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From: Matthew on 18 Jun 2010 12:55 I recently upgraded to CS5 and I now want to speed up my workflow with a new comptuer for my photography work (my current system practically grinds to a stop if I open up more than three photos at a time). I only have a budget of $1100 and this is the hardware I was considering: Win 7 Pro-64 MSI X58 Pro-E LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard Kingston Tripple channel (2GBx3) PC3-10600 Intel i7-930 2.8GHz processor Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB system drive Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB data drive Asus Radeon HD 4350 video card Cooler Master 500w power supply Samsung DVD/RW drive Should I consider investing more in the processor or add another 2GBx3 memory kit to take me to 12GB? Also would I be better off building a RAID0 with 2 - 1TB drives or is the speed increase not worth the potential risk of drive failure?
From: Mike Russell on 18 Jun 2010 16:30 On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:55:40 -0400, Matthew wrote: > I recently upgraded to CS5 and I now want to speed up my workflow with a new > comptuer for my photography work (my current system practically grinds to a > stop if I open up more than three photos at a time). I only have a budget > of $1100 and this is the hardware I was considering: > > Win 7 Pro-64 > MSI X58 Pro-E LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard > Kingston Tripple channel (2GBx3) PC3-10600 > Intel i7-930 2.8GHz processor > Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB system drive > Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB data drive > Asus Radeon HD 4350 video card > Cooler Master 500w power supply > Samsung DVD/RW drive > > Should I consider investing more in the processor or add another 2GBx3 > memory kit to take me to 12GB? Also would I be better off building a RAID0 > with 2 - 1TB drives or is the speed increase not worth the potential risk of > drive failure? Here's my two cents. This will be a screaming system. Put some more oomph into your video card - even another 30 dollars will make a big difference. Make sure that your video board is on the list of "approved" boards at www.adobe.com, and that it will drive two monitors. 6GB of memory should be fine, but more would not be overkill in this day and age - I'd recommend more memory over a faster processor. The software based RAID systems do offer more speed (mostly in initial starup and open), but they can be persnickety from an administration standpoint. So I'd leave this as a later exercise after you've gotten settled with your system. Solid state drives offer excellent performance as well, without the complications of dealing with RAID. If you want to cut corners a little, you could back off on the OS - go with Home Premium (or whatever it's called), and forgo the second disk - just the 2TB drive will work just fine, and you can add the faster disk later. The only thing I see missing is a new monitor - get at least a 24 inch HD monitor, and use your old monitor for the tool palettes. -- Mike Russell - http://www.curvemeister.com
From: Matthew on 18 Jun 2010 16:53 "Mike Russell" <groupsRE(a)MOVEcurvemeister.com> wrote in message news:14bariai8azls$.dlg(a)mike.curvemeister.com... > On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:55:40 -0400, Matthew wrote: > >> I recently upgraded to CS5 and I now want to speed up my workflow with a >> new >> comptuer for my photography work (my current system practically grinds to >> a >> stop if I open up more than three photos at a time). I only have a >> budget >> of $1100 and this is the hardware I was considering: >> >> Win 7 Pro-64 >> MSI X58 Pro-E LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard >> Kingston Tripple channel (2GBx3) PC3-10600 >> Intel i7-930 2.8GHz processor >> Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB system drive >> Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB data drive >> Asus Radeon HD 4350 video card >> Cooler Master 500w power supply >> Samsung DVD/RW drive >> >> Should I consider investing more in the processor or add another 2GBx3 >> memory kit to take me to 12GB? Also would I be better off building a >> RAID0 >> with 2 - 1TB drives or is the speed increase not worth the potential risk >> of >> drive failure? > > Here's my two cents. > > This will be a screaming system. Put some more oomph into your video card > - even another 30 dollars will make a big difference. Make sure that your > video board is on the list of "approved" boards at www.adobe.com, and that > it will drive two monitors. Well Adobe's approved video card list is pretty pathetic... for the ATI Radeon cards it just says the 2000, 3000 and 4000 series cards are ok. And the card I chose has SDI and HDMI out... and since my current 24" has SDI in/outs and most of the newer 24"HD monitors have HDMI inputs I am thinking that this card will drive both my current monitor and anything I add in the future.. but I will double check that. > > 6GB of memory should be fine, but more would not be overkill in this day > and age - I'd recommend more memory over a faster processor. Thanks.... 12GB it is then. > > The software based RAID systems do offer more speed (mostly in initial > starup and open), but they can be persnickety from an administration > standpoint. So I'd leave this as a later exercise after you've gotten > settled with your system. Solid state drives offer excellent performance > as well, without the complications of dealing with RAID. Good point, but their capacity is still a bit on the low side... I'll wait on this and see what new and shiny things come out towards the end of the year. > > If you want to cut corners a little, you could back off on the OS - go > with > Home Premium (or whatever it's called), and forgo the second disk - just > the 2TB drive will work just fine, and you can add the faster disk later. Well I went with the Win7-64 Pro because that is the cheapest of the Win7-64 series that also offers a 32 bit emulator... and I'm a little worried about some of my older apps. > > The only thing I see missing is a new monitor - get at least a 24 inch HD > monitor, and use your old monitor for the tool palettes. Actually I've already got a great 24inch HD monitor (picked that up a couple of months ago) and though I would love a second... that'll have to be a down the road investment. :) > -- > Mike Russell - http://www.curvemeister.com Thanks for the suggestions!
From: Grinder on 18 Jun 2010 18:17 On 6/18/2010 3:53 PM, Matthew wrote: > "Mike Russell"<groupsRE(a)MOVEcurvemeister.com> wrote in message > news:14bariai8azls$.dlg(a)mike.curvemeister.com... >> On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:55:40 -0400, Matthew wrote: >> >>> I recently upgraded to CS5 and I now want to speed up my workflow with a >>> new >>> comptuer for my photography work (my current system practically grinds to >>> a >>> stop if I open up more than three photos at a time). I only have a >>> budget >>> of $1100 and this is the hardware I was considering: >>> >>> Win 7 Pro-64 >>> MSI X58 Pro-E LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard >>> Kingston Tripple channel (2GBx3) PC3-10600 >>> Intel i7-930 2.8GHz processor >>> Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB system drive >>> Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB data drive >>> Asus Radeon HD 4350 video card >>> Cooler Master 500w power supply >>> Samsung DVD/RW drive >>> >>> Should I consider investing more in the processor or add another 2GBx3 >>> memory kit to take me to 12GB? Also would I be better off building a >>> RAID0 >>> with 2 - 1TB drives or is the speed increase not worth the potential risk >>> of >>> drive failure? >> >> Here's my two cents. >> >> This will be a screaming system. Put some more oomph into your video card >> - even another 30 dollars will make a big difference. Make sure that your >> video board is on the list of "approved" boards at www.adobe.com, and that >> it will drive two monitors. > > Well Adobe's approved video card list is pretty pathetic... for the ATI > Radeon cards it just says the 2000, 3000 and 4000 series cards are ok. And > the card I chose has SDI and HDMI out... and since my current 24" has SDI > in/outs and most of the newer 24"HD monitors have HDMI inputs I am thinking > that this card will drive both my current monitor and anything I add in the > future.. but I will double check that. The Radeon HD 4650 would be worth the extra $25.
From: N on 18 Jun 2010 18:44
"Matthew" <billgates(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message news:hvg8eh$418$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > I recently upgraded to CS5 and I now want to speed up my workflow with a > new comptuer for my photography work (my current system practically grinds > to a stop if I open up more than three photos at a time). I only have a > budget of $1100 and this is the hardware I was considering: > > Win 7 Pro-64 > MSI X58 Pro-E LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard > Kingston Tripple channel (2GBx3) PC3-10600 > Intel i7-930 2.8GHz processor > Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB system drive > Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB data drive > Asus Radeon HD 4350 video card > Cooler Master 500w power supply > Samsung DVD/RW drive > > Should I consider investing more in the processor or add another 2GBx3 > memory kit to take me to 12GB? Also would I be better off building a RAID0 > with 2 - 1TB drives or is the speed increase not worth the potential risk > of drive failure? > Rethink the power supply. 500 might not be enough. -- N |