[gregbradley]

MY i7 laptop with iTB hard disk and 8gb RAM struggles with CCDstack..
I can't open more than about 10 Proline 16803 images at a time (32mb each) and some processing steps take quite a long time.

I was reading about building a powerful image processing computer and it had some suggestions like 3 or 4 small SSD drives and a large HD. Spend a large % on the monitor and calibrator.

i7 6700 skylake CPU with 32gb RAM and 3 x 240gb SSD drives and 1x 4TB high speed SD drive sounds good.

I am not sure how important the graphics card is. I think its more important for gamers which I am not. But is a decent graphics card important for Photoshop image processing?

How important is extra cooling and a bigger power supply?
I know one laptop I had used to overheat once the fan got too much lint in it. When hot it would slow down considerably.

Any recommended suppliers?

Greg.