H67 or P67 advice needed!

[lttlejoe]

I'm about to build my I5 2500k, (P67) machine and had hoped to "revive" my aging Compaq which I will be using as a backup/second computer, with a new mid-range mobo, processor and RAM but, it looks like the new boards are incompatible with Compaq/HP cases or will be problematic or not worth the hassle so, I will probably have to look at an alternative.

I might as well build a basic second machine at the same time based on maybe a i5 23/2400 (H67 mobo) and just use the onboard gfx chip as I won't be playing games on the machine - it will be used solely for Photoshop image editing and accounts so, I thought perhaps an 1155 SB based mobo with the H67 chipset would be adequate.

The question is:
Do you think the onboard i5 23/2400 processor gfx will be sufficient for dealing with Photoshop or, do you think I would still need a modest gfx card for this machine?
I really don't want spend more than I have to on this machine (as I want to spend more of my budget on the i5 2500k machine) - I also don't intend to OC it as I will be using it for accounts and just need it to be absolutely stable and reliable rather than super-fast but at the same time, can still handle editing images in Photoshop without struggling!

Any thoughts or suggestions?

 

[1Day]

What kind of photoshop work are we talking here? Basic happy snaps stuff no problem. But if you are doing professional studio work then I would say no.

 

[Cool Breeze]

Hmmm difficult to say not knowing how Gfx intensive PS is but apparantly the onboard GPU is like an ati5450

So pretty good in a HTPC sense but dunno for you

 

[lttlejoe]

What kind of photoshop work are we talking here? Basic happy snaps stuff no problem. But if you are doing professional studio work then I would say no.

Well my old Athlon 64 3400+ and 2 gigs of RAM manages it without a card - it's a bit slow with lots of files open such as when editing wedding shots but, it still gets the job done!

I would expect the 2400 to be a fair bit faster surely, even without a gfx card?
I'm not expecting miracles but PS isn't the most intensive gfx user!

 

[lttlejoe]

Hmmm difficult to say not knowing how Gfx intensive PS is but apparantly the onboard GPU is like an ati5450

So pretty good in a HTPC sense but dunno for you

Not exactly quick then LOL
But even the 5450 is faster than what I've been managing on!
The problem is that I am changing over from neg film to digital...hence I've been doing mostly neg film and only modest amounts of digital but, now that I am making the change, I also need to up the computer power!

I really need two - one fast and one for steady work. I can always give the onboard gfx a try and if they are too slow, I can add a card....I just don't want to over-stretch my budget right now as I have an awful lot of equipment to buy this year. The 2500k machine is also for when I have time for a bit of fun!