Image Manipulation

stickroad · 2 Feb 2007 at 00:45

If a Photographer needed a complete brand new system, he will be doing image manipulation, using adobe phtotshop stuff like that.

Would it be a Fast CPU and lots of RAM

or

a good Graphics card, and less of the above?

Everyone seems to be giving me different responses, i really need someone that knows i mean 100 percent sure.

Thanks

stickroad · 2 Feb 2007 at 11:42

Oh the budget is 1000 pounds:

What do you think of this?

CPU - Intel CPU Core 2 Duo E6600 2.40GHz £192

Motherboard - Asus P5B Skt 775 Intel P965 £84

Memory - Geil® Value DDR2 4.0GB PC5300 667MHz £210

Hard Drive - 2x 320 GB Seagate Barracuda® SATA2 7200rpm 16MB cache £111

Graphics Card - Connect3D ATI Radeon X1550 256MB DDR2 £45

Optical Drive - Pioneer DVR-111 Black 16X DVD £23

Power Supply - Coolermaster iGreen 500W PSU £55

Case - Asus TA-212 Series Midi Tower £26

Monitor - Philips 107E76 Black 17inc £160

Keyboard+Mouse - Advance Beige Multimedia Keyboard & Optical mouse PS/2 Bundle £5

stickroad · 2 Feb 2007 at 12:50

Ok cool does someone mind spccing me a system please, just so i can get some ideas, budget is 1000 pounds?

stickroad · 2 Feb 2007 at 19:34

If i get a nice big monitor, wont i need a decent graphics card?

So it can handle the res?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-108-SP

That one ok? or not good enough?

(and scratch disc (temp) on another hard drive)

Would someone mind explaining what that means?

Thanks

stickroad · 2 Feb 2007 at 21:05

I dont think i will be able to fit 2 screens in this Budget 1000pounds?

Also is it important to have fast ram like 800mhz or will 667mhz be fine?

stickroad · 3 Feb 2007 at 13:59

Ok what is this setup like, Budget is £1000:

O/S - Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 £58.74

CPU - Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz £204.44

Motherboard - Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £91.64

Memory - GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz £135.11

Hard Drive - 2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB £133.92

Graphics Card - Sapphire ATI Radeon X1300 256MB £46.99

Optical Drive - Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW £22.31

Power Supply -

Case - Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi £56.39

Monitor - Dell E207WFP 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor £199.74

Total : £973.90

Hows that?

Could someone recomend me a Power Supply please?

The Corsair personally i would go for that, but bit to good for what this guy is using it for.

And do CRT Monitors offer better picture quality over an LCD?

stickroad · 3 Feb 2007 at 14:36

Is 430 Enough for a E6600?

That Graphics Card ok along with that 20inc monitor?

stickroad · 3 Feb 2007 at 18:02

Ok guys after all of your help ive come up with this setup, how does it look?

O/S - Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 £58.74

CPU - Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz £191.49

Motherboard - Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £ 83.37

Memory - GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz £129.24

Hard Drive - 2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB £124.53 ( IN RAID 1 )

Graphics Card - Sapphire ATI Radeon X1300 256MB £42.52

Optical Drive - Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW £ 22.42

Floppy Combo - Mitsumi FA 404M 7in1 USB 2.0 Floppy & Media Drive - Silver £14.09

Power Supply - Antec TruePower Trio 550W PSU £64.61

Case - Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi £56.39

Monitor - Dell E207WFP 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor £199.74

Is that ok, anything out of place?

Thanks for looking.

stickroad · 3 Feb 2007 at 18:42

mrdbristol said:
You mentioned "Adobe Photoshop" in the OP.

I hope he's not expecting that included in the £1000 budget.

It costs ~ £450

Mark

Oh no lol, has that already. lol

And joeyjojo he wont be doing any overclocking.

stickroad · 3 Feb 2007 at 18:50

Thanks, i pretty much knew what kind of system a photographer would need, but wasent to sure about the Graphics side of things.

Some people i know said that i would need a good graphics card?

Video Editing is different though right?