Barebone for photoshop

[Domaso]

Hi all,

I'm planing to buy a barebone PC with integrated graphics, for photoshop only (I have separate PC for games, so I don't need barebone to be very powerful).

This is the barebone: ASUS P1-AH1 (with integrated GeForce 6150)
Other parts that will be put in barebone:
3200+ Athlon 64 CPU
7200rpm 80 GB hard drive
1GB RAM

What do you think, will this be enough to work with Photoshop CS2? Will I be able to work fluently with it, enough power for photoshop?

Thanks for your answers!

 

[magouster]

Should be okay. You might want to consider 2GB RAM, but if you can't afford it, that rig is fine for CS2.

 

[Domaso]

Are the advantages significant with 2GB RAM? How much more efficient (in percent approx)?

 

[magouster]

Hard to express the performance increase in percentage terms, since double the RAM will not give you double the performance. You might see a 10% decrease in loading times. I reckon that's about it.

 

[Domaso]

Thanks for help magouster, I'll have 1GB and if there will be need for more, I'll buy another 1GB. Thanks again for answers.

 

[Trifid]

A better way of putting it, PS grinds to a hault with 1GB and puting a 30second movie into its individual frames. With 1.5GB doing the same work I was able to minimise it and use the internet for an hour or so while it did its work.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/Trifid/My room/Whosaysyoudontneed4gbofram.jpg

 

[Domaso]

A better way of putting it, PS grinds to a hault with 1GB and puting a 30second movie into its individual frames. With 1.5GB doing the same work I was able to minimise it and use the internet for an hour or so while it did its work.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/Trifid/My room/Whosaysyoudontneed4gbofram.jpg

So you want to say 2GB is not enough?

 

[Shando]

It will run photoshop fine. If I could run it with 128mb SDRAM on my old system, you can manage it with 1gb

 

[Domaso]

Yes I know it runs, but how it runs. The main thing about barebones is that it has integrated graphics card which uses a piece of overall system power, so I wonder if that reduced power will be enough for photoshop. The main reason that I'm choosing barebone is that I want the PC case to be as small as possible, and also barebones saves some $ over the usual PCs.