What is best Mac Pro for photoshop for the money?

The best would be 6-core 3.33GHz 24GB RAM and would hold up best over time.

http://discussions.apple.com/messageview.jspa?messageID=12296219&stqc=true

MHz matter, and so too does RAM.

This article, and then browse how to choose Mac Pro, benchmarks etc on site:
http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2010/20100905_HallofFameShame--macpro.html

http://macperformanceguide.com/Reviews-MacProWestmere-CoresExplained.html

There are always good buys from Apple Specials, from $2100 and up, just be careful or totally avoid any of the 8-core / dual processor models.
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac/mac_pro

Hatter-

just be careful or totally avoid any of the 8-core / dual processor models

You did not say WHY we should avoid these models -- too costly? not enough performance? deadly flaws? something else?

And should these be avoided just for Photoshop or for everything?

Message was edited by: Grant Bennet-Alder

If you aren't following and reading from the links, don't ask or blame me.

Hall of ShameDouble the memory, double the cores, go 32% slower. Blame it on Apple?

Llolyd has more, throw in Barefeats, poor memory and core management, CS4/5 fact is you are wasting money.

As many have said, 3.33 6-core is all around sweet spot.

Thanks, Hatter. I see now you meant to be sure to read this article:

Apple Mac Pro (August 2010) — Photoshop CS5 — Why MORE CORES ARE SLOWER

I start up my Mac Pro in Verbose mode. At startup, it discovers my 2009 Mac Pro with single processor chip (nominally four cores) has eight processors. It appears to see each core capable of HyperThreading (each core can run two threads), and puts them to work right away.

This is an additional argument against going for the 8-core or 12-core. If you really effectively have twice as many cores as reported, you will be better off buying an additional Mac rather than committing 24 core-equivalents to Photoshop \[which currently cannot find enough work for a lot of cores.]