New Computer setup for cs6 (PR and AE)

Question

I jumped head first into the great world of computer building and built my first work station....but all is not going so well lol.  Its taking forever to edit and render a five min kick-starter video. My question is how do I know I am setting up my  hard drives right. I have followed this link  http://forums.adobe.com/thread/662972.
my setup is: C:SSD(Programs,cache)
                   D:1TB-7200(scratch,Projects)
                   E:RAID 0(MEDIA) two 450GB raptors
                   Z:16GB RAM DISK? what should I use this for?

Answer 1

Ceasy, definitely get rid of the Hiberfil.sys file, it's probably eating 16GB on your SSD and constantly getting written to, and you're not going to hibernate your system so you don't need it.
Windows provides a GUI to supposedly delete the file but often it doesn't truly disable that whole functionality. You definitely want to do it at the Command Line with admin privileges. If you know what that means, then just fire up a cmd window as Admin and run this:  powercfg.exe -h off
If you don't know what a Command Line is, do this:
Click the Start Orb in Windows 7 (lower left of screen, of course)
immediately type cmd in the search box
Search will display a few icons as results, with the desired one near the top of the list: it'll show as cmd.exe
Right-Click and pin that to your Start Menu, you might as well, you'll need the Command Line from time to time.
Once it's on the Start Menu, you can right-click it and Run As Administrator
Voila, you are at the Command Line as Admin. Now type powercfg.exe -h off and hit Enter, and the hiberfil.sys thing is done and gone.
I would highly suggest you get cache OFF of that SSD and stick it on a regular drive elsewhere. Harm's guide will explain all of that.
Also, make sure you are getting full use of your RAM. I have DDR3 1600 ram, but my EVGA motherboard boots up at a default 1066. I had to go into the BIOS and turn on XMP support. Once I rebooted, it showed 1600 speed in the startup screen. I don't overclock, but that step is necessary to get the most out of your ram, whatever speed it is. Your mobo may already have it on, but do check.
Have fun!
Paulie