Originally Posted by bobdoo
Originally Posted by Subdued
1. Telling a novice computer user to overclock is terrible advice. Overclocking is completely unnecessary unless you're chest-thumping over benchmarks. It's has absolutely no impact on day-to-day computing.
2. Clockspeed is not king. RAM amount and HDD speeds are. If doing something like "get a newer CPU" is even possible on whatever he's running, the CPU is not his limiting factor. If more RAM and an SSD don't solve speed issues, the
entire base architecture of his setup is outdated.
*I* did not tell anyone to overclock. As I stated, it *is* the third most significant option to speed up a PC. In my case, I got a continuous 15% increase in Lightroom processing. When I'm processing 4,000 to 5,000 images at once, and each one takes 8 to 10 seconds, that's TWO HOURS additional processing time. Maybe not important to a child wasting away hours in mommy's basement...
When you've upgraded to a fast SSD, clockspeed is the next most apparent increase. Almost all PCs are running 8GB of RAM, no more is needed in the context of this thread.
Everything I've posted *is* common knowledge for Photoshop/Lightroom users, who run into performance problems every day.
I wonder why you are so upset... Ego issues? You don't own a subaru, do you?
What makes you think I'm upset? I'm just participating in a conversation. Maybe you're being defensive.
And no subaru here, just a jeep and a minivan