Used PC for Photoshop - Advice needed

[Saab Dastard]

I've bought myself a desktop with an AMD Quad Core X4 640 with 2GB DD3 RAM and 500GB HDD for £155.

That sounds like a good buy - is it branded?

Originally Posted by stevef

Re 'noisy' servers - I'm using an HP XW6000 Dual Core Xeon 3.2GHz 147GB 4GB Workstation as a desktop computer and most of the time it's inaudible. There's the occasional rattle when initially selecting an intensive programme but it passes in next to no time.

Steve - ummm, a workstation isn't a server...

SD

[stevef]

Oops, quite right, Saab, I mis-read the seller's specs (below).
Two Xeon processors:
Xeon processors are designed for multitasking
As a result, they're usually used only in large company servers.
This computer even has two processors installed, the PC appears as having FOUR processors under Windows, i.e. a total of massive 4 x 3.2GHz processing power!