New Desktop for CS5

[Ted Strickler]

[Todd Perchert] “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.”

My thought was to go with a 1TB system drive and two 1 or 1.5TB internal media drives with RAID 0 and I think that is what I will do for now. I can add an external RAID5 later if need be. After looking at the smaller case (922) I think it will work just fine. I do like the 942 better but I’m not really made out of money and I’ve been saving for a new system for quite some time and am getting impatient. I just thought of something. I need to check back on the 922 and see if it comes with as many fans as the 942. Thanks for your help.

[Alex Gerulaitis]

[Ted Strickler] “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.”

1280, not 128. 1.28GB memory on the 570.

It’s the number of Cuda cores, memory bandwidth and only then, the amount of RAM, that makes for the optimal GPU acceleration in CS5. The 570 has 480 Cuda cores with 152GB/s memory bandwidth, vs. Quadro 4000’s 256 cores and 90GB/s memory bandwidth.

Here is the reference table for all recent NVidia cards:

https://support.dv411.com/home/vendors/nvidia

Alex (DV411)

[Alex Gerulaitis]

[Ted Strickler] “as for the 4G strips of memory I haven’t found any Corsair yet. I would like to order this thing today if possible”

Here is one set (3x 4GB). Appears to be cost-effective.

Alex (DV411)

[Alex Gerulaitis]

Here is Corsair Dominator 3 x 4GB.

Alex (DV411)

[Ted Strickler]

I guess it depends on how you define ‘decent’. I saw a My Book 1TB USB3 at Sam’s Club just a few minutes ago for $108.83.

BTW, The memory you showed me, for $60 more I doubled my memory to 24GBs and I am just about to pull the trigger on the build. I can save a little more money if I go with Windows 7 Home Premium instead of Professional. Any advice on that?

[Alex Gerulaitis]

[Ted Strickler] “I guess it depends on how you define ‘decent'”

7200rpm – the ones that pull 140MB/s. All these “mybooks” use slower drives with 100MB/s native transfer rates or below.

[Ted Strickler] “BTW, The memory you showed me, for $60 more I doubled my memory to 24GBs and I am just about to pull the trigger on the build.”

Between the case, graphics card and memory, I think you are saving around $600-800 from your original shopping list, while getting a better system. Congrats.

[Ted Strickler] “I can save a little more money if I go with Windows 7 Home Premium instead of Professional. Any advice on that?”

Home Premium should be fine.

Alex (DV411)

[Ted Strickler]

And thank you for your help, both you and Todd. I can order with confidence!
Ted

[Todd Perchert]

Home premium is fine as long as you don’t need to connect to a domain or mac. It lacks some of the networking features of the Pro version. If you don’t need them, then go for it.
TC

[Ted Strickler]

Everything is on order now and I’m just going with home premium. Well, I don’t have a keyboard for it yet maybe I’ll just steal the one I’m using now and buy another one for this computer. I also need a monitor yet and I think I’ll get the one at Sam’s Club, 37″ Samsung for $280.