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<p>- Highlights, + Shadows, + DxO Clear View <br /><br />It's a fun one to work on.</p> <p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/evsCOvA.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="525" /></p>

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<blockquote> <p>I agree over raid o with Brad. I'm a fan of raid o, I've done it for ten years or more and today, it's even safer. But with a fast 500gb ssd, I don't think it's worth the trouble tbh. And in regards to wc'ing, I'm on my first water cooling unit and went with a reputable brand, Corsair. If you research the Corsair H100, failure rate is nothing to worry about.</p> </blockquote> <p><br />I was referring to a RAID0 array as primary storage <em>with</em> an SSD for OS, programs and scratch.</p>

<p>There are ways to make a system like that cooled with fans virtually silent. A big case helps (I use a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Obsidian-Black-Computer-CC-9011015-WW/dp/B006L6ZSWC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422728314&sr=8-1&keywords=corsair+550d">Corsair 550D</a> - similar to yours, but I preferred the styling with the door) and after putting the fans on rubber mounts, I have to put my head down on the case to hear it.</p> <p>Also these new cases put the power supply on the bottom, sucking air from below the case. I keep my case on a carpeted floor, so that wouldn't work. The solution is to flip the power supply over so it draws air from inside the case.</p>

<p>This is what I use on my 4930K:<br> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NH-U14S-Sockets-Heatpipe-Cooling/dp/B00C9FLSLY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1422726076&sr=8-3&keywords=noctua+2011-3">http://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NH-U14S-Sockets-Heatpipe-Cooling/dp/B00C9FLSLY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1422726076&sr=8-3&keywords=noctua+2011-3</a><br> It cools really well and is silent inside my case. It's odd how much pressure you have to use on the screwdriver to get the threads started, but it was easy after that. Also on 59xx processors the edge of the CPU is exposed, which is normal:<br> <a href="http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=faqs&step=2&lng=en&products_id=64#24">http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=faqs&step=2&lng=en&products_id=64#24</a><br> I say, If you're going to put good money into a CPU, get the best, logical solution. I have yet to see why water is logical unless you're a big time overclocker (many air coolers can handle a healthy overclock including the above). But the whole reason to get a high-end processor is to not have to stress a cheaper one to get similar performance. Also going forward software designers seem to be embracing more cores.</p>

<p>As long as you backup, RAID0 is perfectly safe. I've never had an array fail and I've been doing this a long time. Its speed over a single drive is a lot. And reading around the 'net it seems like watercooling pumps fail much more often than fans. I'm a 'fan' of keeping it simple.</p>

<p>Also I have a RAM usage meter on my keyboard's LCD and it never gets close to using 16GB no matter what I do on the PC.</p>

<p>I build my own PC's and ones for others. My latest desktop build for myself is the previous six-core processor (4930K) with 16GB, a single SSD for programs, scratch etc. and two disks in RAID0 for data (I like fast access to my stuff), and Photoshop just flies. I don't know about Photoshop using six cores, but there are plugins that do. PTLens (geometry) is one. It runs smooth as butter.<br /> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/dBAKfUc.jpg" alt="" width="737" height="436" /></p>

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