Yes! Send me the list, please. I need all of the help I can get. If I
had a list I could take to a local computer guru (hah!) , I would be that
many steps ahead.
TIA
Tina
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 6/11/2013 3:34 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> > ... Now it seems pretty slow and I'd love to go on to the next step.
> I'm sure PC will
> > be cheaper, but I want to find one that is specifically built for
> photo-processing which I have not been able to do, so far.
>
> I think you are looking for something that isn't marketed, both because it
> isn't a big market and it doesn't require
> anything all that special.
>
> - Latest top end Intel i7 processor with on chip GPU (i7-4770, til next
> year.)
> - The motherboards for this generation of i7 CPUs are all new, as the
> socket is new. So you just can't get an older
> design. They will all do the job you need. I'm being a little fussy in
> picking mine, as I want lots of SATA connectors
> and overclocking capability, without breaking the bank. But they all have
> at least 6 SATA III ports, multiple USB 3 and
> 2 ports, etc.
> - 32 GB of memory. Yeah, less will work, but it's little $, makes sure
> nothing gets memory bound and allows a big
> RAMdisk for the PS cache.
> - SSD boot drive, 240 GB or more. At the moment, I thing the crucial M500
> series has competitive performance and
> extended life.
> - SSD image/project working drive, 120 GB is plenty.
> - Big, fastish HD for all the other stuff that won't go on the smallish
> boot drive. I'm going with a WD Black SATA 3 1TB
> (ok, I may go bigger.) The Black line is made for heavier use and has a
> longer warranty for little extra $.
> - Win7 Pro
>
> So buy that, and if necessary, make a label to put on it identifying it as
> optimized for PS. That's all any maker could
> do for a best PS machine, without putting in extra stuff that isn't
> necessary for more profit.
>
> I'd be happy to send you a list of options for such a machine from
> AVAdirect. I've got everything nailed down for me but
> choice of case.
>
> It's really a much less demanding use that the gamer machines. You don't
> need massive power supply, additional, special
> cooling, and so on. Those are all for constant, heavy video processing.
> Certain video capabilities are needed to allow
> PS to manipulate what you see on the screen quickly and easily, video GPUs
> are simply designed to do that stuff better
> than the main processor, but the video processing speed and demands are
> infinitesimal compared to high end gaming.
>
> P. S. S. Moose
>
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