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smerm07 · #31 13-06-2010, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by rubberbudgie

You can get 3.5" or 5.25" to 2.5" adaptor brackets for around the $10 - $15 mark

yep the brackets are cheap and easy.

mr_psi · #32 13-06-2010, 08:14 PM

Tim,

imo you are wasting your cash upgrading to all that high end gear when you are not going to use it to the fullest. you are better of buying something that is mediocre and upgrading more regularly.

You will notice great improvements with a ssd drive and 6-8gig of ram on a x64 system with a i5. Buying a $350+ mainboard is not going to net you anymore speed, it will just be feature rich which half the features you will not use.

NVRENUF · #33 14-06-2010, 07:13 AM

Yeah cool, So really the x64 Quad core system I am currently running is more than enough!!

I just need to give it a better HDD to work from ?

Does the use of two graphic cards slow it down.

RichX · #34 14-06-2010, 08:49 AM

x64 Quad is pretty good for a Desktop PC. Windows x64 with 6Gb of RAM for your photo editing stuff, nice quick solid state disk as mentioned above (Buy 2 and put them in a RAID-0 if you're really anal) and you should be flying.

If you have a NAS, make sure you're on Gig-E all the way through.

NVRENUF · #35 14-06-2010, 08:51 AM

YEAh 1 SSD should be plenty as its only for windows and programs.

I have a 1tb drive for my storage .

Yeah running windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

Josh · #36 14-06-2010, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by RichX

That's a pretty weird statement

What about if you're running VMWare ESX in a HA with Windows Server VM's running from a 4Gbps SAN?

I really don't see what VMware and High Availability have to do with speed?

Kato · #37 14-06-2010, 09:26 AM

SSD will make the biggest system improvement IMO.

I put one in my old machine, suddenly all apps load instantly / boot time is reduced substantially. The computer still runs things at the same speed, but the speed of the hard drive makes it all new again and gives it a wow factor.

RichX · #38 14-06-2010, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Josh

I really don't see what VMware and High Availability have to do with speed?

Nothing to do with speed - More of, that's the type of hardware/infra, or even industry standard to some extent, when you are throwing big money @ Windows to perform at it's best in a corporate environment.

jezzamcbezza · #39 14-06-2010, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Rossco

Stop excessive programs starting when windows does: Start>msconfig (in start bar search box) > Startup> untick any programs that don't need to be started with windows (like itunes etc) > save & reboot....Faster startup??

Is there a list of bare mimimum we should have / not touch? I have shite loads of programs in this list, and don't know what I can safely untick??

smerm07 · #40 14-06-2010, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jezzamcbezza

Is there a list of bare mimimum we should have / not touch? I have shite loads of programs in this list, and don't know what I can safely untick??

Untick it all. Anything important runs as a service anyway.

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