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is this drive sufficient?
need to get a second drive to render/store media for Vegas, is this Western Digital 750GB Internal Hard Drive (WD7500AZRX) – Green ok .. or should i stick with the Black editions? Any big difference? Seems like it has pretty good specs..
Average Seek Time
1 ms
Data Buffer
6 Gbps
Interface
SATA 6 Gb/s; SATA 3 Gb/s
Maximum Data Transfer Rate
600 Mbps
PC/Mac
PC and Mac
Product Dimensions
10.2 (W) x 14.7 (H) x 2.5 (D) cm
Product Weight
0.45 kg
Rotations Per Minute (RPM)
7200 RPM
Storage Capacity
750 GB -
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Stick with the Black edition as the Green ones will go to sleep on you – when you least expect it 🙂
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thanks, ya i am skeptical on the Green versions.
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I use green drives but strictly as backup as they go to sleep after about 5 minutes.
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Some green drives spin at a lower speed like 5400 rpm and I have seen some non-green drives spin at 5900 rpm. So long as the data transfer rate is unaffected, the slower spinning drives in theory should run cooler.
My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6
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For what it’s worth, Microcenter has Barracuda 2TB drives on sale for $109 through Monday.
I have about ten Barracuda drives in use here, some 1TB and some 2TB, and haven’t had a drive failure in ten years. (Every project gets it’s own drive and I just drop the drive into the external docking station and edit).
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com
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