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1. Re: Best CPU for CS6
Noel Carboni Jul 9, 2012 6:45 AM (in response to Neweycoop)The fastest one with the most cores that you can afford, and as many of them as you can afford, supported by as much RAM and disk space/performance as you can afford. And you'll want a good video card to go with that.
With an unlimited budget you could get a new Dell Precision T5600 with dual Xeon E5-2687W processors and it would likely kick the butt of any other computer on the planet right now running Photoshop.
I like looking over the benchmark results here:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/
-Noel
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2. Re: Best CPU for CS6
Neweycoop Jul 10, 2012 3:03 AM (in response to Noel Carboni)Thanks Noel - we'd all love to be able to have the best but I should have mentioned that sadly my budget won't allow that sort of 'shell out'!
I don't work on huge files but need PS to run smoothly and quickly especially when making adjustments in camera raw.
I'm having a system built to order and have been considering an i5 2500K Quad Core or the Ivy Bridge i5 3550.
Not sure which would suit PS best.
Regards, NeilC
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3. Re: Best CPU for CS6
Noel Carboni Jul 10, 2012 8:22 AM (in response to Neweycoop)Either of the processors you mentioned will do a fine job. The very latest generation tend to get more work done more quickly in a given core, so likely the 3550 is likely to be a little better. Higher numbers on the benchmark site above are better, and I've come to think that you really do get what you pay for with microprocessors. There's almost a perfect parity between performance and price.
But if you have to trade financially for more RAM vs. more processor speed, opt for the RAM. I strongly recommend shelling out the additional $$$ for ECC RAM.
And as I mentioned, the video card will have a lot to do with helping you achieve fluid operation as well. Shoot for something that rates 2000+ for "future proofness" on the video card benchmark site I mentioned above.
-Noel