"Dream" system: what would *you* buy?

I'm compiling a list of "must haves" for a new (desktop) computer system. Given the heavy usage for PS7 and very large files (lots of them), what would you want to have as minimum equiment in terms of speed, memory and peripherals, without regard to cost, if you were upgrading? Also, any thoughts on LCD vs. CRT? (I'm partial to CRTs myself)

Thank you,

--
-Patricia

Canon D60 & DSC-F707 w/B-300

Get the sony stuff!
They have a great landscape monitor for 2999.

Patricia T. said:

I'm compiling a list of "must haves" for a new (desktop) computer
system. Given the heavy usage for PS7 and very large files (lots
of them), what would you want to have as minimum equiment in terms
of speed, memory and peripherals, without regard to cost, if you
were upgrading? Also, any thoughts on LCD vs. CRT? (I'm partial
to CRTs myself)

Thank you,

--
-Patricia

Canon D60 & DSC-F707 w/B-300

Click to expand...

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C2100UZ, D600L and that 1.45x teleconverter lens(fits both cameras) Kenko 3X, DSP9000 PBase Supporter Dpreview supporter

Hmmm... I've had two VAIO notebooks and the customer service is terrible! I'll take a look, but do they have all the peripherals?

-P

Ian Yates said:

Patricia T. said:

I'm compiling a list of "must haves" for a new (desktop) computer
system. Given the heavy usage for PS7 and very large files (lots
of them), what would you want to have as minimum equiment in terms
of speed, memory and peripherals, without regard to cost, if you
were upgrading? Also, any thoughts on LCD vs. CRT? (I'm partial
to CRTs myself)

Thank you,

--
-Patricia

Canon D60 & DSC-F707 w/B-300

Click to expand...

--
C2100UZ, D600L and that 1.45x teleconverter lens(fits both
cameras) Kenko 3X, DSP9000 PBase Supporter Dpreview supporter

Click to expand...

--
-Patricia

Canon D60 & DSC-F707 w/B-300

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/guides/MHGSBG/article.php/1492911
heh... even though it says gaming system... its still pretty damned powerful.

I'd actually think of looking for a dual output video card (preferably matrox or ATI), and have 2 monitors. a 19" LCD and a 21" CRT

Pentium 3Ghz systems are coming out too... so why not right?

A MINIMUM of 1GB of ram... also make sure the hard drive is 7200rpms if its IDE. Dual SCSI hard drives in RAID configuration might also be really useful, but your tripling your costs for only a wee bit of hard drive performance increase in read/write speeds.

Another alternative is to get a high end dell laptop, or Mac laptop and use it for on the go editing.

You did say dream so I gave you my response (thought the desktop would probably be around 3-4k in price)

Patricia T. said:

I'm compiling a list of "must haves" for a new (desktop) computer
system. Given the heavy usage for PS7 and very large files (lots
of them), what would you want to have as minimum equiment in terms
of speed, memory and peripherals, without regard to cost, if you
were upgrading? Also, any thoughts on LCD vs. CRT? (I'm partial
to CRTs myself)

Thank you,

--
-Patricia

Canon D60 & DSC-F707 w/B-300

Click to expand...

--
-Stephen W.
Canon S30 & Fuji S602

Thanks, Stephen -- what about favorite peripherals?

--
-Patricia

Canon D60 & DSC-F707 w/B-300

Stephen W. said:

I'd actually think of looking for a dual output video card
(preferably matrox or ATI), and have 2 monitors. a 19" LCD and a
21" CRT

Pentium 3Ghz systems are coming out too... so why not right?

A MINIMUM of 1GB of ram... also make sure the hard drive is
7200rpms if its IDE. Dual SCSI hard drives in RAID configuration
might also be really useful, but your tripling your costs for only
a wee bit of hard drive performance increase in read/write speeds.

Another alternative is to get a high end dell laptop, or Mac laptop
and use it for on the go editing.

You did say dream so I gave you my response (thought the desktop
would probably be around 3-4k in price)

Patricia T. said:

I'm compiling a list of "must haves" for a new (desktop) computer
system. Given the heavy usage for PS7 and very large files (lots
of them), what would you want to have as minimum equiment in terms
of speed, memory and peripherals, without regard to cost, if you
were upgrading? Also, any thoughts on LCD vs. CRT? (I'm partial
to CRTs myself)

Thank you,

--
-Patricia

Canon D60 & DSC-F707 w/B-300

Click to expand...

--
-Stephen W.
Canon S30 & Fuji S602

Click to expand...

Patricia T. said:

I'm compiling a list of "must haves" for a new (desktop) computer
system. Given the heavy usage for PS7 and very large files (lots
of them), what would you want to have as minimum equiment in terms
of speed, memory and peripherals, without regard to cost, if you
were upgrading? Also, any thoughts on LCD vs. CRT? (I'm partial
to CRTs myself)

Click to expand...

Dual Intel Pentium4, fastest processor available on market, OVERCLOCKED 20% with water-cooling

400W system power supply, to support all system-side equipment below

Flat CRT or LCD, 1600x1200@60Hz minimum, 2048x1536@60Hz preferred, screen size doesn't matter

2GB (yes, two gigabytes!) of RDRAM

Three Firewire ports (built on motherboard and/or additional PCI card)
Four USB2.0 ports (built on motherboard and/or additional PCI card)
Firewire CF reader
USB2.0 X-in-1 reader

One DVD-R/RW recorder
One 48/12/48 CDRW recorder
Latest version of Nero 5.x

ATA-133
Two 160GB 7200rpm 8MB-onboard-memory hard drives
Two 120GB Firewire hard drives

ATI Radeon 9700 w/ 128MB DDR-RAM

Two APC BackUPS Pro BP650S UPS systems

Linksys Dual-Band Wireless A+B (both 802.11a and 802.11b) Broadband Router w/ 4 10/100 FDX Switch

Epson SP2200 or SP2100 (depends on where you live), or Canon S9000
HP Color LaserJet 2500tn

Dual boot: WinXP Pro, Win2000 Advanced Server
--
Casio QV-10, G2, A40

Most people, when considering high-end computers totally forget about SCSI. I consider SCSI hard drives to be one of the best speed improvements you can get, and most people don't even think about it.

I use a Cheetah X15 and an Atlas 10k, and they are both pretty fast when working with large files. They run circles around any IDE hard drive.

You'll also need a SCSI controller that will support the drives and provide enough bandwidth for future expansion.

nice system.
I have thought of a similar thing...
would ad a noisblocking case to this thing...
as far as peripherie goes I would ad another VAIO 16' Notebook )
A FastEthernet Card...you won't find wireless anywhere...
And a Wacom UltraPad A2...for the kids.

Radeon 9700 seems okay...though I gues a Wildcat III might has more power...at least it has 3times the memory.

What about a Fuji Frontier for thost big Photo Printjobs ))

PB said:

Patricia T. said:

I'm compiling a list of "must haves" for a new (desktop) computer
system. Given the heavy usage for PS7 and very large files (lots
of them), what would you want to have as minimum equiment in terms
of speed, memory and peripherals, without regard to cost, if you
were upgrading? Also, any thoughts on LCD vs. CRT? (I'm partial
to CRTs myself)

Click to expand...

Dual Intel Pentium4, fastest processor available on market,
OVERCLOCKED 20% with water-cooling

400W system power supply, to support all system-side equipment below

Flat CRT or LCD, 1600x1200@60Hz minimum, 2048x1536@60Hz preferred,
screen size doesn't matter

2GB (yes, two gigabytes!) of RDRAM

Three Firewire ports (built on motherboard and/or additional PCI card)
Four USB2.0 ports (built on motherboard and/or additional PCI card)
Firewire CF reader
USB2.0 X-in-1 reader

One DVD-R/RW recorder
One 48/12/48 CDRW recorder
Latest version of Nero 5.x

ATA-133
Two 160GB 7200rpm 8MB-onboard-memory hard drives
Two 120GB Firewire hard drives

ATI Radeon 9700 w/ 128MB DDR-RAM

Two APC BackUPS Pro BP650S UPS systems

Linksys Dual-Band Wireless A+B (both 802.11a and 802.11b) Broadband
Router w/ 4 10/100 FDX Switch

Epson SP2200 or SP2100 (depends on where you live), or Canon S9000
HP Color LaserJet 2500tn

Dual boot: WinXP Pro, Win2000 Advanced Server
--
Casio QV-10, G2, A40

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If you shoot over more then a day a laptop can be great for initial editing on the road. I delete over half my shots on the day of capture; bracketed exposures, poor compositions, etc. This is much faster and easier on the laptop than in the camera. It also means I don't need as many CF cards.

If I was upgrading on a 'Lottery Win' budget it would be the IBM A31p with the CF card reader and dual 60Gig hard disks with a Gig of RAM. I am currently using a A21p with the older 1600x1200 screen, the new version has a much greater viewing angle. The colour on mine is excellent and I have profiled it every few months but I cannot see any difference from the first profile I made so it doesn't deteriorate. I love the resolution.

As for peripherals, I would like to play with the Wacom 18 inch lcd tablet, I think once you get used to the idea of working directly on the screen it should be more accurate.

Time to go buy a Lottery ticket....

I'd go for dual processors, as much RAM as possible and a RAID 1+0 or RAID 5 disc system.

As for displays, a big CRT for colour matching work and a couple of LCDs for controls and subsidiary displays sound about right

Patricia T. said:

I'm compiling a list of "must haves" for a new (desktop) computer
system. Given the heavy usage for PS7 and very large files (lots
of them), what would you want to have as minimum equiment in terms
of speed, memory and peripherals, without regard to cost, if you
were upgrading? Also, any thoughts on LCD vs. CRT? (I'm partial
to CRTs myself)

Thank you,

--
-Patricia

Canon D60 & DSC-F707 w/B-300

Click to expand...

--
Derek

Stephen W. said:

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/guides/MHGSBG/article.php/1492911
heh... even though it says gaming system... its still pretty damned
powerful.

I'd actually think of looking for a dual output video card
(preferably matrox or ATI), and have 2 monitors. a 19" LCD and a
21" CRT

Pentium 3Ghz systems are coming out too... so why not right?

A MINIMUM of 1GB of ram... also make sure the hard drive is
7200rpms if its IDE. Dual SCSI hard drives in RAID configuration
might also be really useful, but your tripling your costs for only
a wee bit of hard drive performance increase in read/write speeds.

Click to expand...

strip 2 disk (raid 0) , you will double your throughput. Resulting in less time to open or save an image.

Stephen W.123476 said:

Another alternative is to get a high end dell laptop, or Mac laptop
and use it for on the go editing.

You did say dream so I gave you my response (thought the desktop
would probably be around 3-4k in price)

Patricia T. said:

I'm compiling a list of "must haves" for a new (desktop) computer
system. Given the heavy usage for PS7 and very large files (lots
of them), what would you want to have as minimum equiment in terms
of speed, memory and peripherals, without regard to cost, if you
were upgrading? Also, any thoughts on LCD vs. CRT? (I'm partial
to CRTs myself)

Thank you,

--
-Patricia

Canon D60 & DSC-F707 w/B-300

Click to expand...

--
-Stephen W.
Canon S30 & Fuji S602

Click to expand...

--
Gaetan J.
'when you assume something you make an ass out of u and me' B.Hill

Power Mac dual 800mHz - 1.25GHz processor tower with 1+ GB RAM.

Get a Mac. I mean it - there's a reason the graphics and publishing industries are dominated by Macs. Among other things, Photoshop on a Mac is optimized to take advantage of the extra instructions on the processor as well as the dual processors and will scream on this machine (wish I could afford it).

Plus, Macs have much better color management out of the box than PCs.

The Apple Studio Display LCDs have very good color and are as crisp as any monitor on the market, and go up to 23" but if you want extra control over the monitor's output, or not to spend a fortune (cheap LCDs are unacceptable in terms of sharpness) get a CRT (at least 21").

For what you want to do and the prices of RAM these days, I wouldn't get less than 512 MB, and RAM is often more important than processor clockspeed in determining performance.

Oh, and get the best graphics card you can afford.

mmmm.... dream system.....

As for other specs, I'd want at least a 60GB hard drive, or a small internal and a large external (they go up to I think 160GB these days).

Most computers these days come with at least CD-RW drives, but if you manage to get a computer without one, you'll want an external CD burner - great for making backup archives or distributing your photos.

If you're printing your own photos, a 6-color (rather than 4-color) inkjet printer produces much truer color, although you might want to get professional printing if you're going for very high quality...

How about a Wacom graphics tablet? You can use it instead of a mouse, and for things like drawing or creating, say, Photoshop masks, it's invaluable...

Make sure you get a full-size (6 pin) FireWire port as well as USB - fast transfers for many digicams and other peripherals, as well as being able to recharge batteries on some devices while transferring!)

If you're going to have a lot of peripherals, a USB hub can be useful, too (nothing more fun than swapping a printer, scanner, digicam, external hard drive, and CD burner in and out of the only USB port not taken up by your keyboard and mouse!).

cheers,
-nufferkay

Patricia T. said:

I'm compiling a list of "must haves" for a new (desktop) computer
system. Given the heavy usage for PS7 and very large files (lots
of them), what would you want to have as minimum equiment in terms
of speed, memory and peripherals, without regard to cost, if you
were upgrading? Also, any thoughts on LCD vs. CRT? (I'm partial
to CRTs myself)

Thank you,

--
-Patricia

Canon D60 & DSC-F707 w/B-300

Click to expand...

fist off a couple of comments

Geetan: first i give my condonlances to your system before it ever starts because it wont last if your over clocking that much, even with the water coolingm which is no match for a optimized cooling system.

here is the system i build for friends who are gamers but who also work in graphics and web/video

whats listed below is whats common for what i build, different componenets are used for different people who requested them

for the case is a Antec 1080amg plus (its a variation of a alienware case but has 2 usb and 1 fire wire port on the front ) also does anybody have other sources of alienware type cases in different colors?

PS of a antec 530watt if you need more then this you need major help

Processors (AMD only) it depends on weather its a single or dual proc system. for single processors currently is XP2400+ (but when 2800+ become availalble i will move to them) for dual proc systems i use the 2200+ MP

MB i use ASUS mother boards , the version depends on if on board raid controller is needed or a scsi controller ( i prefer raid to be onboard, and i use 1+0 for redundency if a hard drive fails and for speed) if SCSI is needed i use it for a pci card

HDD - use Western Digital Special edition hard drives (has 8mb of cache in them for faster throughput) minimum 100 GB size

CD/DVD i only use 2 5.25 slots in the case for most systems because most people only want a dvd drive (reader) and a cd or dvd burner.

Floopy drive i always put on every system because there still used and there cheap.

Memory- 1.5 GB min you will never run out of mem unless you are doing hard core video editting. since most mother boards only have 3 ram slots i use ram stackers from tigerdirect(2 deep versions) so i just buy 6 256 sticks for it and it always comes out cheaper then buying a single 1 GB stick

since i dont use intel i dont even touch the over hyped rambus, but i do use the fastest DDR ram i can find which is DDR2700.

Sound Cards- it varies but i stay with the creative labs cards , but most offten it is the extidgy that is requested for the gamers.

Video cards: Nvida Ti 4600 by northwood or extacsy is whats requested ( i dont use ATI because of to many driver issues and that they are very picky on OS's that have a NT based kernal)

network connection: then new 3 com modem nic combo with 2 network connections and one 56k V92 port

Operating System: i only use Win 2k Pro because it is a better platform overall . (i not use xp because it is a system hog and i have no need for a security lacks OS that needs updates every couple of days)

other various items used
firewire/1394 ports pci cards
USB 2.0 pci cards
SCSI or RADI pci controller cards

pci mounted fans (these fans use a pci slot and are controlled by the OS and can be throttled up or down manuelly or speed can be set for various cpu temps)

for cooling is use the best dual ball bearing fans i can find with the high cfm and lowest noise i can get and then i put 2 in hte back of the case and 1 on the side slot the one at the front of the case and 1 for a HDD cooler)

there are many varations that can be done

now here is my personal system

Case: same as mentioned above (antec 1080 amg plus with 530 watt PS)
CPU:dual MP2200+ AMD procs with super volcano fans
MB Asus A7M266-D
Memrory 3 GB using ram stackers 2x and in each stacker is a 512 2100 DDR

have onboard raid card for protection of my files have 2 60 GB Western Digital SE ddrives for the OS and for program swap space , and for my files 2 120 GB Western Digital and both sets are in a raid 1+0 set up

video card is a northwood Ti 4600 with dvi out puts

sounds card is a sound blaster mp3 , im not a gamer but i do video so its not neccesary to spend a bunch on the sound card.

DVD Drive

Second drive is for a burner i have the new all in one burning wonder it does CD R and RW DVD +r/Rw and -R\RW and is worth every penny)

3rd slot is for a hotswap drive for working on video, and the drive boxes i have 5 of them with various HDD in them everything from 60 - 100 GB drives (these are what i use to back up everything off the system- yes im paranoid but i have reason to after have HDD die in the past )

PCI USB 2.0 card
PCI Firewire card
Nic by 3 com (same as listed above)

for cooling i have the set up above but my fans have green leds on them so i have the radioavtive green glow(same color as the case, btw i painted it the radioactive green my self, its automotive paint(thats a custom thing and very expensive) not to mention that the case is in a desk i designed and built my self. it has internal fans that pull air in the front of the cases and in the back to pull it out. total through put of air is around 100 cfm a minute (its a nice foot warmer in the winter)

also in the desk are various perifs that i use- Digi cam and video,etc

man now my fingers hurt from typing all of that

also a note yes the mac is good or better in some respects they are still more expensive then crazy and not worth it(unless a mac was given to me ). itsone thing that appeals to me is that it is based on open source bsd linux.

Dan

Question for the one who started this thread: Are you considering a fast machine just for photo editing??? If so, then the machines listed are waaaaay past what is needed for speed. The power mac/ dual processor pcs are really for A) Gamers B) DV editors and C) special effects/3D modeling. If you are just working on a photo in photoshop you won't really notice a difference between an Athlon XP 2100 with 512 megs of ram, from a dual processor megamachine...those machines are built for serious video rendering (and those REALLY impatient people that shave off 1 to 3 seconds on a photoshop filter) and 3D graphics....its kinda like buying a hummer to take the kids to soccer and pick up the groceries.

Paul

paul fortunato said:

Question for the one who started this thread: Are you considering
a fast machine just for photo editing??? If so, then the machines
listed are waaaaay past what is needed for speed. The power mac/
dual processor pcs are really for A) Gamers B) DV editors and C)
special effects/3D modeling. If you are just working on a photo in
photoshop you won't really notice a difference between an Athlon XP
2100 with 512 megs of ram, from a dual processor
megamachine...those machines are built for serious video rendering
(and those REALLY impatient people that shave off 1 to 3 seconds on
a photoshop filter) and 3D graphics....its kinda like buying a
hummer to take the kids to soccer and pick up the groceries.

Click to expand...

Believe it or not, there really are people who buy Hummers to take their kids to soccer and pick up their groceries.
--
Casio QV-10, G2, A40

PB and paul

those are just some of the systems i have built recently, but i will build a system with what ever you want, its just that in my circle of friends we are all in need of highend systems, my friend who we scuba dive together is a videographer and does all of his editting him self, while i do losts of photo editting and also build websites and flash presnetation(as we all know PS uses alot of memory and flash is just as bad)

On the other end of the people in my english class just needed a systems to do the basics (surf the web, do papers and projects and thats it ) and i built her one from some left over parts i had from buying a lot of misc parts. Her total cost for just the box $400 and then with a monitor and key board it was just shy over 500.

FWIW

Dan White said:

fist off a couple of comments

Geetan: first i give my condonlances to your system before it ever
starts because it wont last if your over clocking that much, even
with the water coolingm which is no match for a optimized cooling
system.

Click to expand...

...say what ... ???? I did not talk about overclocking anywhere. Read my post again, here is the quote

"strip 2 disk (raid 0) , you will double your throughput. Resulting in less time to open or save an image."

I just talked about the disk speed, noting else.

Dan White said:

here is the system i build for friends who are gamers but who also
work in graphics and web/video

whats listed below is whats common for what i build, different
componenets are used for different people who requested them

for the case is a Antec 1080amg plus (its a variation of a
alienware case but has 2 usb and 1 fire wire port on the front )
also does anybody have other sources of alienware type cases in
different colors?

PS of a antec 530watt if you need more then this you need major help

Processors (AMD only) it depends on weather its a single or dual
proc system. for single processors currently is XP2400+ (but when
2800+ become availalble i will move to them) for dual proc systems
i use the 2200+ MP

MB i use ASUS mother boards , the version depends on if on board
raid controller is needed or a scsi controller ( i prefer raid to
be onboard, and i use 1+0 for redundency if a hard drive fails and
for speed) if SCSI is needed i use it for a pci card

HDD - use Western Digital Special edition hard drives (has 8mb of
cache in them for faster throughput) minimum 100 GB size

CD/DVD i only use 2 5.25 slots in the case for most systems
because most people only want a dvd drive (reader) and a cd or dvd
burner.

Floopy drive i always put on every system because there still used
and there cheap.

Memory- 1.5 GB min you will never run out of mem unless you are
doing hard core video editting. since most mother boards only have
3 ram slots i use ram stackers from tigerdirect(2 deep versions) so
i just buy 6 256 sticks for it and it always comes out cheaper then
buying a single 1 GB stick

since i dont use intel i dont even touch the over hyped rambus, but
i do use the fastest DDR ram i can find which is DDR2700.

Sound Cards- it varies but i stay with the creative labs cards ,
but most offten it is the extidgy that is requested for the gamers.

Video cards: Nvida Ti 4600 by northwood or extacsy is whats
requested ( i dont use ATI because of to many driver issues and
that they are very picky on OS's that have a NT based kernal)

network connection: then new 3 com modem nic combo with 2 network
connections and one 56k V92 port

Operating System: i only use Win 2k Pro because it is a better
platform overall . (i not use xp because it is a system hog and i
have no need for a security lacks OS that needs updates every
couple of days)

other various items used
firewire/1394 ports pci cards
USB 2.0 pci cards
SCSI or RADI pci controller cards
pci mounted fans (these fans use a pci slot and are controlled by
the OS and can be throttled up or down manuelly or speed can be set
for various cpu temps)

for cooling is use the best dual ball bearing fans i can find with
the high cfm and lowest noise i can get and then i put 2 in hte
back of the case and 1 on the side slot the one at the front of the
case and 1 for a HDD cooler)

there are many varations that can be done

now here is my personal system

Case: same as mentioned above (antec 1080 amg plus with 530 watt PS)
CPU:dual MP2200+ AMD procs with super volcano fans
MB Asus A7M266-D
Memrory 3 GB using ram stackers 2x and in each stacker is a 512
2100 DDR
have onboard raid card for protection of my files have 2 60 GB
Western Digital SE ddrives for the OS and for program swap space ,
and for my files 2 120 GB Western Digital and both sets are in a
raid 1+0 set up

video card is a northwood Ti 4600 with dvi out puts
sounds card is a sound blaster mp3 , im not a gamer but i do video
so its not neccesary to spend a bunch on the sound card.

DVD Drive
Second drive is for a burner i have the new all in one burning
wonder it does CD R and RW DVD +r/Rw and -R\RW and is worth every
penny)
3rd slot is for a hotswap drive for working on video, and the drive
boxes i have 5 of them with various HDD in them everything from 60

• 100 GB drives (these are what i use to back up everything off the

system- yes im paranoid but i have reason to after have HDD die in
the past )

PCI USB 2.0 card
PCI Firewire card
Nic by 3 com (same as listed above)

for cooling i have the set up above but my fans have green leds on
them so i have the radioavtive green glow(same color as the case,
btw i painted it the radioactive green my self, its automotive
paint(thats a custom thing and very expensive) not to mention that
the case is in a desk i designed and built my self. it has internal
fans that pull air in the front of the cases and in the back to
pull it out. total through put of air is around 100 cfm a minute
(its a nice foot warmer in the winter)

also in the desk are various perifs that i use- Digi cam and video,etc

man now my fingers hurt from typing all of that

also a note yes the mac is good or better in some respects they are
still more expensive then crazy and not worth it(unless a mac was
given to me ). itsone thing that appeals to me is that it is based
on open source bsd linux.

Dan

Click to expand...

--
Gaetan J.
'when you assume something you make an ass out of u and me' B.Hill

Dan White said:

fist off a couple of comments

Click to expand...

Dan White said:

Processors (AMD only) it depends on weather its a single or dual
proc system. for single processors currently is XP2400+ (but when
2800+ become availalble i will move to them) for dual proc systems
i use the 2200+ MP

Click to expand...

Dan -- Why do you use only AMD processors? Cost or performance, or something else" Also, what is the cost of a "typical" sysstem you build for your friends and what is the cost of "your" system. thanks, Larry Rood

Dreaming!!

All the latest Canon L's and if possible even a 12mp version of Sigma SD9 with ISO 6400 (with good results ofcoz!)

.. well.. yeah.... a 'state of the art' computer with a 24" CRT (pro).. ... and my own Fujifilm Frontier minilab .. 300 series..

That's about it!

--
Carl Rytterfalk
http://www.pbase.com/rytterfalk
Today Epson 850z - tomorrow Foveon!

But then the SOUND is.. well.. a 15k harddrive isn't silent! Not even the 10k is. Y'll need to put that in a separate room one block away..

JDemshar said:

Most people, when considering high-end computers totally forget
about SCSI. I consider SCSI hard drives to be one of the best speed
improvements you can get, and most people don't even think about it.

I use a Cheetah X15 and an Atlas 10k, and they are both pretty fast
when working with large files. They run circles around any IDE hard
drive.

You'll also need a SCSI controller that will support the drives and
provide enough bandwidth for future expansion.

Click to expand...

--
Carl Rytterfalk
http://www.pbase.com/rytterfalk
Today Epson 850z - tomorrow Foveon!