I've never seen major bumps from going to faster disks, I've got servers with 10k drives and servers with 15k drives and I've never seen any change.
I would go with 4 gig, hell, I'd go with more if you can find a board that will support it. I'd also consider SCSI drives over SATA. A couple u320 143 gig scsi 10k drives would provide the best performance. > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:12 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: getting a new computer > > OK, I am finally going to break down and get a new desktop system at > home. > My trusty Athlon XP 2500+ has seen its best days. It still works fine > but it > feels dog slow for development, especially when I run CFMX in developer > mode > and a db server on it at the same time. So what should I get and when > should > I get it? > > I have been an AMD fan for a few years but the Intel Core2 Duos are way > too > sweet to pass up if I buy now. The only thing I am wondering about is > whether I should wait until spring. Intel has a quad-core processor out > but > it is very pricey right now. AMD is following with one in the spring. > I've > been thinking I'll get a Core2 Duo with a mobo that supports quad core > and > I'll just upgrade when the chips come down. Probably build it myself or > buy > from a local custom vendor. I don't need kick-ass graphics, just hi-res > dual > monitor support. I'm also thinking of going straight to 4 GB RAM and > 10K > Raptor disks. > > Opinions? > > -- > --------------- > Robert Munn > www.funkymojo.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221450 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
