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Best SSD for 2010 Mac Pro and CC 2015
I have a 2010 Mac Pro 12 Core 2.93 used almost exclusively for CC and am ready to jump to an SSD system drive.
Please suggest the best for the purpose. It has to be SATA mount (drive bay) as my slots are full or would go w PCIE mount.
Is there any benefit to buying a 6gbs SSD when my system is only 3gbs?
When I install the SSD I will also be updating from Mavericks to El Capitan which I understand puts the TRIM issue to rest.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FLTRI EA5 1974-1977
Convergence ECS1B 1977-1979
Sony BVE 500 1979 – 1984
Datatron Vanguard 1984 – 1993
GVG VPE141 1993 – 1998
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I would go with a 3Gbs ssd drive from OtherWorldComputing. From what I’ve read if you use a 6gbs drive in the Mac Pro you will only get 1.5gbs speed, but if you use a 3gbs drive you will get 3gbs speed. They also have a PCI slot drive that gets faster than 6gbs speed. Here Are links:
https://www.owcdigital.com/products/ssd/owc-ssd-electra3g-overview
https://www.owcdigital.com/products/ssd/accelsior-e2-overview
If you have a free pci slot I’d go with the card, if not the 3G ssd drive is the way to go.
Greg Jones
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A better buy, and I just bought and installed one is the 1TB Samsung 850 PRO series. It supports TRIM through terminal and has a 10 year warranty. There have been some misinformation about this drive and TRIM support, the articles you will read have to do with a specific RAID in Linux OS.
Super fast and not too expensive. I bought mine through B&H in NYC.
Warren Eig
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Hey Warren, will you please run either the AJA or BlackMagic Disk Speed Test on your new SSD and let me kniw what you are getting?
TIA,
DRWDavid Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los AngelesDavid is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.
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I ran a test David.
Attaching a screen shot.
Warren Eig
O 310-470-0905email: info@babyboompictures.com
website: https://www.BabyBoomPictures.comFor Camera Accessories – Monitors and Batteries
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Interesting!!! That is 2X as fast as the OWC 6G SSD I’m running on my older 2008 Mac Pro. It appears that Greg is absolutely correct, in that it’s probably running at either 1.5G speed.
Since mine is only my boot drive I’m not overly concerned, as it is twice as fast as a single spinning disk, however, it is somewhat surprising that it can’t perform up to 6G specs like many spinning disks can. For example, two newer 6G Hitachi striped together as RAID 0 deliver approx 370MB/sec, which is way faster than any two 1.5 or 3G drives striped as RAID 0.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los AngelesDavid is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.
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I ran the same test on my samsung 840 evo and it gets around 250 MBS then goes to 32 after about 45 seconds.
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32 or 320? I’m using the 850Pro not the EVO.
Warren Eig
O 310-470-0905email: info@babyboompictures.com
website: https://www.BabyBoomPictures.comFor Camera Accessories – Monitors and Batteries
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i am getting “32” after 45 seconds or so. Premiere started crashing last week too. Took me a bit of time to figure this out. I think I am done with Samsung.
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I went with the OWC 3G in a drive bay. Installation shortly. Any advice is welcome.
Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FLTRI EA5 1974-1977
Convergence ECS1B 1977-1979
Sony BVE 500 1979 – 1984
Datatron Vanguard 1984 – 1993
GVG VPE141 1993 – 1998
Media 100 1995 – 2006
Final Cut Pro 2005 2012
Adobe Creative Cloud
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