ETF2L – Latest activity in “PC questions”

ETF2L – Latest activity in “PC questions” https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-16506/ Reply by Sideshow https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-16506/page-2/?recent=297200#post=297200 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=16506&post=297200 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:08:49 +0200 Reply by adam-skyride https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-16506/page-2/?recent=297200#post=297197 Quoted from Sideshow

[...] Yeah it was a exaggerestimation, they're actually about half a gb apparently. She's a photographer. Her current system is too slow with 6GB RAM and quad core, it can't handle many PSD files at once without seizing up and running slowly.

Ah, fair enough. Her current quad core system should be fine, but there is definitely no reason you can't just throw 12GB of RAM into it. The stuff is so cheap you might as well. Also just to add, tell her to make sure she's using Photoshop CS5. CS5 comes with a 64bit version of photoshop, i.e. it can use more than 2.4GB of RAM. It's very probably just that alone might make her PC fine for the task again.]]> generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=16506&post=297197 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:05:35 +0200 Reply by Sideshow https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-16506/page-2/?recent=297200#post=297176 Quoted from Monkeh

These guys are good: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/ 'Build' it yourself, but let them do the fiddly bits....

Just looked on there and the same thing is £765, this one is £539. Only difference is the CPU was 2500K not 2500, but still, decent price.]]> generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=16506&post=297176 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:11:03 +0200 Reply by Dukermons https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-16506/page-2/?recent=297200#post=297159 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=16506&post=297159 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:52:45 +0200 Reply by Rychius https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-16506/page-2/?recent=297200#post=297156 Quoted from dauk

how much money you want to spend on it?

I'll add you on steam..]]> generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=16506&post=297156 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:43:50 +0200 Reply by Dauk https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-16506/page-2/?recent=297200#post=297155 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=16506&post=297155 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:42:08 +0200 Reply by Sideshow https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-16506/page-1/?recent=297200#post=297154 Quoted from Skyride

[...] Quite frankly, your mum is being daft. If she was actually editing 3GB RAW image files, she wouldn't need to ask her son about getting a new PC, and it certainly wouldn't be the type of machine you could buy off the shelf. I'm presuming what she needs a PC that can run Photoshop (or its the infamous "I just need a machine that can do image editing, facebook, emails, you know the usuals?") in which case literally any computer that has at least a dual core and 2GB+ RAM will do the job.

Yeah it was a exaggerestimation, they're actually about half a gb apparently. She's a photographer. Her current system is too slow with 6GB RAM and quad core, it can't handle many PSD files at once without seizing up and running slowly. http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/dell-vostro-core-i5-3-3ghz-quad-4gb-1tb-win7-pro-dvd-hd-5450-21-5-1080p-monitor/926334#comments]]> generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=16506&post=297154 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:40:59 +0200 Reply by Rychius https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-16506/page-1/?recent=297200#post=297152 Quoted from dauk

don't get dell if you want to play games on it as I mentioned they have intergrated gpu that overheats super fast.

can you reccomend some laptops then who don't have this super fast overheatin problem? :)]]> generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=16506&post=297152 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:38:08 +0200 Reply by Dauk https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-16506/page-1/?recent=297200#post=297150 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=16506&post=297150 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:35:57 +0200 Reply by Rychius https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-16506/page-1/?recent=297200#post=297142 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=16506&post=297142 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:10:42 +0200 Reply by adam-skyride https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-16506/page-1/?recent=297200#post=297141 Quoted from Sideshow

Well the deal is, I get my mum a new PC and I get her old one, which is fine for me. I was just asking questions on her behalf. She really doesn't want to build a pc, and is fine with the price, just wants to make sure that she can run photo editing software with 3gb files, so yeah the RAM needs to be quite high, just so she isn't limited. She had 6gb in her old one. So it'll be able to run 64bit windows and I can just stick in some more RAM as I like?

Quite frankly, your mum is being daft. If she was actually editing 3GB RAW image files, she wouldn't need to ask her son about getting a new PC, and it certainly wouldn't be the type of machine you could buy off the shelf. I'm presuming what she needs a PC that can run Photoshop (or its the infamous "I just need a machine that can do image editing, facebook, emails, you know the usuals?") in which case literally any computer that has at least a dual core and 2GB+ RAM will do the job.]]> generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=16506&post=297141 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:10:29 +0200 Reply by Dauk https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-16506/page-1/?recent=297200#post=297132 Quoted from Sideshow

Well the deal is, I get my mum a new PC and I get her old one, which is fine for me. I was just asking questions on her behalf. She really doesn't want to build a pc, and is fine with the price, just wants to make sure that she can run photo editing software with 3gb files, so yeah the RAM needs to be quite high, just so she isn't limited. She had 6gb in her old one. So it'll be able to run 64bit windows and I can just stick in some more RAM as I like?

if you'll run out of ram you won't be limited, just it will be much slower.]]> generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=16506&post=297132 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:38:39 +0200 Reply by Sketch https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-16506/page-1/?recent=297200#post=297126 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=16506&post=297126 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:30:53 +0200 Reply by Sideshow https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-16506/page-1/?recent=297200#post=297125 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=16506&post=297125 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:29:46 +0200 Reply by Sketch https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-16506/page-1/?recent=297200#post=297124 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=16506&post=297124 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:29:13 +0200