03-26-2013, 11:13 AM
(03-26-2013, 03:44 AM)Hammerskjold Wrote: Good to hear, I'll pay a bit extra (within reason) for reliability on the SSD. Frankly I don't want to be futzing and troubleshooting tech problems, because I got other things on my plate. Obvious and basic maintenance aside, this rig needs to be as low maintenance as possible, since -I'm- basically the IT department right now.
One of the nice things I've found with the Intel is the downloadable toolbox that comes with it. Samsung's do perform better, but Intel makes customer support cake--and I have no experience with Samsung's support side. The toolbox is by no means required, but is one of those nice to have gimmes. It is a little piece of maintenence software that you have 6 clicks, and you're set for maintence for the rest of the time the computer is on. Automated windows optimization for SSD's and scheduling for SSD software maintence routines. The latter of which isn't required either as it will auto resolve with automated garbage collection in all SSD's, but the toolbox force triggers "TRIM" which keeps ssd's acting like new in spite of heavy use.
I mention that because you do not defragment SSDs--ever. Bad for them. The intel toolbox has a small convenience factor in their favor, disabling defrag, readyboost, and automating TRIM moreso than Windows 7 and a few other configs for SSD's specifics. Nothing you can't do yourself, but a convenience none-the-less. It is available with the lower end Intel 3xx series as well, which is more than enough for photoshop.
Plextor is the other big name. Check them out, and the Intel 3xx series for lower price. I would avoid the normal Samsung 840 (had some issues earlier on, no need to risk hitting it). Make sure it is the Pro if you go the Samsung route.
Honestly as long as you get a current generation SSD instead of the older gens (excepting the Intel and Marvel based SSD's, those were all rock solid), you'll be fine for reliability.
Oh, and I've been reading up on the Photoshop forums. PS is such a RAM hog. When describing its memory management system, it is compared to a child in a sandbox that tries to hold onto all of its many toys. I see why you want the 64 Gigabytes of ram. 32 is my limit, given it affects total system cost.