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I need to soon be editing some images in photoshop using many many layers. We are talking up to 50 or 100 layers, and I may even upgrade my camera soon so my file sizes could be around 20 mega pixels (right now they are about 12). I also feel I will be doing some video editing, but not really a huge part of my business. I am looking for a tower and not a laptop.

Is 16 GB of ram safeish? I think so, but wasn't sure.

Another question I have... are all these desktop machines upgradable with their ram.... can I simply just add more into pretty much any of these towers?

Any other recommendations I should be looking for, as far as minimum requirements? I will be buying this is the US by the way.

Thanks!

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16GB is safe - does photoshop still use a scratch disk? Throwing a little 60GB in just for that may also be beneficial.

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As long as you have a 64 bit o/s and the motherboard supports 16GB or more of ram.

As the files get bigger, the disk system will need to transfer more data. Unless you consider using SSD drives your experience may become frustrating.

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If you Google the specs of the desktop model you are looking at you will find out how much RAM you can install and if there are any free slots. Current desktops mostly allow for at least 16 GB.

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My desktop runs WIN 7 Professional 64it. A Gigabyte Z87-D3HP UltraDurable 5 Plus MOBO which is relatively new and supports 10 USB 3.0 ports and an Intel i7-4770 CPU which runs at 3.4GHz. Not the fastest CPU but fine for me. I have one 8GB DDR3 Corsair memory module installed with MOBO slots for 3 more should I wish.

I installed a IEEE 1394 firewire controller for my HD Handycam for video copying and editing.

Running a SATA controller with one internal WD Barracuda (I think) 500GB HDD which I use only for OS and Apps. Yes, SSD would be better but expensive and complicates my backup solution (below) I think.

I keep all of "My media" (docs, movies, photo albums, music library etc) on an external USB 2.0 WD Elements 1tb drive, A 2nd USB 3.0 Buffalo 3tb drive is my main backup drive (Trueimage backup app) and keep another fail-safe Acronis backup on another USB 2.0 1tb WD Elements drive.

Performance is fine for me even though I would like to upgrade all of my external drives to USB 3.0 but beggars can't be choosers.....

I use Photoshop 5 and DVD Architect Pro 5.0. I'm an amateur in video editing though and find Microsoft Movie Maker (free with Win 7) adequate for most of my needs. I use Photoshop for pretty basic stuff with some photo enhancement, logo and business graphics etc.

8GB Ram is a little light with graphics processing generally slow and I am planning on getting another 8GB soon. I use an older ATI Radeon 4800HD graphics card which also probably has something to do with that but as I said beggars can't be choosers and it was pretty high end when I bought it about 3 years ago now. (Yes, I know it's all so much bigger,faster,better now)

I upgraded my desktop system recently here in Thailand and was happy with the price and hardware recommendations.

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My desktop runs WIN 7 Professional 64it. A Gigabyte Z87-D3HP UltraDurable 5 Plus MOBO which is relatively new and supports 10 USB 3.0 ports and an Intel i7-4770 CPU which runs at 3.4GHz. Not the fastest CPU but fine for me. I have one 8GB DDR3 Corsair memory module installed with MOBO slots for 3 more should I wish.

I installed a IEEE 1394 firewire controller for my HD Handycam for video copying and editing.

Running a SATA controller with one internal WD Barracuda (I think) 500GB HDD which I use only for OS and Apps. Yes, SSD would be better but expensive and complicates my backup solution (below) I think.

I keep all of "My media" (docs, movies, photo albums, music library etc) on an external USB 2.0 WD Elements 1tb drive, A 2nd USB 3.0 Buffalo 3tb drive is my main backup drive (Trueimage backup app) and keep another fail-safe Acronis backup on another USB 2.0 1tb WD Elements drive.

Performance is fine for me even though I would like to upgrade all of my external drives to USB 3.0 but beggars can't be choosers.....

I use Photoshop 5 and DVD Architect Pro 5.0. I'm an amateur in video editing though and find Microsoft Movie Maker (free with Win 7) adequate for most of my needs. I use Photoshop for pretty basic stuff with some photo enhancement, logo and business graphics etc.

8GB Ram is a little light with graphics processing generally slow and I am planning on getting another 8GB soon. I use an older ATI Radeon 4800HD graphics card which also probably has something to do with that but as I said beggars can't be choosers and it was pretty high end when I bought it about 3 years ago now. (Yes, I know it's all so much bigger,faster,better now)

I upgraded my desktop system recently here in Thailand and was happy with the price and hardware recommendations.

Built one like this last year for a friend who does mainly Photoshop and video. But used 16 GB RAM, a 120 SSD for system + programs, a 3 TB WD Black for storage, and a 3 TB WD Elements for backup. He's been quite happy.

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I have a EVGA SR-2 mobo with dual Xeon 5645 CPU, each with Corsair H60 liquid cooling. 12 sticks @ 4GB = 48GB fast memory. Currently 128GB SSD and 1TB HDD but can install 6 SATA drives any mix. 750W Seasonic X Gold PSU. Built it as a hackintosh to use Apple video processing but finished with that now. Perfect graphics/video machine but not using it any more so available. PM me.

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