SSD for OS or data drive?

[theinv]

I need a SSD to speed up my photo editing process.

Currently, I am running windows 7 ultilamte 64bit on a RAID 1 array ( 2x seagate 7200 RPM drives). The data drive is on a areca 1680i RAID6 array. The array already has a read/write performance of over 300-400MB/sec.

Since my data drive is fast, I think upgrading the OS drive to SSD should be good enough, right? or I should get two SSD, one for OS and one for data?

 

[Bahamut]

Best suggestion:

Max out your RAM - RAM is the most valuable thing in photo editing, max it out, get the most you can possibly squeeze into that machine and make use of it.

Having a fast SSD means you can load and save stuff fast but, realistically, nothing will improve photo editing performance faster or more cost-effectively than adding or maxing out your machine's RAM. And having a decent "newer" video card that is supported for GPU-assisted image editing and processing is also highly recommended.

Simple.

 

[theinv]

Best suggestion:

Max out your RAM - RAM is the most valuable thing in photo editing, max it out, get the most you can possibly squeeze into that machine and make use of it.

Having a fast SSD means you can load and save stuff fast but, realistically, nothing will improve photo editing performance faster or more cost-effectively than adding or maxing out your machine's RAM. And having a decent "newer" video card that is supported for GPU-assisted image editing and processing is also highly recommended.

Simple.

I did max the RAM, it is 6GB now (maybe 8GB, I forgot) . When I run photoshop or capture NX, it barely uses over 4GB RAM, so I think RAM is not an issue. Which series of video card have support for GPU-assisted image editing?