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  Need new media drive, USB C or Thunderbolt 2 with adaptor?

  Posted by John Andersen on February 21, 2017 at 10:23 pm

  I am going to buy an 8tb hard drive for editing in premiere on Windows 10.
  It will be my media / projects drive.
  Now I just purchased a new laptop, Dell xps 15 9560 with a thunderbolt 3 port.

  I am looking primarily at the GRaid 8tb thunderbolt 2 drive and the Glyph black box pro USB C drive.
  Which one will be better as my primary media drive?
  Do I go with thunderbolt 2 via an adaptor (thunderbolt 3 > thunderbolt 2) or do I go with a USB C connection?
  Given that Thunderbolt 2 is technically faster is that the way to go?
  Or is there a different solution entirely that I’m not seeing?

  I can’t afford a thunderbolt 3 8tb set up so that is why I did not mention thunderbolt 3 drives.
  I only see the Akitio TB3 enclosure which is 399 and I would need to purchase my own drives on top of that.

  I am trying to keep the cost at $500-$600 USD.

  Thanks for the help!

  John Andersen replied 9 years, 6 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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