joemontana57
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- Joined
- Sep 1, 2008
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- Location
- Kalispell, MT
- Lightroom Experience
- Intermediate
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- Classic
I am going to build a fast computer, primarily to run LR and Photoshop.
I read that LR doesn't really utilize the GPU
Balance between memory and processor. Would I be better off with a quad core processor, or dual Xeon processors.
How about memory? I have 8 G's (4-2G sticks of OCZ Reaper)
It's DDR2, but if an i7 processor would be significantly better, I could buy DDR3, but I'd prefer to stick with what I have if possible. Since the 8G's I have cost a fair chunk of change, I'd like to use them if possible, *however* if DDR3 would be significantly better, then let me know. Not necessarily the DDR3, I understand that it alone wouldn't be that much better, but if a motherboard or processor that needed DDR3 was significantly better, that's what I mean.
I'll be using a 64 bit OS, to utilize all of my RAM if nothing else.
I guess I'm just looking for suggestions.
I read that LR doesn't really utilize the GPU
Balance between memory and processor. Would I be better off with a quad core processor, or dual Xeon processors.
How about memory? I have 8 G's (4-2G sticks of OCZ Reaper)
It's DDR2, but if an i7 processor would be significantly better, I could buy DDR3, but I'd prefer to stick with what I have if possible. Since the 8G's I have cost a fair chunk of change, I'd like to use them if possible, *however* if DDR3 would be significantly better, then let me know. Not necessarily the DDR3, I understand that it alone wouldn't be that much better, but if a motherboard or processor that needed DDR3 was significantly better, that's what I mean.
I'll be using a 64 bit OS, to utilize all of my RAM if nothing else.
I guess I'm just looking for suggestions.