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I've been running LR3 and CS5 on a 2.2 core2 duo with 3gb RAM on a 32 bit machine...Win7 pro

As you can probably appreciate these appz put a big ask on the kit.

So I've decided to invest in a faster editing machine..I have about £800 to spend ....What would you advise ? Where to go for best prices ? I have OS and display
 
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I run:

Intel Core i7 2600K clocked to 4.4GHz
Alpenfohn Panorama Low Profile cooler
Asus P8P67-M PRO Motherboard
16GB RAM (4x4GB) Corsair Vengeance Low Profile Black
OCZ Vertex 60Gb SSD
Samsung F1 1Tb HDD
XFX HD 4650 1GB PCI-E Graphics
LG BD-RE & DVD±RW
Lian Li PC-V354B Case Black (includes 2 intake and 1 exhaust fans)
BeQuiet 480w Modular BN121 Power Supply

Up to this point we're at £950 (minus the below.. or OS, keyboard, mouse) obviously you can cut that price if you only want 8Gb memory, and you dont need the pro version of that board the LE version is £75. the optical drive, SSD and extra drive are optional.

2x Dell 2209WA 22" IPS Screens
Synology DS1010+ w/5x Samsung 2TB in RAID5
IcyBox Twin HD Box w/2x Samsung 2TB in RAID0

:D


Alpenfohn Panorama. by neilgates, on Flickr

otherwise there have been a couple of recent threads on building good spec boxes that might be of use..

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=343519
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=334700
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=332259
 
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Dell Studio XPS 8100

i7 quad core running at 2.93

16gb ram

1gb 5870 graphics

128gb Kingston SSD V100 for OS, programs and initial transfer drive for CF cards
2x1gb western digital caviar 7200 rpm drives back up drives and for storing restore points.

Win 7 pro 64bit

This cost me about £600 a year ago plus £120 for the SSD and £50 for an 8GB ram upgrade

this is a good one and well within budget with excellent spec and 16gb ram

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-Studio-XPS-8100-I7-870-2-93ghz-16GB-Ram-1TB-HDD-/260837266325?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item3cbb1cd395
 
Similar to Neils...

P8P67 mobo
i7-2600k
16G memory
90G Vertex 2 SSD
1 TB user drive
Nvidia 450 GT passive video card
 
I run a similar spec to you Intel core2duo 2.6ghz with 4gb ram win 7 ultimate and have no problems with LR3 or CS5 being slow - maybe upgrade the ram + 64 bit operating system
 
sjh2008 said:
I run a similar spec to you Intel core2duo 2.6ghz with 4gb ram win 7 ultimate and have no problems with LR3 or CS5 being slow - maybe upgrade the ram + 64 bit operating system
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Hi Simon....

I wish it was that simple pal...I'm running mine in a 20 Inch HP pavillion desktop replacement...

Its fantastic to cart around to show customers their images and also great for eventing as I can have several windows open on the screen at the same time...Unfortunately with the large files from weddings and sport it is too slow at number crunching...Importing and exporting from LR3 is a mare !!!

It has the max ram in there at the moment but as I have appz that require 32 bit OS so i cannot upgrade, so its deffo a new system.

I don't know about you guys but I'm always a bit wary of buying prebuilt from the Eb,y ...lower quality bits probably used to get prices down.

Thank you all for the advice and suggestions.
 
I run a Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2ghz (E4500) with
4Gb RAM
160Gb 7200rpm 8mb cache hard drive
1GB ATI Radeon HD4670
1TB Western Digital External Drive
Windows 7 64 bit ultimate
Adobe PS CS5 32 & 64 bit versions
 
neil_g said:
I run:

Intel Core i7 2600K clocked to 4.4GHz
Alpenfohn Panorama Low Profile cooler
Asus P8P67-M PRO Motherboard
16GB RAM (4x4GB) Corsair Vengeance Low Profile Black
OCZ Vertex 60Gb SSD
Samsung F1 1Tb HDD
XFX HD 4650 1GB PCI-E Graphics
LG BD-RE & DVD±RW
Lian Li PC-V354B Case Black (includes 2 intake and 1 exhaust fans)
BeQuiet 480w Modular BN121 Power Supply

Up to this point we're at £950 (minus the below.. or OS, keyboard, mouse) obviously you can cut that price if you only want 8Gb memory, and you dont need the pro version of that board the LE version is £75. the optical drive, SSD and extra drive are optional.

2x Dell 2209WA 22" IPS Screens
Synology DS1010+ w/5x Samsung 2TB in RAID5
IcyBox Twin HD Box w/2x Samsung 2TB in RAID0

:D

otherwise there have been a couple of recent threads on building good spec boxes that might be of use..

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=343519
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=334700
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=332259
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Would you change anything in hind sight Neil ?
 
Tugster said:
Would you change anything in hind sight Neil ?
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not with hindsite, the system works great for what i use it for (large RAW files in Lightroom2, Photoshop CS3 while listening to FLAC files, while in IE etc etc :D).

upgrades for the future though, considering upgrading the graphics card which will mean the power supply will need upgrading slightly too.

watercooling is in the back of my mind also.. but thats pie in the sky lol
 
neil_g said:
not with hindsite, the system works great for what i use it for (large RAW files in Lightroom2, Photoshop CS3 while listening to FLAC files, while in IE etc etc :D).

upgrades for the future though, considering upgrading the graphics card which will mean the power supply will need upgrading slightly too.

watercooling is in the back of my mind also.. but thats pie in the sky lol
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Cheers....Nothing eventwise on this weekend ?
 
3Ghz Core i7
8G DDR3 Dominator RAM
MSI X58A-GD45
MSI Nvidia GTX580 Hydro-OC
125GB OCZ-VERTEX-II SSD (For the OS)
4x Seagate 2TB Enterprise
No-Name Blu-Ray drive
2x Zahlmann Radiator-1 Water coolers
26" LG S-IPS panel monitor
 
Gary Coyle said:
Dell Studio XPS 8100

i7 quad core running at 2.93

16gb ram

1gb 5870 graphics

128gb Kingston SSD V100 for OS, programs and initial transfer drive for CF cards
2x1gb western digital caviar 7200 rpm drives back up drives and for storing restore points.

Win 7 pro 64bit

This cost me about £600 a year ago plus £120 for the SSD and £50 for an 8GB ram upgrade

this is a good one and well within budget with excellent spec and 16gb ram

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-Studio-XPS-8100-I7-870-2-93ghz-16GB-Ram-1TB-HDD-/260837266325?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item3cbb1cd395
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I thought you had moved over to MAC Gary ?
 
Apple Powermac G4 MDD
Single 1.25 G4
1.5 Gb
80 + 160Gb HDD
Leopard


:)
 
Any of you lot managed to make use of that 16GB ram? Is it worth having that much for anything?

Intel i5 M520 @ 2.40GHz
4GB DDR3 RAM
700GB Seagate HD 7200RPM
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 2GB
Windows 7 64x
Photoshop CS5

For £800, you can get a pretty decent machine - better than mine easily. Focus on CPU and ram. DDR3 ram with a sandybridge i7 processor.
 
someguy201 said:
Any of you lot managed to make use of that 16GB ram? Is it worth having that much for anything?
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with the right apps and having them set to use that memory then it is pretty easy. i can get CS3 using about 4Gb alone (pushing my memory usage up to 8Gb). But Windows 7 can also use any unused memory as a cache so it isnt a waste.
 
Intel I5 2500k
Asus P8P67 M Pro Motherboard
16gb Ram
ATI Firepro v4800 Graphics Card
OCZ Vertex 2 120gb SSD (OS drive)
OCZ Vertex 30gb SSD (Photoshop Scratch Disk)
WD Caviar Black 2TB (Main projects)
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1Tb (Bits and peices)
Dell 30" 3007 WFPHC
Dell 27" 2709W
QNAP TS419p+ with 4x1TB Samsung F3 drives running Raid 5
Windows 7 x64
Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3

Runs everything I have thrown at it with no problems. I built it up with the spec I wanted as nothing ready made would come close.
 
200sxsimon said:
Intel I5 2500k
Asus P8P67 M Pro Motherboard
16gb Ram
ATI Firepro v4800 Graphics Card
OCZ Vertex 2 120gb SSD (OS drive)
OCZ Vertex 30gb SSD (Photoshop Scratch Disk)
WD Caviar Black 2TB (Main projects)
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1Tb (Bits and peices)
Dell 30" 3007 WFPHC
Dell 27" 2709W
QNAP TS419p+ with 4x1TB Samsung F3 drives running Raid 5
Windows 7 x64
Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3

Runs everything I have thrown at it with no problems. I built it up with the spec I wanted as nothing ready made would come close.
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Hi Simon,

What did the items below cost you to put together ?

Intel I5 2500k
Asus P8P67 M Pro Motherboard
16gb Ram
ATI Firepro v4800 Graphics Card
OCZ Vertex 2 120gb SSD (OS drive)
OCZ Vertex 30gb SSD (Photoshop Scratch Disk)
WD Caviar Black 2TB (Main projects)
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1Tb (Bits and peices)

Do you edit RAW files?

If so what is the import and export times like in LR3
 
CoolerMaster HAF X case
Corsair TX750 Watt Modular PSU
Intel i7 950 @ 3.8Ghz ( prolimatech megahalems cooling)
Asus PX6X58D-E
12GB Corsair XMS 1600mhz ram
XFX Ati 4870
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB
3x 1TB Samsung F3's HDD
Samsung DVD writer 22x
22" samsung sync master
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Photoshop CS5 + LR 3.4

Need a new quieter graphics card such as Ati 6870 with twin forza fans for quiteness.
Also looking at a standalone storage solution for my picies.. Any advice on that front??
 
Amd phenom 985be @ stock
Mobo :)
8gb corsair 2000mHz
Radeon 6950
27" IPS
2x2gb for photos (one is backup) and external 1gb as second backup.

Waiting for BD to come out so can get new mobo that will support RAM at its full speed as current one only supports max of 1833 :(
 
X7DBN Mobo
2x Intel Quad Core Xeons
8gb ram
ATI FireMV 2250 graphics card
2x 1Tb hard drives
30Gb SSD
 
i7 930 (x58 OCed to 3.4GHz)
3x2GB Triple Channel DDR3 1800MHz
2x HD5870 (Crossfired)
Crucial C300 64GB SSD
2 x 2TB WD Caviar Green HDDs
 
I have one, looking quite camp.
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