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MacPro Speed - Most Bang for Buck?
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well buying a 1tb ssd would work but they cost a lot.
I would not buy 2 new intel 600gb ssds and raid0 them into a 1.2tb hdd with the 800gb iPhoto album.
I would max ram first.
I would then consider using 1 pair of 1tb samsungs in a raid0 of 2tb and putting the iphoto on it. but you must have a backup system if you do that. not just Time machine.
these make a fast raid0 :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185&Tpk=samsung 1tb f3
I would not buy 2 new intel 600gb ssds and raid0 them into a 1.2tb hdd with the 800gb iPhoto album.
I would max ram first.
I would then consider using 1 pair of 1tb samsungs in a raid0 of 2tb and putting the iphoto on it. but you must have a backup system if you do that. not just Time machine.
these make a fast raid0 :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185&Tpk=samsung 1tb f3
4 drives:
320 Gig WD Raptor (10,000 rpm) as system drive
1 Tb (7200 rpm) for iPhoto
1 Tb (7200 rpm) for iTunes/video
other external HD for backups, etc...
Have 5 of RAM in there now (2-2-1-0).
So was initially looking to upgrade RAM, but then thought maybe SSD could be more bang for the buck. But if my bottleneck is the iPhoto drive I think simply upgrading my system drive to SSD might not get me as far...
Thoughts?
320 Gig WD Raptor (10,000 rpm) as system drive
1 Tb (7200 rpm) for iPhoto
1 Tb (7200 rpm) for iTunes/video
other external HD for backups, etc...
Have 5 of RAM in there now (2-2-1-0).
So was initially looking to upgrade RAM, but then thought maybe SSD could be more bang for the buck. But if my bottleneck is the iPhoto drive I think simply upgrading my system drive to SSD might not get me as far...
Thoughts?