spec'ing a system - where to direct the $$?

Greetings-

I spec'ing a new system for, among other things, running Lightroom and wondered, all other things being equal, moreover (which they never are),

where typical bottlenecks will drop.  Or lie.

In general, I'll be cataloguing/edition of RAW images that are 10 to 15MB in size.  And it is a hobby, not a business.

My goal is to get a computer that's fast enough without spending more than I have to.

And suppose that, for now, I'll just to have a monitor, but an upgrade

path for two monitors would be nice (and isn't that involves, in any case - a second card - graphic?

simultaneous use of the integrated graphics card and graphics card?).

First question - a reason, I would need more than 4 GB of RAM and, if so, under what circumstances?

Second question - I - I need a video card, or risk of sufficient onboard graphics? - And if I do not need a graphics card,

What is 'good enough'? (My research suggests that killer video cards are really game and 3D rendering).

Third question - I - I need anything faster than a dual core of recent generation (be it AMD or Intel) processor?

Fourth question - any suggestions/warnings regarding the optimization of hard disk?

(i.e. - How does hardcore get?-OS on a single disc, app on a second, images on a third scratch file on a fourth...?)

Welcome seasoned wisdom.

Thank you kindly.

-Richard

oldWithoutMoney.com

I have a dual-core AMD Athlon X 2 2.6 GHz on a motherboard from previous generation with 8 GB of RAM (no difference to 4 GB for me) and a 250 GB hard drive. Integrated graphics. I built it myself with $ 450 two years ago.

Everything work fine with a single catalog with some images of 17K.

My goal is to get a computer that's fast enough without spending more than I have to.

Then just by a modern system of low-medium-end. Any modern computer is faster than my system and is good enough for LR.

And suppose that, for now, I'll just to have a monitor, but an upgrade

path for two monitors would be nice (and isn't that involves, in any case - a second card - graphic?

simultaneous use of the integrated graphics card and graphics card?).

My advice is to use the built-in function for now and add a descrete card later when you protect the monitor. Most modern motherboard with integrated graphics has a DVI or VGA port.

First question - a reason, I would need more than 4 GB of RAM and, if so, under what circumstances?

I got 4 GB with Vista 64 for quite awhile and never seen Lightroom to reach this limit. Even on important exports and the reconstruction of the preview. I added 4 more because it is very cheap and I wanted to stay safe running with the filename of the access page.

Second question - I - I need a video card, or risk of sufficient onboard graphics? - And if I do not need a graphics card,

What is 'good enough'? (My research suggests that killer video cards are really game and 3D rendering).

Graphics embedded, as stated above. But in case you end up buying a card (e.g. MB without onboard video) decreed, today the entry-level Radeon - 4350, 4550 are the best for a machine that is not related to the game. They are passive cooled - no noise from fans, walk cool, usually have two digital channels, costs $ 30 to 50 and have more than enough power for grapchis office.

Third question - I - I need anything faster than a dual core of recent generation (be it AMD or Intel) processor?

If your goal is 'a computer that's fast enough without spending more than I have to' - then, certainly, don't.

Fourth question - any suggestions/warnings regarding the optimization of hard disk?

If we are talking about a cheap machine, then in a hard drive configuration two type:

1 operating system, applications, catalog/previews

2. the images.

Let me explain. If your computer is optimized and clean, i.e. no anti-virus setting analysis your cache of Lightroom or search indexer/prefetcher/defender play with your hard drive, then the first hard drive during normal operation is almost entirely devoted to Lightroom. The second, of course, also, because it has only the image files.

If you want to go more upscale with the disk subsystem, then:

1 OS, applications - there is certainly no reason for sharing these.

2 catalogue/previews only. -get the fastest drive here: a small fast SSD, such as X 25-M OCZ Vertex or Intel.

3 images. A big pretty fast HDD.

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