CPU for Photoshop

[Dingleberry88]

I'm going to be building my sister a PC in the coming weeks. I wouldn't say she's a heavy PS user, but she still uses it a fair bit for college and other things.

I'll be going for a C2D (and overclocking, hence my thread in the motherboard section), but would I be able to get away with an E2XX or would the 1mb cache kill it?

Would I be a lot better off with the 2mb cache of an E4500?

 

[Dingleberry88]

I'll be sticking 2GB in at first - if it really needs it I can add another 2GB at a later date.

So summing up my first post, what I basically want to know is; is it worth the extra ~£30 for an extra 1mb of cache (GHz is irrelevant as they should both hit 3 no problem).

 

[Dingleberry88]

Why are you bothering to overclock a brand new proc for PS use?

It's not just for PS, but it will be used quite a bit.

It's also illegal to leave a C2D at stock.