My two biggest resource hogs are my Dragon naturally Speaking - Legal Edition ver. 9.0 (32 bit on WinXP Pro) and OCR - OmniPage Pro. Right now I have my original 80 Gig, 8 Mb cache7200 HDD in my Optiplex 745 (Intel Core 2 Duo E6400, 2Mb L2). I have a new Dell 755 mobo ready to be swapped out mobo, an upgraded CPU (E6850, 4 Mb L2), and added all the DDR2 Corsair memory WinXP can recognize. I want better voice recognition and OCR speed. I don't game or do anything with video/graphics or program with my office PC. I want instant voice recognition and OCR. I have priced out a WD Caviar Green 320 Gb with 32mb cache. Do I gain much more by stepping up to WD Caviar Black and more storage space? Even now my 80 Gb OEM HDD is only 70% full. I will never use the 320 gigs available in the Caviar Green, or on a 1TB or higher HDD. I just want more speed.
I currently have the OEM Dell 310 watt PSU. But that's an easy upgrade.
Throw at me a few HDD options without going nutz. All I want; all I have ever wanted, is my voice recognition software to produce as fast as I speak. As of now I am WAY ahead of what Dragon displays.
Planned upgrades are for my optiplex 745 with Intel E6400 (2mb L2 cache) to be a 755 with an Intel E6850 (4mb L2), Win 7 (64 bit) running Dragon Naturally speaking ver. 10 (64 bit). So my current 80Gb HDD is in dire need of upgrading.
I currently have the OEM Dell 310 watt PSU. But that's an easy upgrade.
Throw at me a few HDD options without going nutz. All I want; all I have ever wanted, is my voice recognition software to produce as fast as I speak. As of now I am WAY ahead of what Dragon displays.
Planned upgrades are for my optiplex 745 with Intel E6400 (2mb L2 cache) to be a 755 with an Intel E6850 (4mb L2), Win 7 (64 bit) running Dragon Naturally speaking ver. 10 (64 bit). So my current 80Gb HDD is in dire need of upgrading.