 2x6MB cache / 1333 FSB), going to add another at some point since the board can take two
6GB ECC RAM
7/64 bit
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 1GB
Some hard disks
 
Slightly off topic but whats the i7 equivelant of a Xeon now?

Just thinking in a years time I may want to get a dual or possibly quad setup.
 
Intel Duo E6850 @3.00Ghz
Ram 2gb
2 x 768mb GeForce 8800GTX
Windows 7 home pre 32bit
500gb HHD
250gb External (caddied).
 
AMD Phenom quad core 2.5Ghz
8GB Ram, 2x 1GB GeForce 9800GT.
Vista Home Premium 64Bit
2TB internal HD (1x1TB & 2x500GB)
1TB external HD (2x500GB)

Plus a few other random PCs, Dell Xeno HD (don't buy one, they're crap), and several HP & Acer laptops.
 
Antec P182
C2D Q6600 (2.4Ghz)
4GB of DDR2 800Mhz RAM (4 sticks)
Sapphire HD4870 512mb
Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
Two 1Tb Samsung hard disks
One 1Tb external hard disk
Dell 2408WFP (24") monitor...love it!
Logitech Z5500 5.1 speakers
Logitech MX518 optical mouse
Microsoft Ergonomic 4000 keyboard (soooo comfy :D)

Custom built by yours truly...The majority of the components have been inside it since 2007, and it's still smooth as butter. Love it!
 
AMD Phenom II quad core at 3.4Ghz
4 gigs Geil matched memory
Radion x1650 dual output video card
2 x 500gb
1 x 320gb
Windows 7 home prem 64bit
Logitech Dinovo keyboard and desktop suite ( best keyboard and mouse combo ever made in my opinion )
Wacom Intuous 3 a5 wide pad

Awesome performance but then again I dont want a zillion apps running all at the same time.
 
Intel quad core i7 930 @ 2.8ghz
12GB DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800 ram
Saphire HD4670 with 1gb of DDR3 ram
Windows XP 64 bit
2 x OCZ ssd x 120gb
3TB of 7200 rpm drives, mostly samsung
 
AMD Athlon 64 3700+
2GB DDRRam
200GB Harddrive + 40GB for backups.
Rubbish onboard graphics.
Windows XP Pro.

I think I need an upgrade, I have got a new hard drive to plop in though.
 
Intel dual core E7300 2.66GHz
2 gig DDR2 RAM
80 Gig Samsung HD
250 Gig HD
7900 GTO
Windows XP
500 Gig external HD

The quad core v dual core is your call. There is very little software written to make full use of quad cores, but in the future things will change. However, there is a chance that cpus with more than 4 cores will take over. Although the price of quad cores has come down there are some very cheap dual cores around eg AMD 555 BE - 3.1 GHz, 7 Meg cache and an unlocked multiplier.
A 64 bit OS will allow you to access more RAM, but some folks have problems with their current software not running correctly with a 64 bit OS.

What is your current setup, Gigabyte?

Dave
 
Vista Home Premium 64Bit has never had a problem with anything I've wanted to run on it. XP 64Bit, on the other hand, was hell.
 
Those Intel x-25's speed up the OS no end, believe me, the difference in amazing.

Night and day.
 
For 3 years I had an Intel C2D 2.53 running at 3.8 (with a Zalman 1Plus) which was simply stunning for RAW processing. Unfortunately the chip died after a power spike last week boohoo :(

To fill the gap I bought an old AMD 64x2 2.2 system off my mate for £50 and to be fair it's not bad running XP or 7 but sucks at any kind of batch image processing in PS CS4.

I'm currently looking at an Intel i7/9 desktop or an i5 lappy as I think these would be excellent replacements for my original system, might even get an SSD disk! Time to move with the times :)

Or maybe I'll get a mac...(y)
 
If you get an i7 920 you can clock them to 3.6 on air alone.
 
'Im a PC'.........and due for an upgrade :cool:


ImaPC.jpg
 
Here's my specs

Intel® Core™ i5-650 Processor - 3.2 GHz
6GB DDR3 - 800 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 graphics card with 1 GB dedicated video memory
4x1 TB SATA Hard drives

Windows 7 64bit
 
Mac Pro

Quad Xeon 3GHz
10Gb FB-Dimm (4x2 & 4x0.5)
3 x 1Tb,1 x 512Gb

Macbook Pro

2.8Ghz Core2Duo
4Gb Ram
512Gb 7200rpm HD

Studio iMac

17" (with external 15" touchscreen monitor)
160Gb HD
2Gb Ram
1.83Ghz Core2Duo

Windows (triple boot XP, Vista & W7)

2.6Ghz Pentium 4 clocked to 3.4GHz
3 x 512Gb

Linux

2.8Ghz Dual Xeon
4Gb Ram
3 x 1Tb HD

Plus a cheapo Windows XP Home laptop and a couple of other desktops.



I think the studio iMac needs upgrading next (although if someone wants to swap a 15" touchscreen monitor for something larger maybe 21" then I am interested!). Would like to stick a 27" iMac in the studio and a pair of the 27" monitors on the Mac Pro.
 
No sure to be honest, it's whatever spec laptop PC world had in at the time when, in the middle of a particularly large project at uni, my old one tried to melt itself from the inside out.

Windows something, some ram, and a hard drive that's too small :)

Edit: But it runs photoshop cs3 and lightroom fine, so I don't really care :D
 
neil_g said:
Lian Li Mini-Q
Zotac 9300 ITX
Intel Q9550 Quad w/ Alpenföhn Panorama 'Low Profile' CPU Cooler
Geil 8Gb DDR2-800
OCZ Vertex 60Gb SSD
XFX Ati HD4650 1Gb
LG BH10LS30 BD-RE
BeQuiet 480w modular PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
2x Dell 2209WA
Logitech Di-Novo Edge
Logitech MX620 Laser Mouse
Wacom Bamboo Fun Small

Synology DS1010+ w/ 3x Samsung HD203WI 2TB in RAID5

pics - http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=2910115&postcount=43
build log - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18096877
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I really fancy building a Mini ITX system myself. How does it handle heat? Does it get very hot?

A general question here guys, more ram always better? I only noticed recently the 4gig sticks.
 
Gigabyte said:
A general question here guys, more ram always better? I only noticed recently the 4gig sticks.
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Probably. It depends on how much ram your machine is actually using as you run the software you normally run. My mac pro is now running 10Gb but could be upgraded further. Looking at the specs though there is no point as the machine never uses virtual ram
 
Agree with most of what's been said, I have an i5 with 8gb of memory, an upgrade to a SSD drive saw significant speed gains in PS, I did a comparison against a 'normal' hard drive here:

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=174825&highlight=intel

Another issue that folk often overlook is setting up photoshop to run efficiently , again I outlined some thoughts in setting up photoshop here:

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=46200&highlight=make+photoshop
 
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