Help deciding between two builds designed for photo editing and light video work

[larbaz]

Trying to decide between these 2 builds and would appreciate any suggestions. Basically the Intel is about $100 more....so very close.
I mostly work with photos with Photoshop Elements6 and like to open quite a few at a time. Also do scanning and converting VHS to DVD

1.AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDE00ZFBGRBOX

2.GIGABYTE GA-890FXA-UD5 AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

3.G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL7D-8GBRH

4.CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power ...

5.HIS Radeon HD 4670 IceQ 1 GB (128bit) DDR3 HDMI Dual DL-DVI (HDCP) PCI Express 2.0 X16 Video Card Retail (RoHS) H467QR1GH

6.Western Digital 300 GB VelociRaptor SATA 3 Gb/s 10,000 RPM 16 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Enterprise Hard Drive - WD3000HLFS


1.Intel Core i7-960 Bloomfield 3.2GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor

2.ASUS P6X58D-E LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

3.CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory

4.CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power ...

5.HIS Radeon HD 4670 IceQ 1 GB (128bit) DDR3 HDMI Dual DL-DVI (HDCP) PCI Express 2.0 X16 Video Card Retail (RoHS) H467QR1GH

6.Western Digital 300 GB VelociRaptor SATA 3 Gb/s 10,000 RPM 16 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Enterprise Hard Drive - WD3000HLFS

[RickyTick]

On the Intel build, you should choose a triple channel ram. Check into a 12 gb kit (3x4gb)

Have you considered LGA1155 Sandy Bridge?

[larbaz]

I didn't realize you had answered. What is difference in ram and how would the LGA1155 Sandy Bridge be better?

[RickyTick]

If you're going with the X58 build, it requires a triple channel ram, whereas all others require dual channel.
Look a ram kit like this, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231356

Sandy Bridge is just Intel's most recent generation of processors. They are very fast and very efficient.
Here's a good review, http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/the-sandy-bridge-review-intel-core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/1

[larbaz]

Ok thanks, I will check out the link. I thought i had read in another post not to get the Sandy Bridge?? Don't remember the reasoning though.