[Rwp] Please Help me compare these specs

[Chris Belle]

I want more information about what you plan to do before recommending 
anything.

Are you going to run big sample libraries, or do mostly mixing and 
mastering?



On 6/15/2015 12:19 PM, Jes via RWP wrote:
> So which would you recommend, config 1 or config 2?
>
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> Jes
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jun 15, 2015, at 6:55 AM, Scott Chesworth via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'd argue that the performance benefits are worth it, so long as you
>> keep decent backups and can get a replacement drive up and running
>> with minimal time lost if the worst happens. In my experience,
>> mechanical drives aren't made like they used to be anymore anyway, I'm
>> seeing shorter and shorter lifespans. Don't get me wrong, I'm not
>> saying everyone should splash the cash and be SSD for every aspect of
>> the system, I'm with you that I can't really see the point of having a
>> dedicated audio drive as SSD yet, but for anything that's primarily
>> there to stream samples and the OS itself, it seems like a no brainer.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>>> On 6/15/15, Chris Belle via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>>> One dirty little secret about ssd's though.
>>>
>>> They wear out faster if you write to them a lot.
>>>
>>> If you have a bigger drive, then wear leveling will allow to use all the
>>> cells more uniformly,
>>> and they will last longer.
>>>
>>> That's why even though I give up the faster boot if I have a one drive
>>> system, I tend to go with standard drives, MLC ssd's won't hold up for
>>> many many years,
>>> like a standard drive will, even though there's the possibility of
>>> mechanical failure, I have drives from before the turn of the century
>>> still running,
>>> but doubt that any ssd's will last that long.
>>>
>>> I wore out a thumb drive in a month.
>>>
>>> I know we are talking about a big difference in the nand flash quality
>>> here, and the usb thumb didn't have any wear leveling, but
>>> cells wore out on that thing
>>> and rather quickly and it was an expensive thumb.
>>>
>>> So my favorite place to put an MLC ssd is for a samples spooling drive,
>>> it won't wear out,
>>> and you'll get stunningly fast sample loading.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 6/14/2015 8:19 PM, Scott Chesworth via RWP wrote:
>>>> My knowledge isn't current enough and I'm in the wrong part of the
>>>> world to comment price-wise, but two thoughts spring to mind. A 1tb
>>>> SSD for your OS drive is almost definitely overkill. Seeing as you'd
>>>> likely be keeping sample libraries, sessions and the like on separate
>>>> drives and even the messiest installation of Win 7 is under 30 GB,
>>>> what's the rest for? That said, on the cheaper model, the OS drive
>>>> being a standard HD makes no sense either. Having switched a few
>>>> systems over to SSD here, I can tell you that the difference in boot
>>>> times and overall responsiveness is like night and day, a bigger
>>>> difference than I've seen from any other upgrade.
>>>>
>>>> Hth in some way
>>>>
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>>> On 6/15/15, Jes via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>>>>> Guys, I have narrowed things down to two configurations from studiocat
>>>>> in their project studio daw line. I need help understanding the specs,
>>>>> as I want to get the most bang for my buck but don't want to break the
>>>>> bank.
>>>>>
>>>>> Config 1:
>>>>>   - Case: Silent Mid Tower
>>>>>   - Power-Supply: 500w quiet
>>>>>   - Haswell CPU: 4790k @ 4.4GHz (8 th..
>>>>>   - RAM: 32GB DDR3/1600
>>>>>   - OS drive: 1TB SSD
>>>>>   - Audio drive: 2TB HD
>>>>>   - Samples drive 1: 1TB HD
>>>>>   - Samples drive 2: 2TB HD
>>>>>   - Burner: 24x DVD/RW
>>>>>   - Video: HD4600
>>>>>   - Add TI chipset Firewire: For all others. Will work with my Motu
>>>>> Audio Express 6X6 firewire/USB audio interface.
>>>>> Operating System: Windows7 home premium 64-bit.
>>>>> Cost: $2,164.00
>>>>>
>>>>> Config 2:
>>>>>   - Case: Mid Tower
>>>>>   - Power-Supply: 500w quiet
>>>>>   - Haswell CPU: 4690k @ 3.9GHz (4 th..
>>>>>   - RAM: 16GB DDR3/1600
>>>>>   - OS drive: 500GB HD
>>>>>   - Audio drive: 500GB HD
>>>>>   - Samples drive 1: 1TB HD
>>>>>   - Samples drive 2: 1TB HD
>>>>>   - Burner: 24x DVD/RW
>>>>>   - Add 2nd Burner: 24x DVD/RW
>>>>>   - Video: HD4600
>>>>>   - Add TI chipset Firewire: For all others
>>>>> Operating System: Windows7 64-bit home premium.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cost: $1,434.00
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