I just ordered the new MacPro Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon (8-core), right now I have an old G5 so I'm really looking forward to this. My problem now is that I'm not to sure how much RAM I need to use Photoshop & Lightroom, I'm thinking of buying it from OWC.
And then is the harddrive question, I can put in a total of 4 if I understand it right, what's the best ones to get, how should I configure them. RAID?
I read a few months ago here how Jeff Schewe had set up his system but I can't find it now. That was before 10,5 when the system can make back-ups for you automatically to an external harddrive.
How should I set up my system so Photoshop & Lightroom runs the best?
Is there anything else I have to think about?
Regards,
Håkan
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Hej, Håkan,
Here are a couple of web sites I found helpful when configuring my MP 2x2.66 last August; suppose they´re not so far off with the new ones either:
[a href=\"http://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/intel/macpro/]http://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/rev...s/intel/macpro/[/url]
http://diglloyd.com/diglloyd/free/MacPro/memory.htmlFWIW, I bought the minimum, 2x512MB config from AppleStore and then added 6 pc of 1 GB Kingston DIMM (bought from InWarehouse, if you´re in Sweden). These have the heavy-duty heatsinks needed, and work perfectly.
My total of 7 GB is plenty, even for Photoshop. Almost the only time i have pageouts to VM is when recording live TV from my EyeTV.
My HD´s are all ordinary 7200RPM, 16MB cache units, mainly Samsung SpinPoints. I don´t have a dedicated scratch disc (or partition) set up; I was contemplating a 10000RPM Raptor for that if necessary, but it works well without it so far (I seldom scan, so I handle very few of those 250MB monster files...).
I suggest starting with a moderate setup, then adding things when they prove necessary (I started with 5 GB total RAM, but too many pageouts for my liking. The extra 2 GB fixed it).