Hi,
I have to reniew my PC that is obsolete now.
I plan to buy one custom-made.
I need a configuration for being able to work LF, scanning, big enlargements and HD video editing.
So far, I went in different shops explaining my needs and that's more or less what I've got in price/quality.
-Intel Core 17 860 2.8 GHZ TRAY
-Kingston DDR3 2GB PC1600MHZ CL9
-VGA PCIE GF GTS 250 1GB ZOTAC
or a Dell Precision T5500 o T7500
Do you think this is enough power or should I go for something more powerfull and expensive?
Thank you.
Fred.
Way underpowered.
a: Move up to the Intel Core I7 920 chip series
b: The very fastest DDR3 memory you can afford, 9gb memory (the i7 920 is tri channel, so the memory should be in multiples of 3)
c: Two hard disks - one for the base programs, OS, etc, plus a second extremely fast disk for cache files from photoshop, your raw converter of choice, bridge, etc
Personally, I went through this exercise of replacing a 4+ year old PC a couple of months ago and went to my local Best Buy and upon several peoples recommendations, got the 1100$ ASUS machine and added a WD Velociraptor (extremely fast) HD and I couldn't be happier. Even the dog slow Nikon Capture NX, which used to take 40 seconds to convert a raw file, now takes about 3 seconds.
Good luck and I think if you go the extra to get something really good you'll be very happy with it's performance.
-m