Need some advice.

[blackwaterstudio]

If this is in the wrong forum, please move.

I'm a photographer and I need a system to run photoshop, and a few other photography programs. My desktop took a dump awhile back and I ended up buying a laptop but haven't installed anything on it.

I've always been a fan of AMD (the laptop if the first time I've used Intel). But I'm out of the loop as to whats out there now.

What I'm looking at is a Dual-Core (maybe dual CPU's)
Mobo
4 gigs of ram
10-15K hard drive for operating system
10-15K hard drive to store photo's on
Video card big enough to run dual 19" LCD
DVD R/W

I plan to build the system so I'll be looking at newegg, pricewatch, etc for the parts.

 

[drizzt81]

you will want to get yourself a Core 2 CPU for this:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/cpu/charts.html?modelx=33&model1=432&model2=465&chart=187

As you can see it is significantly faster than the equivalently priced AMD CPU.

 

[Muad"Dib"]

Smoking hot deals on socket 939 goodies. AMD 4800 dual core Toledo for $ 284 @ Newegg. 1 year ago they were a G

 

[blackwaterstudio]

I have thought about going with dual dual-core opteron's. I have also been looking at the FX lines of CPUs but they seem high in price.

 

[Adidas4275]

get an AM2 3800+ or the 4400+ 89w version with a DFI AM2 mobo.... 2x 1GB 2-3-2-5 ram and call it a day... XP cant recongnize 4 gb.... i think its only 3 plus it makes it run @ T2 i beleive.... and definately not as good for overclocking...