I have long wanted to see how fast I can get this machine to perform... So i put up 2 80gb SSDs in raid 1 as my start-up disk... And added a little bit more RAM... Hihihi....
The only measurements i can give would be an actual account. The startup is similar to any SSD-fitted mac, imac or laptop - about 22 seconds from pressing power button to ready to use with the entire Creative Suite 5 all open and ready to use. Its in the renders and previews that this momma shows you its teeth. Hihihi...
26 GB i only got 8 that must be crazy fast... but on that second thought 8 is already fast for me, just wondering where you gonna used 26GB?
Yes, it is. I read from some forum somewhere that SSDs can get faulty, especially on continuous read-write processes. So instead of a single SSD, i doubled it. But since they are mirrored, it only reflects a single capacity of 80 instead of 160. Raid 1's redundancy is good. Yeah i know, probably just a waste. 8gb is indeed enough. I'm rooting for everymac.com's upgrade to 96gb just for the fun of it. But that'll have to wait. Im telling Santa about my quadruple 30-inch display setup. Hopefully, his sleigh doesn't get tangled near Spratlys.
That's insanely fast marlo.. you really must have a big pocket to customise your macpro knowing that you recently replaced an ATI video card..
Then the performance should be the same as if it were a single SSD system? (assuming all else are equal of course)
The SSDs are your regular Intel X-25Ms mounted on Stardom Pro Drives, just the same as the usual push-pull drive mounts which i got from my local supplier Dataworx. The SSDs are about 11k a piece and the Pro Drive 2520 about 6k. The SSDs are too expensive for their storage, but it IS fast, and their is not much of a choice. Oist! that pocket thing is true only literally, as my pants are waaay bigger than yours at size tooot-tooot 40 (There...i said it). Peeps could get the wrong idea here you know, wahahahaaa... Yes. Just the same. Only more secure. Less headaches.
I was thinking, in order to save time, a little bit of pimping might work in my favor and yes it did. I hate it too. Dang costly to do these no-return-no-exchange-experiments Teej, i still dont have the balls to do your suggestion of Raid 0. But we'll get there. I can maybe trust those Intel SSD 710 series but mannnn... it is off the roof! Dun muna tayo sa mura at this time. The RAMs Jai aren't that expensive. In fact, i saw a window of opportunity to pimp because an 8gb upgrade of the 667 DDR2 is more expensive than the 12gb upgrade of the 1066 DDR3. So i pimped this one and left the 667s alone. The Macpro comes out of the box at 6gb on 6 sticks, i bought a 24gb kit of 6 sticks, then retained the other original 2 which all adds up to 26 on all 8 slots.
Actually more ram doesn't mean faster. Most apps just needs 8gb of ram to run. Having more ram will just give you more room for workspace. Try benching 8gbram vs 26gb ram at the same MHz. It will give you the same score. If you want to have a faster ram. I'm assuming you are using a 1333 or 1600mhz ram chips. Try putting a 1800-2100mhz and you will feel the big boost in speed. What a beast you got... That's real pimping... Mac desktops still rocks!
been thinking of SSD-ing my mac pro too, since my MBA outboots my 8-core mac pro. but my pimping got sidetracked by 'ho, 'ho, 'hos.
Mmmm..... the point is: pimping/upgrading/customizing is its own reward. Congratulations on owning one mean desktop machine. That's why I love desktop-class machines. Ahhh...quad 30" monitors? Now that will definitely unleash the green-eyed monster in me
