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Drewdupont · Rated PG

I could realy use alot of help with desiging the specs for this GOD box because I need to have it built and up and running in about 14 days!

I am a professional photographer for 7 years now. I know nearly everything there is to know about digital cameras and related accessories yet I admit I know little about computers. Infact I know just enough to be dangerious. I am building a system that is intended to run all my editing software aka, Photoshop CS 2 Paint Shop Pro 9.0, extensis portfolio 7, Capture one and various Raw batch converters.

If money were no object wich it isn't in my perticular situation because I made a deal with the local PC store that I will make $200 payments every month until the system is paid off. then what sort of machine is nessasary to make photoshop CS 2 screem who's your daddy!!

Keep in mind I will be working with very large files. 22 mega pixel images from a Hasselblad digital back and 16.7 megapixel images from a Canon EOS 1DS Mark II and I will be batch processing heavy filters in long sets of 3,000 or more images at a time.

SENDING FILES TO CLIENTS KEEPING SAFE

A few things are given, I will need Firewire 800 Firewire 400 (standard) "for compatibility" USB 2.0 ports I will need a Gigabit Ethernet connection. And I already have Broadband internet in a Black Box configgeration so that the new GOD BOX will be protected from viruses Physicaly because it will never see the internet.

GETTING RID OF THE BOTTLE NECK

Faster Hard Drives ..
I am told that I should for best performance use a seperate Hard Drive for my opperating system a seperate drive for my PhotoShop scratch Disk and a seperate drives(s) for storage I am thinking along the lines of 2 320 Gig raid drives in a mirror configeration serial ATA i think thats the fastest anyway??

1 question would it improve or reduce my system performance to have programs on yet another HD from my OS Drive ?? ?

I know that I need a dule processor system with dule core 64bit processors. Given the amount of heat that produces I will likely want to invest in the best Cooling system money can buy

Are there quad processor computers for PC like there are for apple aka the Mac G5 Quad ?? if so can they run windows and does photoshop support the use of the other processors?

whats the best processors / motherboard for PC ,? ! want to fit it all into a gigantic server tower case so size is no issue!

The Hard drives for the scratch disks should be verry fast like a Raptor drive and the ones for my storage may be slower because they are just for storage not for working files

Can anyone tell me when MAXELL will be coming out with their Holographic Optical Storage Media in Caddys because that is the way to go I am told, something like 120 MBP/s Transfer rates and 1.6 terrabytes storage capacity with a 50+ year Archive life!

Also I am verry concerned about cooling my system and quiet opperation, of course performance is most important for me and I am willing to sacrifice noise for performance but I am told that liquid cooling is the way to go. any advice for whats the best?

Someone said that they took their liquid cooling system and mod it to run right through a mini refrigerator like the one's everyone brings with them to collage and they get a 80% boost in performance but they had to scale back the cooling because the first time they did it, it produced too much condensation and nearly caused a short, anyone have plans for this kind of mod ??

whats the best cooling system?

Sound is of no importance I dont listen to sound on my computer Tube amps are the way to go , but vinel is still even better yet.

I dont have a clue about what to get for a video card, i dont know how demanding photoshop CS 2 is on the video cards i know it needs atleast 32 mb and recomends 64 mb so i dont even know if it would even utilize a 256 mb video card or would it be a waste of my money. Keep in mind I am not going to be doing any gaming on this machine it is strictly photoshop and storage.

I am at a loss of how much ram I should get well i know that photoshop can only handle 4 gigs of RAM I am leaning twards more because I expect that soon photoshop will have a new release in a few years that will fully utilize all 8 gigs ??

What is the Fastest RAM for big projects.. Someone explained to me that some ram is like sports cars they have a higher top speed but can only handel two passangers and other cars are like bullet trains they are not as fast but when loaded down with alot of "passangers" it is alot faster than having the "sports car" doing all the work going back and forth 8 times more than the "train" could do.

I think the ram I was looking at was Dule Channel DDR PC8000
in GIG or 2 gig sticks??

Comments anyone?

How would you improve it..

Please email me if you have any ideas to improve the performance of my system.

Also I am accepting names for the god box .. it has to be a powerfull name , or a historic name ,. or some kind of mithilogical God or Goddess .

Have fun
Thanks
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