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New Desktop for CS5
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[Alex Geroulaitis] “an external 2-3TB drive for backup”
Does anyone know of a decent USB 3.0 one (7200rpm)? Don’t think G-Tech makes them yet; WD and Seagate mostly uses “green” drives that are 20% slower (I think).
Alex (DV411)
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Holy cow, Alex, you just knocked over the apple cart! Now I’ve got to think about this. Hacking scares me but I’ve read where it is a simple hack. I know just enough about the inside of computers to get myself in trouble. I like your suggestions and will take a look at what is available. Thank you, Ted.
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[Ted Strickler] “Hacking scares me but I’ve read where it is a simple hack.”
Me too – and you’re right, it’s very simple.
You know what your case is going to be? Monitor(s)?
Alex (DV411)
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Case is Cooler Master Haf x RC-942
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It’s a cool case, I like it. Definitely an overkill for your setup. You don’t need full size motherboard support; six 5.25″ drive bays and all that cooling.
Look for midtower cases supporting 4-5 HD bays, 2-3 5.25″ bays. It has to properly support full-length graphics cards of course – not too many mid-tower cases do that. E.g. 912 doesn’t. I personally prefer slightly less of a gaming rig feel, but that’s a purely personal choice.
If I run across something I like (besides HP Z800), I’ll post it here.
Alex (DV411)
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It seems like most posts that talk about towers and the longer type video cards say that heat and space or two big issues and recommend a large case. I also may install an extra burner or two in the future. As far as the gaming rig feel, I am a kid at heart and I actually like the looks of this one. I looked at quite a few that I did not like the looks of. The one I have now on the computer that I’m using I never did like the looks of it but it is functional for my current setup. I think overkill is better than not enough and me being not savy in the computer business means I have to listen to others who are and then finally make a decision. In other words, I am open to and apreciate your advice. Thank you.
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922 then or SGC-2000: similar look, lots of bays.
Bigger cases take more energy to cool, gather more dust, take more space. Efficiency is always superior to excess. 🙂
Oh, and it saves you some $80… 🙂
Alex (DV411)
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[Alex Geroulaitis] “922 then or SGC-2000: similar look, lots of bays.”
Scratch the 2nd one: a GTX-470 (or 570) may not fit. 922 does support full-length graphics cards.
Alex (DV411)
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I looked at the 570 and here again, I don’t know much about this stuff but I can’t see where a video card is better when it only has 128Mb of memory on it. The 580 had 1.5Gb of memory so at least to me it seems better but then the price is almost as much as the Quadro 4000 which only has 2Gb. It is confusing trying to compare them and then you say for video editing that the 570 is even better than the Quadro.
I think I can go with the 922 tower instead of the 942 but as for the 4G strips of memory I haven’t found any Corsair yet. I would like to order this thing today if possible. I’m getting anxious!
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Like Alex said, for gaming you want the fast system drive since your programs reside there. For video editing you want fast media drives and to keep your media off of the system drive.
Like I had said, if you go with RAID-0, you will want to be very diligent about backups. RAID-0 can be implemented with as little as 2 HDDs. If you go with a RAID-5, you can usually survive 1 drive failure. RAID-5 requires a minimum of 3 HDDs, you lose one volume for parity information. If you go with RAID-6, you need a minimum of 4 HDDs and can usually survive 2 HDD failures at once, but you lose 2 drive for parity information.Myself, I have a 300MB/s R/W RAID-0 internal for my project files, that I back up every evening. I also have an external RAID-5 16TB array that does about 700MB/s write and 600MB/s read – this is my media drive. Most of my media is used in other projects which is why I keep it separate from my projects. That’s on top of the OS drive and backup drive. And yes, I have a very large case for liquid cooling to keep my XEONs cool and internal drives cool.
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