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@deanlwau - Thanks for the link.. looks like a decent site. Yeah the 24" is a beast. I almost have to turn my head to see each side of the screen :D I've calibrated with my Spyder and it's crystal clear. I can't wait to see the prints that come off it. @harsaphes - CS4... Nice!! I'll look...

JA I did your test and I came up trumps. I did exactly what the readme ask to the letter, I ran the test two times, first time I got 20.9 seconds and the second time I got 20.5 seconds. By the sounds of things, that's pretty damn quick! It might have something to do with the fact that I built...

@ Danny Bui and swingdjted - Thanks for the recommendations. My new machine went together without a hitch!! I'm running XP Pro X64, all drivers and software installed without any problems at all.. I'm so glad I listened to the advice of certain people in this forum. Photoshop only sees 3.2gb...

Hey Zepher.. thanks for the words of wisdom. I'm still planning on taking Server 2003 Enterprise for a spin. I'll put it on tonight and see how I go. Does anybody know of a good tutorial on stripping back Vista 64 of all it's 'fluff' to get it running as fast and stable as possible? What I...

Thanks for that Danny Bui :) Deanlwau, I've just bought the Dell 2408WFP, I'd absolutely love an Eizo but they're way out of my price range for now. I did a heap of in depth research on displays before I purchased as it's without doubt the most important component of my setup. I came to the...

One thing I've slightly overlooked.. The Antec case I've chosen comes with a 460w PSU. Is this enough to run this system?

Apologies Lethal.. Still getting used to the catagories on this forum. carnag3 I was in part ignorant to this fact so thanks for clarifying it.. I thought only 'some', and not many 32bit applications were able to run on x64. I was under the impression that software companies released...

Fantastic.. that seals the deal then! I've done a bit of research on server 03 and it sounds great. Thanks so much for the advice! Still trying to work out the Motherboard and RAM to use. Ideally I'd like the GA-EP45-UD3P which 'Danny Bui' recommended but it's not yet available in Australia...

Wow thanks very much for all your info, I seriously appreciate it because at this stage of the game... I just want my new machine!!! I just had a look at the boards you recommended.. I love the sound of the GA-EP45-UD3P but it's not available in Australia :mad: That's really annoying...

I'm rethinking things.. The motherboard I initially was going to go for - The Gigabyte EP45T-DS3R is a DDR3 board so I can't use DDR2 RAM in it. I simply can't afford 8gb of DDR3 so I'm thinking of going with the Asus P5Q Deluxe?? I don't know anything about the compatibility of these...

Hey harsaphes.. Thanks for the reply, Didn't manage to get my system today, everywhere seemed to be sold out of Q9550 so I'll have to wait till early next week :mad: Are you having any trouble running your plugins and apps like firefox and skype etc.. on X64? I did a quick search for...

Interesting stuff about running x86 in virtual box.. I was just going to install a dual boot to test x64 and If I liked it and didn't have any issues then run with it. I think there must be something wrong with the published figures on Gigabytes website?? This is the link I had to the...

A.J I seriously appreciate you taking the time. The reason I've been choosing not to go with a 64bit OS is simply compatibility issues. I run a plethora of different PS plugins some of which are quite outdated but do specific things I require, having said that, I'm not even sure if they run...

Hey JA.. I have certainly considered the RAMdisk option and also Gigabytes I-Ram, the latter is too expensive and unfortunately the superspeed RAMdisk doesn't have the ability to bypass the 4gb ram limitation in x86. I'm not interested in running x64 so it's not going to work out :( I...

Hey People, This is my first post here, so hello to all! I'm building a Photoshop machine on a budget.. it's not too tight of a budget but I can't go crazy on luxuries with small gains. Here's the machine as it stands (I'm buying it tomorrow or this weekend) Gigabyte GA-EP45T-DS3R...