Hello everybody and thank you for taking time to read this post and hopefully answer it too.
Right, I need to format, re-configure and re-install my PC and I was hopping to get a bit of help on the configuration. Here is what I have available :
Drive C : 2 x 500 GB (RAID 0)
Drive D : 500 GB
Drive E : 1000 GB
PROCESSOR : Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.50 GHz
RAM : 6 GB DDR3
MOTHER BOARD : ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe
Graphic card : NVIDIA QUADRO FX 5800
What would be the best way to configure my PC in order to obtain the best performances with Adobe After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, Soundbooth... knowing that I only use this computer for video editing. In other words, do I need to keep both my primary HD setup as RAID 0, should I use the "super speed" configuration supported by the mother board to increase transfer rate? Should I set my hard drives in different RAID setups, etc...?
I am aware those are rather technical questions but I would really appreciate your inputs.
Best reagards,
Charles
Charles Hennegrave
Vice-President of JC Dream none profit association
London
Re: Computer configuration by Andrew Ford on Oct 23, 2009 at 6:04:47 pm
I'd use the 500GB drive as the system drive for installation of everything. I'd keep the RAID 0 the way it is. This striping will write data to both drives, increasing speed. Using the 'Super Speed' mobo funcitonality can almost double your transfer rates. I'd use the TB drive to backup the RAID 0 since there's no redundancy in your storage if you don't. What is the rpm and cache of your hard drives? I'd get Windows 7 64 bit ASAP if I were you. The new OS takes up less of your RAM for ordinary tasks, leaving you more of your 6GB... which can cheaply be upgraded to 8. upgrading to 16GB is a lot more expensive since 4gb sticks are still $$.
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Re: Computer configuration by Charles Hennegrave on Oct 25, 2009 at 12:20:09 am
Yhank you very much Andrew. I spent the whole day re-configuring my pc along with an extra 2Gb of RAM, and Windows 7 x64. I am just in the process of re-installing Adobe Master Collection CS4.
Speaking of which... Would you by any change have any tips for me concerning the memory settings for After effects and the Cache and media preferences as to on what disk should I put them?
Once again, thanks for your advices, they were of great help!
Best regards,
Charles
Charles Hennegrave
Vice-President of JC Dream none profit association
London
