Need your advice on computer hardware for better computer graphic performance

Hi Everyone,
I am currently working on some heavy load .psd's and it seems that my computer can't keep up anymore. I have a imac 2.4 GHz Intel with 1 gig of ram. Should I add more RAM or get a faster CPU ? What would you recommend ?

Thank you in advanced for your answers,

Gabriel

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Hi Gabriel

I think more RAM will solve the problem. As far as I know Photoshop is one of the most memory eating applications

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you need to restart your system more often

but add some RAM and you're fine for the big images

The issue is not about big images, but sometimes my psd files can reach 100mb...

Thnaks for your answers

i agree with the others, more RAM is the go.

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The issue is not about big images, but sometimes my psd files can reach 100mb...

I thought that psd files are images too

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Get more ram, if possible get a quad core CPU as well... and it wouldn't hurt to get a powerful VC...

You might also want to upgrade your graphics card.

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I went all out and purchased 2 identical graphics workstations:  One for my local office in Virginia, the other for the office in New York.  I cannot stress this point enough:  The specs for such a computer should be mind-boggling if you're serious about any sort of graphic design.  If you question yourself as to "Is this too much for what I'm doing?"  The answer to that is a flat out NO because at the rate that computer technology has increased between the early '90s and today, you can bet the clothes on your back that within a period of 18 months, components considered "mid-range" will be beneath 'entry level".

With that in mind, here was what I bought (Bought components separately, then put it together on my dining room table since it's the only one big enough to spread everything out).  Mind you, I was looking at a minimum of 3 years of use, so I went all out.

Case - Antec Sonata Plus 550
Power Supply - Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W
Motherboard - MSI K9N2 Diamond AM2+ (Got this because it had was the most stable one I read up on...yes, even better than the Asus Crosshairs II)
CPU - AMD Phenom 9350e Agena 2.5GHz
Video Card - ATI FireGL V8650 100-505509 (I put this in slot 2 on the MSI board and shut off internal NVidia card off for this to work 100%)
Memory - Mushkin 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240 pin 1066
Hard Drive1. Western Digital VelociRaptor (2 x 300GB) in Raid 1
                        2. Western Digital My Book (Mirror Edition) 2TB (for backup)

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That's a classy pc classylady

I suppose you are using windows, right? Which version supports 8Gb of RAM?

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