Damn Decisions!

Zeebedy · 4 Feb 2011 at 20:06

Hey again guys. I have put up a few posts before on what to get. i will mainly be using Adobe CS4/CS5.

I can save around £300 and want to know what you think of this setup for my needs.

AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3)

2x Hanns.G HH251DPB 25" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black

OcUK Value GeForce GTX 465 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

G.Skill RipJaw 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit

Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W Power Supply

Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black

Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 AMD 790GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard

Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3)

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ)

Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

thanks, RTJ

BarKeep · 4 Feb 2011 at 20:29

The easiest way to improve performance in Photoshop is to have a 2nd or even 3rd HDD or SSD in your system. Then you can configure the scratch disk(s) to drives other than your program & data disks. Also consider an NVIDIA Quadro® rather than a gaming card like the GTX 465.

6644kp · 4 Feb 2011 at 20:44

looks pretty good

zangetsu19 · 4 Feb 2011 at 21:37

not a bad set up but
instead of the akasa venom look at
Thermaltake Frio Ultimate Overclocking CPU Cooler
better cooler and dont forget with that case you can get 5 optional 120mm fans i would say get at least 3 to help with cooling and even later down the line overclocking

Zeebedy · 4 Feb 2011 at 21:41

cheers for the replies guys.

Does the SSD's really make a big difference yeah? Also will look at the TTFU and some more fans to keep it cool.

So would the 1090T be better for my needs than the i7 2600K?

RTJ