Custom Build Check (for Photoshop/Lightroom)

[McJohnE]

Hi guys,

This is my first PC build, and just wondering if the below configuration will:

1) Work?
2) If so, work optimally?
3) If not maybe some pointers?

CPU:
Intel XEON E5-1650 (Sandy Bridge-EP)
12M Cache, 3.2Ghz, 6 cores

MOTHERBOARD:
GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI Intel® C606 Express Chipset

GRAPHICS CARD:
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 OC 2GB

MEMORY:
G.Skill DDR3-1600 32GB Quad Channel

POWER SUPPLY:
OCZ FATAL1TY 750W 80+ SLI MODULAR PSU

CASE:
Gigabyte GZ-X1 Black Midi Tower Case

I'm switching back to the 'darkside' after being with Mac for a while—just got sick of Apple being so slow to release pro workstations!

Ohh, and I just realised how much I've been getting ripped off when you check the $$ on custom builds!!

Thanks heaps in advance guys

Mark
Melbourne, Australia

 

[t53186]

Hi guys,

This is my first PC build, and just wondering if the below configuration will:

1) Work?
2) If so, work optimally?
3) If not maybe some pointers?

CPU:
Intel XEON E5-1650 (Sandy Bridge-EP)
12M Cache, 3.2Ghz, 6 cores

MOTHERBOARD:
GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI Intel® C606 Express Chipset

GRAPHICS CARD:
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 OC 2GB

MEMORY:
G.Skill DDR3-1600 32GB Quad Channel

POWER SUPPLY:
OCZ FATAL1TY 750W 80+ SLI MODULAR PSU

CASE:
Gigabyte GZ-X1 Black Midi Tower Case

I'm switching back to the 'darkside' after being with Mac for a while—just got sick of Apple being so slow to release pro workstations!

Ohh, and I just realised how much I've been getting ripped off when you check the $$ on custom builds!!

Thanks heaps in advance guys

Mark
Melbourne, Australia

Hi Mark,

What you have picked will work well. Don't think you need the XEON, but it will do just fine. No hard drives/SSD listed though. I have a similar build for the same purposes you have outlined, maybe even a bit more. I'm using CS6 and 3DS max design.

I have great success with a 240GB SSD and 4 500GB drives in raid 10.

 

[McJohnE]

Hey!

Thanks for your quick response!

... Yeah I was thinking about going the 6-core i7 3930K (Sandy Bridge-E), but they are the same price and the Xeon has PCI 3.0 support & 375GB max RAM (Although I'm starting off with 32GB of RAM.

RE: HHDs .... I've got a 240GB OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD that I'm currently using in my Macbook Pro that I was going to switch over to use as my System Drive.

My working drive was going to be a 3TB Seagate Barracuda 7200. I wonder if that will bottleneck my work on large files?

Maybe I should use your method and build an array of 4x500GB instead? Do you use your Raid array or SSD for scratch?

Cheers
Mark

 

[t53186]

I have the scratch, windows swap, and windows search index on the array. Raid 10 is plenty fast for all three.

 

[McJohnE]

OK, cool.

Thanks for your help!