Digital BW, The Print

We're using two WD Velociraptor 300gb/10krpm drives in a Gateway FX6800.  The drives have been tested to be quite comparable to SSDs without the expense.  You will find them on eBay for about $179 or so.  The drives each have a 30gb scratch file partition set up and the balance for PS and Painter files.  They're working GREAT!  Soon, the two will be tied together as a RAID1 system for mirroring and backup combo.

Good Luck!  Mike


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Dale Hoffman <dhoff@...> wrote:
>
> You may want to reconsider solid state drives for use in write  
> intensive operations such as Photoshop scratch disk.
> According to Wikipedia solid state drives have slower write speeds  
> than the conventional spinning type.
> 
> Go here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive) and scroll  
> halfway down the article to the section on "Disadvantages". There are  
> some other issues to be aware of as well.
> 
> Best,
> Dale Hoffman
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Jun 8, 2009, at 1:02 PM, rcoolbreeze2000 wrote:
> >
> >
> > I may make one change to my computer system. I may add another 64Gb  
> > solid state hard drive which I would dedicate solely as a Photoshop  
> > scratch disk. The solid state drive would be considerably faster  
> > than a spinning hard drive, even one spinning at 10,000rpm. This  
> > might even be more cost effective and just about as good as adding  
> > more RAM.
> >
>