Photo edit spec re-jig with questions

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No_regretz

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Hey specialists in October i posted a thread relating to a custom photo edit PC. i had a great result with replies and have decided upon to invest in one in about a week or so.

The only questions i have are:
1. would i or my machine benefit from a black or green SSD? I would like to save on energy bills and noise but what would the experts recommend? my current pc 'makes a racket' when trying to watch a movie in peace.
2. Firewire port, i dont even know if i need or use it as i have no idea what it is.

I need a desktop that will be able to handle webdesign, photoshop, illustrator and dreamweaver and possibly the odd video edit (once i am competent in the above). I watch lots of movies and i am not a gamer but like the system to be future proof.
I use my 32" LG TV (1366x768) as a monitor. I also have a maxtor 500gb external hard drive.

Here is my re-edited spec:

COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-950 (3.06GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache
ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
6GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (3 x 2GB KIT)
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

1st Hard Disk
60GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (upto 285MB/sR | 275MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st Drive: 10x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£49)
2nd: 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 650W PSU (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£76)
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1366 STANDARD CPU COOLER

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Firewire 1xeee

Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

all comes to £1180 my budget is £1200
 
PCS

PCS

Administrator
Staff member
Great spec you've put together there. In answer to your questions:

1. SSD's are very fast and will use much less energy than standard hard drive (5W as opposed to 25W), so over the course of a year this will save you some money. They're also very fast and very quiet.

2. Firewire is most commonly used for camcorders, external hard drives, and networking. Firewire is faster than USB 2.0 over sustained throughput. A firewire card is only required if you currently use a firewire device, or you plan to purchase a device that requires firewire in the coming future.
 
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No_regretz

Member
PCS said:
Great spec you've put together there. In answer to your questions:

1. SSD's are very fast and will use much less energy than standard hard drive (5W as opposed to 25W), so over the course of a year this will save you some money. They're also very fast and very quiet.
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Thankyou which would you suggest BLACK or GREEN SSD
 
Phoenix

Phoenix

Prolific Poster
Caviar Black = Faster, louder, uses more power
Caviar Green = Slower, quieter, uses less power
 
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No_regretz

Member
Phoenix said:
Caviar Black = Faster, louder, uses more power
Caviar Green = Slower, quieter, uses less power
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That was straight to the point i like it, but what would you personally recommend?

like a div i got confused for the past hour or so over SSD and green and black and HDD.
So, SSD is a version of a HDD except no moving parts?
So HDDs are then better off used as storage devices on a system that uses a SSD as a main drive
Green and Black are HDD's only available in WesternDigital.

I would therefore use the 60gb SSD for windows 7, photoshop, illustrator ect
The 1 TB HDD would be used for random docs,files,pics ect
My current external 500 gb HDD can also be used as a backup for the random docs,files,pics ect mentioned in the 1 TB HDD in addition to downloads, movies and music

Does that sound plausible? or would there be a better way to sort this out?

After all that would you recommend a 1 TB black or green HDD?

really appreciate the help sorry for the trouble
 
Phoenix

Phoenix

Prolific Poster
SSD's make a world of difference in terms of loading times, they're almost silent while using less power but they're very expensive. Yes HDD's are generally better used for general file storage with the SSD in the first slot for the operating system and your main application files. Yes it sounds good, with my order I just went with a Caviar green because my current HDD has 4mb of cache and I never find myself waiting around for anything so it should be fast enough for me :)
 
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No_regretz

Member
Phoenix said:
SSD's make a world of difference in terms of loading times, they're almost silent while using less power but they're very expensive. Yes HDD's are generally better used for general file storage with the SSD in the first slot for the operating system and your main application files. Yes it sounds good, with my order I just went with a Caviar green because my current HDD has 4mb of cache and I never find myself waiting around for anything so it should be fast enough for me :)
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thank god for that, i say caviar green it is then for me.
appreciate the quick feedback thank you
 
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