What P55 setup for page layout/light Photoshop?

Wrigleyvillain · Jan 21, 2010, 02:34 AM

And general multitasking. For a buddy and I'm less schooled in the new sockets. The CPU options easier to figure out but boards? One of the Gigabytes? RAM?

Wrigleyvillain · Jan 21, 2010, 06:10 PM

C'mon guys! I know this place is chock full of AMD fans but still!

Bueller?

pantherx12 · Jan 21, 2010, 06:13 PM

You won't need anything extreme for that sort of thing.

Hells a 775 system with an e5200 and 4gb of ram would be plenty for such tasks.

What I mean to say is just go with brands you know are good but you won't need anything fancy.

EastCoasthandle · Jan 21, 2010, 06:22 PM

There is a similar discussion here. In all I suggest waiting for the P65 chipsets.

Wrigleyvillain · Jan 21, 2010, 07:31 PM

Thanks. Yeah depending on what the guy wants to spend I may go P45/C2Q. He runs a small monthly newspaper and already has one e6400 P965 system so I am looking to do more of an upgrade with the next. Will swap out an old P4 Dell. At least a quad and 4GB RAM; he will take advantage. Was thinking about lower-end P55 mainly for memory bandwidth increase I guess even though for his needs it's probably not that important. That and being able to play with i5 before I otherwise would.

Jan 21, 2010, 02:34 AM	#1
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Jan 21, 2010, 06:13 PM	#3
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Wrigleyvillain Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 4,498 (2.20/day) Thanks: 1,524 Thanked 1,573 Times in 1,116 Posts System Specs	C'mon guys! I know this place is chock full of AMD fans but still! Bueller?

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Jan 21, 2010, 07:31 PM	#5
Wrigleyvillain Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 4,498 (2.20/day) Thanks: 1,524 Thanked 1,573 Times in 1,116 Posts System Specs	Thanks. Yeah depending on what the guy wants to spend I may go P45/C2Q. He runs a small monthly newspaper and already has one e6400 P965 system so I am looking to do more of an upgrade with the next. Will swap out an old P4 Dell. At least a quad and 4GB RAM; he will take advantage. Was thinking about lower-end P55 mainly for memory bandwidth increase I guess even though for his needs it's probably not that important. That and being able to play with i5 before I otherwise would.

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