Does the CPU matter , or the amount of memory is most important. I wonder 32GB of RAM or 16GB would be enough with 6 core AMD CPU Phenom 1055T
Its plenty. With a lot of ram you can take advantage of large stagger sizes - thus reducing stress to the disk.
While plotting CPU power is most important, after that only disk space matters.
I didnt get how long the plotting process takes and should the hdd have to have separate partition for plotting...
Probably I could use SSHDs , but are they better for burst ?