Return-Path: Received: from mail-ee0-f41.google.com ([74.125.83.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5072064 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 15 May 2013 19:05:16 +0200 Received: by mail-ee0-f41.google.com with SMTP id d4so1257101eek.0 for ; Wed, 15 May 2013 10:14:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:disposition-notification-to:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-tagtoolbar-keys:content-type; bh=VA8JR885AP/GLVbAvztfsxFDjq27ujs8QY4NgmXa3nU=; b=fgGpt8ucAP4ERKNFmWVWxqxQkH6fDc9Wb/b/EfeqNnsf4Zf5ulkQMjzHVH1aRN5/ki EfmSeL+c3RjN+FSPueBx+d/BNv0Nd+eu1tH5cSbIyWA536KTuvOR/VooLNP3e2JRSwGW RWz1zhLs2mKfp/7e71mHu7CTqCsOEplT8LBscSnSJuNIASXgM/60NQ9ax9exhBaUjf59 0Vb5AWa/R0kPT+va0NN2tEH2WzJMfEmwj8rS4HGGQXh0RVHIVyDuSi5H4fquxL9sHhQx K41zUm46X8nIwOKn5mqNpzoMYpUdXOnTTcm8dalL3SQHZpP11FfTz2bikP85+abbJDT4 rb0A== X-Received: by 10.14.5.5 with SMTP id 5mr105953954eek.21.1368638057612; Wed, 15 May 2013 10:14:17 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from [192.168.1.5] (cust-233-240.on4.ontelecoms.gr. [92.118.233.240]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id w52sm5202532eev.12.2013.05.15.10.14.15 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 15 May 2013 10:14:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5193C2F2.6090703@gmail.com> Disposition-Notification-To: Evan Fotis Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 20:16:34 +0300 From: Evan Fotis User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.17) Gecko/20080914 Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.17 Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: After Effects Mail List Subject: Re: [AE] The currently fastest PC config possible for After Effects work for a budget of $1500? References: In-Reply-To: X-TagToolbar-Keys: D20130515201634856 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------050702000007060900040303" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------050702000007060900040303 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Your mobo supports up to 24Gb with a bios flash. A few months ago we boosted a 2009 machine from 12 to 24 this way. 60GB ssd for boot is too small. Recently got a Samsung 840 (not pro) 120Gb @ 74euros for my notebook. For a tower I'd look at 120-240GB SSD for boot plus do all configs to set temp & user files elsewhere (though there is a debate that windoze is made so alla data stay on C, and if you have a fast big ssd keep' em all there) While your at it grab a second 120ssd for AE cache. On 15-May-13 18:38, Anders Sundstedt wrote: > Great Robert, > I think a fresh install of Windows is in place soon. > I don�t know if images can be attached in AE Mail list of screen > shots, but I looked up what my current upgraded disk setup is (from > disk management tool): > Disk 0: 140 GB NTFS (G: ) > Disk 1: 2 TB divided into two partitions (E: and F: > ) > Disk 2: 1 TB NTFS > Disk 3: 60 GB SSD (windows & software) > I also have around 10 TB of external USB disk space but I guess that > is nothing I can use to speed things up Winking smile > > I could re-install the SSD and get one more SSD for cache, but there > are no disk connectors for any more HDDs so one of the other above > would need to be removed ;-( > > Then it�s a question what generation of SSD to get, would a 120 GB be > enough for cache or 240? > > Anders > *From:* Robert Kjettrup > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 15, 2013 4:20 PM > *To:* After Effects Mail List > *Subject:* Re: [AE] The currently fastest PC config possible for After > Effects work for a budget of $1500? > > Thanks Todd & Mylenium, > That makes sense, how much SSD disk cache is recommended for AE? I > use my only SSD for Windows as it�s only 60 GB and I thought that > wasn�t enough for disk cache? > (one problem is that I�ve only got 4GB free on the SSD) > It would be great to know the importance of RAM vs SSD cache vs > CPU speed and cores, is there a performance calculator for that > online? > > Thanks > Anders > > Get that SSD some more room, 4GB is way too little free space. > Normally a SSD needs some extra headroom to perform at its best... or > that is what i have been told by more knowledgeable people. > I have set up my AE to use 500GB on a 3x256GB SSD raid-0, and that > fills up pretty quickly, so i would recommend to setup the cache to as > much as you can afford. :-) > Actually it is always full on 500GB, but AE is nice enough to just > delete the oldest cache when it runs out of the allocated amount. > Right Todd? > - Robert --------------050702000007060900040303 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Your mobo supports up to 24Gb with a bios flash. A few months ago we boosted a 2009 machine from 12 to 24 this way.
60GB ssd for boot is too small. Recently got a Samsung 840 (not pro) 120Gb @ 74euros for my notebook.
For a tower I'd look at 120-240GB SSD for boot plus do all configs to set temp & user files elsewhere
(though there is a debate that windoze is made so alla data stay on C, and if you have a fast big ssd keep' em all there)
While your at it grab a second 120ssd for AE cache.
On 15-May-13 18:38, Anders Sundstedt wrote:
Great Robert,
I think a fresh install of Windows is in place soon.
I don�t know if images can be attached in AE Mail list of screen shots, but I looked up what my current upgraded disk setup is (from disk management tool):
Disk 0: 140 GB NTFS (G: )
Disk 1: 2 TB divided into two partitions (E: and F:
)
Disk 2: 1 TB NTFS
Disk 3: 60 GB SSD (windows & software)
I also have around 10 TB of external USB disk space but I guess that is nothing I can use to speed things up Winking smile

I could re-install the SSD and get one more SSD for cache, but there are no disk connectors for any more HDDs so one of the other above would need to be removed ;-(

Then it�s a question what generation of SSD to get, would a 120 GB be enough for cache or 240?

Anders
 
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [AE] The currently fastest PC config possible for After Effects work for a budget of $1500?
 
 
Thanks Todd & Mylenium,
 
That makes sense, how much SSD disk cache is recommended for AE? I use my only SSD for Windows as it�s only 60 GB and I thought that wasn�t enough for disk cache?
(one problem is that I�ve only got 4GB free on the SSD)
It would be great to know the importance of RAM vs SSD cache vs CPU speed and cores, is there a performance calculator for that online?

Thanks
Anders
 
 
Get that SSD some more room, 4GB is way too little free space. Normally a SSD needs some extra headroom to perform at its best... or that is what i have been told by more knowledgeable people.
 
I have set up my AE to use 500GB on a 3x256GB SSD raid-0, and that fills up pretty quickly, so i would recommend to setup the cache to as much as you can afford. :-)
Actually it is always full on 500GB, but AE is nice enough to just delete the oldest cache when it runs out of the allocated amount. Right Todd?
 
- Robert
 
 

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