I'm planning a new computer to dedicate for photo & audio editing. I've
got the money saved and am just finalizing the necessary components
before I buy. I already have some of the components on hand; the case &
power supply (650W), and a couple of hard drives I can use at least
temporarily.
My current (planned) configuration is a Gigabyte mainboard with Intel
i7-960 and 32GB ram (maxed out). I'll be using the on-board video to
begin with. I'll also need to get a new DVD burner - I'm looking for
something that will at least play Blue-ray & has Lightscribe.
I'm planning on running Windoze 7 64 bit and I intend to install
LightRoom, PhotoshopCS5 and Corel Painter 11 as my primary photo-editing
tools.
I will also be using my Nikon CoolScan IV ED with it & eventually want
to get a flatbed scanner for larger formats. I'm saving for the Epson
V750 M-Pro. If it all works out, I should have the money by mid-year.
I'm currently considering a configuration with 3 hard-drives. Primary
for the OS & software, secondary for Photoshop's scratch disk &
LightRoom's cache file and will use a 1.5TB SATA drive I already have
for data (I'll probably put Windoze's swap file here as well).
Two things I haven't quite satisfied myself about:
1. Minimum size for the main drive? I'm considering something along the
lines of 250GB, because I have a spare 250GB SATA (2.5 inch) drive I
took out of my laptop when I upgraded it to a 500GB data drive. I
eventually want to change it out for a SSD. But that's down the road
quite a piece, because even small SSDs are still VERY expensive.
2. But I am considering a SSD for the scratch disk. Is 64GB large
enough? That seems to be the current price point I'm comfortable with.
Any brand recommendations?
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