Raid vs SSD

[johnnymg]

tomorrow i try to cancel my order and see f i can return the 8 gb that did not come out the box since i'm on holidays.
And i will order the 24 gb from transit if you recomend it. I already ordered
2X120 Ocz vertex series 2. can't wait to get all together.
Thanks

What apps will you be using that might need 24 GB of RAM?

JMO, but the 8GB modules are not a good value yet .......... only go that route if you're convinced you need big RAM.

4x4GB might be a good compromise in terms of $'s and capability.

FWIW, I'm using a 120 Vertex 2 (3.5" flavor) as the boot drive in my MP and it works great!

cheers and congrats on the new MP
JohnG

 

[Olegphoto]

What apps will you be using that might need 24 GB of RAM?

JMO, but the 8GB modules are not a good value yet .......... only go that route if you're convinced you need big RAM.

4x4GB might be a good compromise in terms of $'s and capability.

You have a point.
Photoshop & capture ONE basicly, files that add up to 1 gb with layers on ps.
Yes the 4x4 I paid 250 € very good deal and the cost of 24gb with transit is 750$ shipped from us. Do you think 16 gb will be enough. Considering I have a 120 gb vertex entirely as scratch disc + 120 gb as a boot drive.
Thanks
Leg

 

[Honumaui]

I would not say get 24 but saying TEST what you are doing now and see what PS is using and your system is using


this is important you might be OK with 12 ? or 16 or might need 24 ?

nobody can say something is to little or to much but give general even I am doing that but I am saying TEST and check what you use now that is the only way you know for sure

 

[barmann]

I would not say get 24 but saying TEST what you are doing now and see what PS is using and your system is using

What he says.

When you open an image in PS, go to the lower left corner of the image window and set the little menu to efficiency; if the value stays at 100% while you are working on the file, you are fine, more or less - it's a crude test .

On my MP with 12GB of RAM, and a 1.5-2GB layered file, I will only sometimes hit scratch, 16GB should be fine for me I assume.

There's no such thing as too much RAM, but no need to waste money, either.

Have you updated PS to CS5, by the way ?

 

[Olegphoto]

What he says.

When you open an image in PS, go to the lower left corner of the image window and set the little menu to efficiency; if the value stays at 100% while you are working on the file, you are fine, more or less - it's a crude test .

On my MP with 12GB of RAM, and a 1.5-2GB layered file, I will only sometimes hit scratch, 16GB should be fine for me I assume.

There's no such thing as too much RAM, but no need to waste money, either.

Have you updated PS to CS5, by the way ?

Nice tip, thanks! . Im far away from my macpro on holiday. i' m trying to set up an optimize workstation for my comeback and start well the new year. I will just wait until I get back and go from there, I can only do so much from a distance.
But I assume that if you work with such huge files and have 12 gb, I will be fine with 16gb and if I hit the hard drive, well , I'll see how the ssd will respond . And if I really need more memory I'll wait until the 8 gb cards go down, but for now I'll save my $$$ .
I just got the mp 2.8 quad; before that, I had to say good by to my 2.8 dual p. (2006) with 7gb ram, cause I was getting kernel panic attacks all time. I must have reinstalled the system and go to apple genius 10 times . But besides that the speed when it was working, was not bad.