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Subject: Re: [AE] The currently fastest PC config possible for After Effects work for a budget of $1500?
From: Steve Oakley <steveo@practicali.com>
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Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 13:39:58 -0500
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may I say :)

if you want a spinning HD, get a 3TB drive. why ? speed. I have a 3X3TB =
internal array and its doing 500mb/sec all day long, about as fast as a =
good SSD. simply put, a 3TB drive has the bits smaller and closer =
together on the media and it spits them out faster because of this. bare =
drives can hits 150mb/sec as opposed to 2TB's are 100-120mb/sec. the =
price difference between 2 and 3TB drives is $20-$30 so its a no brainer =
to get 50% more space at those prices. forget 1TB drives unless they are =
for project back ups.

another reason to get a new mobo is 6gb SATA. no point in having a =
500mb/sec SSD and its limited by a 3gb SATA port on the mobo.. which is =
the case for my mac pro tower vs my newer laptop. However the SSD is =
still way faster than the original system drive.

240/256gb SSD's are the sweet spot right now for space / capacity. Im =
running my AE cache set to 60-80gb. on a 256gb SSD apps and OS are using =
about 100gb, the cache comes and goes using another 30-60 leaving me me =
with 100-60gb of free space depending.

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