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1. Jeff Schewe,

Jan 18, 2011 9:56 PM in reply to complexity

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complexity wrote:

Is it really just a matter of getting as much RAM in there as I can afford?

Yes, depending on your motherboard and the size of the images you work on...I've got 32 gigs (on a Mac Pro running OS X 10.6.6 so not a 1:1 comparison) and large files are really a LOT faster when processing in 64 bit vs 32 bit.

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2. Noel Carboni,

Jan 19, 2011 3:50 AM in reply to complexity

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We'd have to know something about the kind of images you work on to answer that well.

8 GB actually does quite well for all but the largest (multi-gigabyte) images.

-Noel

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3. PECourtejoie,

Jan 19, 2011 4:26 AM in reply to complexity

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The usual answer on how much ram is "more" but DO check your motherboard user guide, to see the max amount it would accept.

An SSD drive helps too.

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4. TF22Raptor2,

Jan 19, 2011 4:33 PM in reply to PECourtejoie

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HI guys, my motherboard has 4 RAM slots, the biggest ram chips Ive seen are 2GB, so i guess that means I'm gonna be stuck with 8GB max.

With the solid state drives how does that work? Say I have a 1TB drive that contains all my work and I load photoshop and my operating system on the solid state drive will that run fast, or do the graphics files also need to be on the solid state drive also?

How much of a difference does a solid state drive make?

Any help would be great

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5. Bill Hunt,

Jan 19, 2011 5:47 PM in reply to TF22Raptor2

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Well, it depends on the capabilities of your MoBo and your BIOS. There are 4GB sticks, but check carefully if you can use them. Much will depend on the FS Bus of the slots, the BIOS, and other aspects of the MoBo. Can you use DDR 3? If so, then 12GB RAM would be easy to do. If you cannot handle that, then you should go with the most that your system can take, as Win7 64-bit can take advantage of it.

Might have missed the MoBo specs. above, and if you have posted the max RAM, you can ignore my comments.

Good luck,

Hunt

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6. Bill Hunt,

Jan 19, 2011 5:53 PM in reply to TF22Raptor2

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How much of a difference does a solid state drive make?

Though these benchmarks are for PrPro and editing videos, you might get some system info HERE.

Look at systems with SSD and also at the installed RAM.

Now, video editing is also heavily dependent on the I/O sub-system, so the HDD setup does become more important there, than in PS. Still, PS will benefit from a well-thought out I/O setup, with the splitting of the OS & programs, the media and then the Scratch Disks - onto separate, physical HDD's (no partitions).

Good luck, and hope that this helps,

Hunt

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7. TF22Raptor2,

Jan 19, 2011 6:35 PM in reply to Bill Hunt

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G'day Bill thanks for the help.

My motherboard is here:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059

I see it has 8Gb DDR2 max ram.

Yep Ive got my OS and programs on my C drive and all my work on other drives etc.

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8. kemch1013,

Jan 19, 2011 6:43 PM in reply to TF22Raptor2

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I just built a computer with the help of a friend. Windows 7 64 bit. I have my OS and Photoshop installed on a solid state drive. Loads up FAST. All PSD documents are on a typical hard drive. This setup works well for me.

Photoshop CS3, CS4, and CS5 take advantage of your video card. I remember having a video card that Photoshop didn't support at one time. It was old though... but I would recommend googling your video card with photoshop.

4 gigs of ram works well for me, but my PSD documents aren't as massive as some peoples. I do mostly web work, not print.

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