Looking to buy a new PC as I need to "beef up" to process mosaics.
I have Win7 Ultimate 64bit, for the CPU I have in mind an I7-930, I hear they perform pretty good and the I7-870 range is double the price. On an ASUS motherboard [1366 Socket] and 6 slots available/ So I start with 2x4GB DDRIII [Kingston - 1333MHz] and have room to build up to 24GB if need be using the same chip size so no mix and match.
I haven't decided about the graphic card yet. The mother board will have a basic on-board graphics system. Is it enough or do I need a separate graphics accelerator. I'd assume so as CS5 takes advantage of a GPU but it's not a gaming machine so I'm not after a fast frame rate. Would the on-board graphics cope with large files given the existing system RAM and CPU power?
If I do need a graphic accelerator what do you guys recommend in the $400.00 bracket? NVidia? ATI? Will I get away with 1GB Video Ram or do I need more?
Thanks for you help.
