McRic Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I bought a new pc for the office for general surfing a few months ago.As I was on a budget and the spec was suffice I went for a Compaq sg3-320uk. The system spec is as follows.OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home PremiumVersion 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601Other OS Description Not AvailableOS Manufacturer Microsoft CorporationSystem Name USER-HPSystem Manufacturer Hewlett-PackardSystem Model SG3-320UKSystem Type x64-based PCProcessor AMD Athlon II X2 245 Processor, 2900 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 6.01, 23/04/2010SMBIOS Version 2.6Windows Directory C:\WindowsSystem Directory C:\Windows\system32Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1Locale United KingdomHardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"User Name user-HP\userTime Zone GMT Standard TimeInstalled Physical Memory (RAM) 2.00 GBTotal Physical Memory 1.75 GBAvailable Physical Memory 651 MBTotal Virtual Memory 3.50 GBAvailable Virtual Memory 2.04 GBPage File Space 1.75 GBPage File C:\pagefile.sys I have now just got into photography and installed CS5 which this system is struggling with.Hitting good old google what I can see is that this system will support 8gb of memory (2 banks of 4gb) This should speed up cs5 I would think? Where's the best place to shop though? Wanting to do this on as cheap a budget as possible.What brand should I go for or does it really not make a difference. That's me all questioned out, I look forward to the words of wisdom from those in the know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahmotorsport Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I'd try eBay to be fair for a cheap price. Download a program called Everest, it will tell you what RAM you need, or crucial memory checker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezz Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 crucial.com is pretty good for memory, cheap and free delivery too not sure from what you put, is your win7 the 64bit version? (your processor is 64bit) if it's not then windows will only see 3.5gb whatever you put over that (e.g. 4gb physical) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRic Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 I was lead to believe "System Type x64-based PC" means my windows is 64 bit? Just checked it's deffo 64bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Although the system may be 64bit have you checked your Windows 7 is indeed 64bit too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRic Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 Indeed I have sir P to the Wee! I think this is correct? http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af297/ricowen/Untitled.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 (edited) Go for it then, crucial as mentioned have an advisory tool in which you can then purchase at a fair price.I'm assuming your planning rather intensive photo work, I never had many problems on PS 4 on 2gig ram if im honest and that was ddr1 or ddr2 speed comparef to your (assiming) dd3 speed ram? (couldn't tell by the wee image you posted so taking your word on the 64 bit lol, looks like it) Edited December 31, 2011 by PeeWee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRic Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 Go for it then, crucial as mentioned have an advisory tool in which you can then purchase at a fair price.I'm assuming your planning rather intensive photo work, I never had many problems on PS 4 on 2gig ram if im honest and that was ddr1 or ddr2 speed comparef to your (assiming) dd3 speed ram? (couldn't tell by the wee image you posted so taking your word on the 64 bit lol, looks like it) Gimmie a break I was chuffed I managed a screen grab lol. I believe cs5 64bit is a hungry beggar, takes a wee while to open, then is far from rapid once on the go.Reading summin online said it needs a minimum 8gb to run well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 All mention of CS5 say it requires 1gig Ram, Im wondering if something else in your system isn't performing well such as your gfx card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRic Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 All mention of CS5 say it requires 1gig Ram, Im wondering if something else in your system isn't performing well such as your gfx card? bought the memory now so only time will tell lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 (edited) All mention of CS5 say it requires 1gig Ram, Im wondering if something else in your system isn't performing well such as your gfx card? bought the memory now so only time will tell lol Well it will improve overall performance (in fact 4 gig probably would of been efficiant)It wont really speed up your loading of the program I wouldn't think. (a decent ssd drive would). It does seem like your gfx card is on board & sharing the ram, this means when you boot up OS the available ram left to run your system is minimal. Looking at your spec I would hazzard a guess that your gfx card is swiping 256meg of your 2gig ram on startup. If serious about PS you could opt for a gfx card that carries its own ram onboard (512 & 1 gig cards can be had at low cost these days). Edited December 31, 2011 by PeeWee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRic Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 I may well eventually go that route but I'm just at the tinkering stage just now. I've got cs5 and lightroom to play with, there's a lot to learn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Photoshop is an incredible program to learn, it's great.Check out some photoshop sites for good tutorials.Well worth the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRic Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 So far I've mastered how to set up an action to put a border around my pictures. Todays effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRic Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 Well for anyone that cares I've just fired the 8gb in. Photoshop was taking around 30 seconds to load previously and now takes about 6-7 seconds so I can live with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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