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07-13-2011, 03:14 PM
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4 years on - the Beast part 3
It has been 4 years since my last build - and this will be the third in a successful chain. thanks for all the advice in the past.
this time we are going for speed - and budget is not a constraint. things I am looking for this beast to do: fast graphics & HDD (lots of photoshop and large photos) large storage (will act as a squeezebox / itunes server) quiet - may do a heatsink on the processor but want to keep things generally quiet. Aim high - i dont want to do another one next year so SDD/W7 etc must be part of it from a scan through the forum I havent seen anyone with a big $ similar build I can start copying. any ideas to get me going? many thanks |
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07-13-2011, 03:39 PM
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07-13-2011, 03:53 PM
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Or wait a bit longer and see what AMD Bulldozer with 8 & 12 cores has to offer with the new motherboards!
It sounds like AMD has a big surprise for us!
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07-13-2011, 09:41 PM
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Sourtop - why Crossfire if this is a workstation, not a gamer? I recommended a single 570 because Photoshop can greatly benefit from Nvidia's CUDA technology. If the OP is going to be gaming, the 570 will do okay.
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07-14-2011, 09:24 AM
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Ah, I read "beast" and gaming automatically jumped into my head. I figured it was gaming + workstation, but then again a single GTX 570 or 580 should be great to do both.
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07-18-2011, 06:01 AM
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thanks to all for your input - I think I will go for the 570 or 580.
can i ask one question - 3 drives? One SSD for booting and a large storage drive. what does the Photoshop scratch drive bring to this? thanks robsob |
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07-18-2011, 10:12 AM
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Photoshop uses a "scratch disk".
Scratch Disk The best way to do it is use a dedicated drive for the scratch disk. For 40 bucks, why not? The 580 over the 570 won't really improve anything except gaming. |
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