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iRAM vs. SAS MAX

TeeJayHoward

TeeJayHoward

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Monies! I've got em! I miss my Fujitsu MAU more than I'd care to admit. I'm thinking of buying a new OS drive (Anything would be better than my 5400RPM IDE drive!) and was looking at the iRAM and the Fujitsu MAX SAS drives. Capacity isn't an issue, as long as it will fit Maya, Photoshop, and Windows (Which should fit with 4x1GB modules). I'd also be upgrading from 1GB to 3GB of system memory, and a dual core processor (Thinkin' a 165 OC'd to 2.6 or so).

Anywho, question phrased thusly: price nonwithstanding, is the iRAM faster at loading applications and doing stuff in said applications than the MAX? If so, by what margin? Also, can anyone recommend a SAS card, in case I go that route? (Preferably under $300) Given 3-4GB of system memory, would the storage device even be a limitation in Maya/Photoshop? Would the money be better spent upgrading other components?

(Oh yeah... And I graduated from college friday. So... Excuse the post if it doesn't make much sense. *hic*)
 
First off, congrats! I'm at least a year and a half away from graduating, and it looks like a long way off from here. Anyone who makes it has my kudos :D

Second, the hardware stuff. I think with the iRam you're going to run into the size limitation; if you're loading images, they've gotta come from somewhere, and if you make layers to the point where you need to swap, 4GB looks smaller and smaller. The iRam makes a cool toy, but as far as I'm concerned that's all it makes. MAX all the way. Maybe add an iRam later as a boot disk or something.

 
unhappy_mage said:
The iRam makes a cool toy, but as far as I'm concerned that's all it makes.
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The iRAM makes for an effective C: (i.e., Windows) drive if you keep the OS lean and mean (I used nLite to shrink mine), move the virtual memory/swap file to anothe drive and only load core apps into Program files.
I don't believe that Photoshop would fit or be usable within the iRam's 4GB limitation.

The iRAM is definitely as fast as it gets (0.0ms seek times and the burst/sustained read times are equal!) but you have to be very careful of what goes on it cause you'll fill it up quickly.

Yes, it is a toy, but an amusing one...it's worth the money just to watch Windows try to "format" it.
 
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