Equipment |
The equipment and software I use (some more than others) are: |
Hardware (updated Feb 2009) |
Homebuilt pc - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 cpu (cooled by a Thermalright 120 Extreme heatsink with a Scythe Slipstream 120mm fan); Asus P5K Premium Wifi motherboard (cooled by a Noctua NF-P12 120mm fan); x2 Noctua NF-S12 case fans; an Intel X25-M G2 160Gb solid state drive; x2 WD Velociraptors 300Gb SATA hdds; Gigabyte 4850 passively cooled 1Gb pci-e vga card; Asus Xonar D2X pci-e soundcard; 8Gb DDR2 ram; LG Blu-Ray GGWH20L SATA Disc rewriter. I have an Antec P182 case and use a Seasonic X650 Gold 650W power supply. NEC 26" LCD monitor; x2 Lacie 500Gb usb2 external hdd; Wacom Intuos3 6"x8" digital tablet; Canon 5DII dslr; Panasonic Lumix LX3 compact digital camera. I print on an Epson R2400 inkjet, and a 1400 for less demanding work. Quiet computing is very important to me and my pc has been customised to achieve it. |
Software |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit; Photoshop CS4 (32 and 64 bit); Painter 10; Topaz Adjust and Topaz Simplify; PhotoZoom Pro 3; Photomatix Pro 3; Dynamic Photo HDR; Dreamweaver CS3 |