Parallel Processing, Part 2: RAM and HDD

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Both 3DSMax and WinRAR heavily depend on CPU and memory performance, while storage performance seems to be irrelevant. However, we found that storage performance is still important when WinRAR finishes decompressing files and still has to move it from a temporary location to its final destination.

Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.