From: Igor Roshchin
Sorry if I missed somebody mentioning this, I hope it might be useful to
some people, - in relation to the HDD configurations:
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/system_configuration_recommendations
Igor
Thanks. I dug down far enough in the comments
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 6:49 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
I installed Lightroom on my laptop, and it went off on a tear trying to
import 20,000 plus photos into a catalog, which kept the machine from being
usable for at least a day.
Importing 20,000 image files at once into
Underpaid N. Overpentaxed wrote:
They're there; as usual it is just a matter of reducing
your footprint to match your environment, except this
time literally.
Go for high heels. They give smaller prints for the same foot.
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Sorry if I missed somebody mentioning this, I hope it might be useful to
some people, - in relation to the HDD configurations:
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/system_configuration_recommendations
Igor
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From: Doug Franklin
On 2012-01-09 9:32, Underpaid N. Overpentaxed wrote:
They're there; as usual it is just a matter of reducing your footprint
to match your environment, except this time literally.
Ok, Ecke, point me towards the oracle. Where does one go to find
tropical islands for sale
On 2012-01-10 11:37, John Sessoms wrote:
I believe you contact Dr. Clement Okon c/o Central Bank of Nigeria.
He already owes me. Maybe I can convince him just to send the deed to a
tropical island instead of the fifty-seven million he says he has for
me. :-)
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I believe you contact Dr. Clement Okon c/o Central Bank of Nigeria.
He already owes me. Maybe I can convince him just to send the deed to
a
tropical island instead of the fifty-seven million he says he has for
me. :-)
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The money is in there, but your
On 2012-01-09 1:38, David Mann wrote:
On Jan 9, 2012, at 9:55 AM, Doug Franklin wrote:
Don't get me wrong! I'd build a dual quad-core (or six-core) setup with 64GB
of RAM and a pair of nVidia 580 video boards in a heartbeat, if I had that much
money lying around doing nothing. :-)
If I
They're there; as usual it is just a matter of reducing your footprint
to match your environment, except this time literally.
2012/1/9 Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com:
If I had that much money lying around I'd buy a tropical island. But
each to his own...
I would, too, if I could
Power supply maximum efficiency and optimal efficiency are two different
things.
Most are rated as 85%+.
However, efficiency curve is best around 40-60% load.
In some cases, that means 850W PSU is overkill, especially, if real load
will be maximum around 300W.
We tested lot of PCs and
On 2012-01-09 9:32, Underpaid N. Overpentaxed wrote:
They're there; as usual it is just a matter of reducing your footprint
to match your environment, except this time literally.
Ok, Ecke, point me towards the oracle. Where does one go to find
tropical islands for sale for US$ 5k and less?
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Doug Franklin
jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote:
Ok, Ecke, point me towards the oracle. Where does one go to find tropical
islands for sale for US$ 5k and less? I've got cash, I'm a motivated buyer.
A few more years of global warming and you'll find some
On 2012-01-09 22:37, Matthew Hunt wrote:
A few more years of global warming and you'll find some motivated sellers...
A depreciating asset is one thing, one going underwater is another. :-)
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On 10 January 2012 05:08, Gasha cir...@konts.lv wrote:
Power supply maximum efficiency and optimal efficiency are two different
things.
Most are rated as 85%+.
However, efficiency curve is best around 40-60% load.
In some cases, that means 850W PSU is overkill, especially, if real load
- Original Message -
From: steve harley p...@paper-ape.com
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Cc:
Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: Semi-OT: building a dedicated computer for photo editing
(on Macs, Aperture _loves_ the GPU, though Lightroom ignores
I did some research a month ago. Here's what I would have chosen then,
if I had the money:
Box: Xigmatek Elysium Big Tower Black.
Reason: Nice and roomy.
PSU: Corsair AX 1200W PSU ATX 12V V2.31, 80 Plus Gold, Modular, 6x
6+2-pin PCIe, 16x SATA
Reason: Modular and with lots of SATA contacts. You
On 2012-01-07 22:07, Larry Colen wrote:
One thing that causes me pause, though it would also apply to a desktop
mac, is the displays. A while back, someone observed that up until HDTV
the performance and resolution of displays were constantly improving.
Since HDTV, it's been damn near
Approximate:
The stuff I already have -
Case $60
650W Power supply $100
1.5TB SATA HDD $80 (storage drive)
250GB SATA HDD ??? (boot drive) It's from my laptop. I replaced it with
a 500GB drive that I think cost me around $100 at the time.
Stuff I still have to buy -
Mainboard, CPU Memory
On 2012-01-08 9:25, AlunFoto wrote:
Right now, at NewEgg.com
Box: Xigmatek Elysium Big Tower Black.
US$ 219.99
PSU: Corsair AX 1200W PSU ATX 12V V2.31, 80 Plus Gold, Modular
US$ 279.99
Mobo: ASUS P9X79 Deluxe, Socket-2011
US$ 279.99
CPU: Intel® Core i7-3930K Processor
From: Matthew Hunt
My current (planned) configuration is a Gigabyte mainboard with Intel i7-960
and 32GB ram (maxed out).
You're buying new parts? I'm happy with my i7-930 that I built a year
and a half ago, but I don't see any sense in investing in Socket 1366
parts at this time. It's at
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 9:15 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
... The main advantage this has over the Mac is I can build my own PC. I
semi-know what I'm doing. ..
A new 27 iMac i5 quad core with 8G RAM and 1T drive, everything else
all put together, is $1850 or so before tax.
Buy
From: Rick Womer
From: steve harley
(on Macs, Aperture _loves_ the GPU, though Lightroom ignores it),?
Now that is weird. ?Why would Adobe ignore so much processing power?
I also wonder if it's true. ?When we were in Oxford in 2009 I did all
my photo processing on a
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 12:32 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
From: Matthew Hunt
My current (planned) configuration is a Gigabyte mainboard with Intel
i7-960
and 32GB ram (maxed out).
You're buying new parts? I'm happy with my i7-930 that I built a year
and a half ago, but I
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 9:15 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
... The main advantage this has over the Mac is I can build my own PC. I
semi-know what I'm doing. ..
A new 27 iMac i5 quad core with 8G RAM and 1T drive, everything else
all put together, is
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 9:37 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Haven't Apple Adobe previously had harsh words for one another with
regards to whether certain Adobe products would be permitted to run on Apple
products?
The only bone of contention in recent times has been the
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 10:15 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Depends on what you enjoy how much satisfaction you get out of doing it.
Sure, I could get almost the same performance from that iMac while spending
just a little more money ... BUT
I wouldn't enjoy putting it
Doug Franklin wrote:
So, that's US$2,600, no hard drives.
You can drop down to the quad core CPU (save $300 on the CPU and
probably $100 more on the mobo), change the 256GB system drive for a
duplicate of the 60GB drive (save $150), go with an 850W power supply
(save $150) which is still
On 2012-01-08 13:24, AlunFoto wrote:
A bit unfair to say no hard drives, I think, but I see your point.
Sorry, I just meant that didn't include the cost of any real hard
drive capacity, since you're bringing over drive you already have.
Reason I wanted to go with a larger PSU is that I
On 08/01/2012 00:28, John Sessoms wrote:
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
on 2012-01-08 07:10 Rick Womer wrote
- Original Message -
From: steve harley
(on Macs, Aperture _loves_ the GPU, though Lightroom ignores it),
Now that is weird. Why would Adobe ignore so much processing power?
from what i understand (i can't dredge up a source offhand) it's
on 2012-01-07 20:19 Rick Womer wrote
Larry,
For photo editing I bought a Mac Mini with 8GB RAM, a Dell 24 inch monitor, and
a 1TB firewire 800 external hard drive for under $1K.
the Minis are great; they are extremely quiet and low power; the base model has
somewhat wimpy integrated
on 2012-01-08 11:17 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote
Lightroom does not use the GPU, runs beautifully on Mac OS X. It was
originally developed on Mac OS X too.
in case it's not clear, i've not intended to say Lightroom is _slow_ on Mac OS
X; i've never used LR hard, though i've seen some interesting
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 10:15 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Depends on what you enjoy how much satisfaction you get out of doing it.
Sure, I could get almost the same performance from that iMac while spending
just a little more money ... BUT
I wouldn't
From: Doug Franklin
On 2012-01-08 13:24, AlunFoto wrote:
A bit unfair to say no hard drives, I think, but I see your point.
Sorry, I just meant that didn't include the cost of any real hard
drive capacity, since you're bringing over drive you already have.
Reason I wanted to go with a
On 2012-01-08 20:31, John Sessoms wrote:
I don't think of it as money lying around doing nothing; more like
I've been saving up a little bit at a time for almost a year now so I
won't have to put any of it on a credit card.
Know what you mean, but I'm in a different position. I haven't been
From: mike wilson
On 08/01/2012 00:28, John Sessoms wrote:
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
On Jan 9, 2012, at 9:55 AM, Doug Franklin wrote:
Don't get me wrong! I'd build a dual quad-core (or six-core) setup with 64GB
of RAM and a pair of nVidia 580 video boards in a heartbeat, if I had that
much money lying around doing nothing. :-)
If I had that much money lying around I'd buy
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.
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 6:28 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
My current (planned) configuration is a Gigabyte mainboard with Intel i7-960
and 32GB ram (maxed out).
You're buying new parts? I'm happy with my i7-930 that I built a year
and a half ago, but I don't see any sense in
Interesting post. I've been noticing lately that Lightroom doesn't run
as quickly as I'd like on my three year old iMac, and that a friend's
new $600 laptop specs out noticeably higher than the iMac (modulo display).
I've also spent the past several years constantly running up against
:
Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: Semi-OT: building a dedicated computer for photo editing
Interesting post. I've been noticing lately that Lightroom doesn't run as
quickly as I'd like on my three year old iMac, and that a friend's new $600
laptop specs out noticeably higher
on 2012-01-07 20:07 Larry Colen wrote
Interesting post. I've been noticing lately that Lightroom doesn't run as
quickly as I'd like on my three year old iMac, and that a friend's new $600
laptop specs out noticeably higher than the iMac (modulo display).
I've also spent the past several years
on 2012-01-07 16:28 John Sessoms wrote
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?
as for SSDs, the Sandforce-based models are among the best currently (although
a new
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