I use photoshop here and there, but I have a massive music, video collection and have a Gateway 21 inch display with a 1680x1050 res and a 1080P HDTV.
The reason I am saying this is that my monitor is not that large (res wise) but I use my current PC to record HDTV programs and then I do some occasional editing to them.
I am also a gamer, have an Xbox 360, but I know already that there is no way in hell my PC will ever run UT2007, Crysis, or maybe even MedETW2
So here is my question,
I am debating between the Conroe E6700 and the E6600. If I got the E6700 I would get two sticks of either Cosair, or OZC memory, but if I go the E6600 (which is slightly slower, but has the same levels of cache, and is half the price) I would buy four sticks of EPP DDR2 memory.
So, my question is, is Four gigs of ram overkill (will windows Vista and current XP take advantage of the power) or am I better off spending the $300 on a faster Core 2 duo processor?
Which would also have better performancce for games? (And the Extreme Core2duo is out of the question)
The reason I am saying this is that my monitor is not that large (res wise) but I use my current PC to record HDTV programs and then I do some occasional editing to them.
I am also a gamer, have an Xbox 360, but I know already that there is no way in hell my PC will ever run UT2007, Crysis, or maybe even MedETW2
So here is my question,
I am debating between the Conroe E6700 and the E6600. If I got the E6700 I would get two sticks of either Cosair, or OZC memory, but if I go the E6600 (which is slightly slower, but has the same levels of cache, and is half the price) I would buy four sticks of EPP DDR2 memory.
So, my question is, is Four gigs of ram overkill (will windows Vista and current XP take advantage of the power) or am I better off spending the $300 on a faster Core 2 duo processor?
Which would also have better performancce for games? (And the Extreme Core2duo is out of the question)
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