PC for Digital Photo Editing

Xmate

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Jan 23, 2005
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Hi all,

I am new to these forums and this is my first question to ask here. I have some knowledge of PC hardware, but very little knowledge on how it all works and how to troubleshoot. But that's not important for this question:

I am getting ready to buy a new PC that will be primarily used for Photoshop editing of photos, some gaming and website creation. I need advice as to what kind of CPu (whether AMD or Intel) which ram, HDs video card, monitor the works. Any and all advice is apreciated and welcome.

Also, I have noticed that there are a few essays on anandtech about how to take better photos. Yet these are no benchmarks as to how CPUs and the like preform in such programs as Photoshop. I was hoping that perhaps Anandtech could make a set of benchmarks for photoshop use, or to add photoshop benchmarks to the future hardware that they test.

Thank you for all of your help, Stefan.
 

21stHermit

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Build or Buy? Desktop or Laptop?

Both AMD's and Intel P4's are equally capable, but AMD's use ~1/2 the power, so they run cooler and less fan noise. Do you use RAW software?
 

Xmate

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I will be. The plan is to get Adobe's Creative Suite (student discount here I come) and then to get Adobe Camera RAW. Down the road I might switch depending on how ACR works for me, but I have still to test it out.