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<blockquote data-quote="Blacktop" data-source="post: 564685" data-attributes="member: 22693"><p>I'm looking to get a new puter in a few weeks. I'll be using it mostly to run LR/PS and a few other editing software like Nik, Topaz.</p><p></p><p>I've been reading a lot about different CPUs and RAM and GPU cards.</p><p>The more I read the more I get confused. </p><p></p><p>First CPUs. The question I have, is if a CPU has 4 cores (quad core) and is 4GHZ, does that mean that each core is 1GHZ? What I mean is, that lets say I'm running an app and the CPU uses only 2 cores for that task, then basically it's only using 2GHZ and the other 2GHZ is left unused and wasted? (sorry if my question sounds silly but I really don't know)</p><p></p><p>Second is about RAM. I read that more RAM is better, but I also have to look at the speed of the RAM. Right? So sometimes 8Gigs of fast ram is better then 16 GIGs of slow RAM?</p><p></p><p>I do a lot of pano stitching. Well, at least I try but with my present machine with an AMD duel core, 8 gigs of RAM and a 256MB intergrated GPU it's a real pain.</p><p>For intense tasks like stitching together a lot of images would an i7 intell quad core CPU be the way to go?</p><p></p><p>This is the machine I'm looking at right now. <a href="http://www.adorama.com/DEX892506BLK.html#source=productOptions" target="_blank">Dell XPS 8900 Desktop Computer X8900-2506BLK</a></p><p></p><p>Think this would be enough? I don't want to spend much more right now. Also I could always expand the RAM and buy a better GPU later on if I need it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blacktop, post: 564685, member: 22693"] I'm looking to get a new puter in a few weeks. I'll be using it mostly to run LR/PS and a few other editing software like Nik, Topaz. I've been reading a lot about different CPUs and RAM and GPU cards. The more I read the more I get confused. First CPUs. The question I have, is if a CPU has 4 cores (quad core) and is 4GHZ, does that mean that each core is 1GHZ? What I mean is, that lets say I'm running an app and the CPU uses only 2 cores for that task, then basically it's only using 2GHZ and the other 2GHZ is left unused and wasted? (sorry if my question sounds silly but I really don't know) Second is about RAM. I read that more RAM is better, but I also have to look at the speed of the RAM. Right? So sometimes 8Gigs of fast ram is better then 16 GIGs of slow RAM? I do a lot of pano stitching. Well, at least I try but with my present machine with an AMD duel core, 8 gigs of RAM and a 256MB intergrated GPU it's a real pain. For intense tasks like stitching together a lot of images would an i7 intell quad core CPU be the way to go? This is the machine I'm looking at right now. [url=http://www.adorama.com/DEX892506BLK.html#source=productOptions]Dell XPS 8900 Desktop Computer X8900-2506BLK[/url] Think this would be enough? I don't want to spend much more right now. Also I could always expand the RAM and buy a better GPU later on if I need it. [/QUOTE]
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