Any modern CPU will be 64bit. Its faster, can address more ram. There's
literally no justification for using a 32bit OS anymore.
Support for 32bit programs is around but if you are using Ubuntu, why
worry? Everything you download will be 64biy anyway.
John P Santos
Digital Media Consultant - Green Bee Media
greenbeemedia.ca
On 2013-02-17 10:59 AM, "Bill Yiannakos" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I watched with great interesting all the conversation, but now I found the
> time to reply. Let me clear some more things:
>
> >2013/2/14 Willem Ferguson <[email protected]>
> >Bill,
> >
> >I would recommend that you go Intel i7.
>
> Well, this is totally out of my budget! i7 in Greece costs almost 300€. My
> budget would be something like 250€ for cpu + motherboard + RAM...
>
>
>
>
> >2013/2/14 Rob Z. Smith <[email protected]>
> >
> >Then get a decent monitor and a Huey colorimeter or similar to calibrate
> it.
>
> I own an EIZO S1931 which still works perfect, so I'n not going to replace
> it. As fas as color calibrating is concerned, I'm thinking of getting
> someday a Hughski ColorHug <http://www.hughski.com/>, but that's a
> second priority now.
>
> *>Then get as fast a CPU as you feel like spending money on. For dt it
> is definitely worth getting multi core but personally I never spend the
> premium for top of the line CPU speed but buy mid range and then get a 2nd
> hand what was top of the line chip when the next latest and greatest comes
> along. (OK I’m a cheapskate and >find an old quad core 2 works fine).
>
> *
> My concern here is Intel or AMD? I' ve been an AMD user for years now, but
> I see that Intel tends to change sockets mpre sparse. That means that if in
> a reasonable time I ant to change my cou, there will be more chances that I
> will find something to fit my motherboard... On the other hand, AMD tends
> to give more cores on the same price range..
>
> *>If budget is short I would miss the fancy graphics card out entirely,
> stay with the one you have now,*
>
> I agree with thιs rationale, but my present graphics card is dead
> (together with my psu and some of my RAM!). So, I had to purchase a new GPU
> in order to do my job untill I upgrade (I got an nVidia GT640 with 2GB
> memory)
>
> The one thing that we all seem to agree is RAM: the more, the better! So
> I would definitely go for 8GB, mabe more (the 8GB cost a little less than
> 50€).
>
> Regarding the 64bit system, is there any inconvenience in any other
> aspect? Will 32bit programs run without trouble in a 64bit system?
>
> Thanks a lot everyone for the help...
>
> --
> --------------------------------------
> *Vasilis Yiannakos*
> billyiannakos (at) gmail.com
> www.yiannakos.gr
> Athens,Greece
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>
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