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Feedback: WD Caviar 1TB?
Howdy Everyone,
I need to replace an internal drive on a G5 I use for FCP, Motion, etc. I’m looking for a SATA drive that will give me the most bang for my buck and I was investigating the Western Digital 1TB Caviar GP. Overall, the reviews I’ve read online have been pretty good, but I’m wondering about the drives speed, which apparantly fluxuates between 5400-7200 RPMs using some new green technology. Supposedly, this doesn’t affect its read seek time but has anyone bought this drive and if so, how has it been working in a editing environment?
My specs are below.
Thanks,
John
Dual 2GHz Power PC G5
4 GB DDR SDRAM
OS 10.4.9.
FCP 5.1.4.
QT 7.16 -
3 Replies
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https://www.barefeats.com does the reviews, and tests on drives usually in a shootout sort of article. Might check that site out.
Jerry
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Jerry,
Many thanks for the hard drive test site. Looks like it’s filled with great info and will help me decide. And thanks to your article about how to achieve a rock-solid FCP system. I got straight from it when setting up my workstations.
John
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We aim to please!
Thanks for the kind words.
Jerry
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