10RPM Internal HD

[David Roth weiss]

Don’t waste your money. Learn to edit faster, get faster processors and more of them, get more RAM, and get a big fast RAID, but money spent on a 10000 RPM system drive will most likely net just a few seconds faster boot time.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

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EPK Colorist – UP IN THE AIR – nominated for six academy awards

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[Jean-christophe Boulay]

I’ve got a few 10k drives in a DAW PC and their main advantage over the 4 7200 drives I could’ve bought for the price of each 10k drive is bragging rights. Access speeds and throughputs are a little faster, but nowhere near enough to justify the price difference compared to 7200RPM drives. If you need super-fast drive access, especially for video work, you need a RAID. And don’t even think of stocking that RAID with 10k drives. That’s useless. Burning the money would at least produce some heat. 10k drives have been around for quite a while and the adoption rate has been very poor. There are good reasons for that.

Unless impressing your too-nerdy friends is a top priority, the money would yield better performance elsewhere.

JC Boulay
Technical Director
Audio Z
Montreal, Canada
http://www.audioz.com

[David Roth weiss]

[Jean-Christophe Boulay] “Unless impressing your too-nerdy friends is a top priority, the money would yield better performance elsewhere.
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Well stated…

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™

EPK Colorist – UP IN THE AIR – nominated for six academy awards

A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.