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Solid state drives

Posted by Phil Peacock on February 20, 2014 at 12:22 pm

HI all. Trying to research an easy solution without much luck (could be me!) so . . . .

On my Win7 PC I have three HDD, one 500gig (C:) for OS, program and associated files, one for audio files and one for my video files.
The C: drive has just over 300GB of data on it.

Question – in order to benefit from an SSD for editing with SVP, would I need an SSD of MORE than 300GB in order to migrate ALL the files from my current C: drive files to it or is there a better way to configure and utilise SVP on a smaller SSD by itself?

Thanks for any responses or suggestions.

Phil Peacock replied 12 years, 2 months ago 5 Members · 5 Replies
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John Rofrano
February 20, 2014 at 1:08 pm

You really want your OS and Apps on the SSD and place all of your data on HDD’s. Having said that, a 500GB SSD is only $299 so just buy a 500GB SSD and copy your C: drive into it.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com
Dave Osbun
February 20, 2014 at 2:12 pm

I have a smaller-ish SSD for my OS (Win7 64) and another SSD for important programs (Vegas Pro & its project, and a few other programs). I have a 1 TB fast Seagate SATAIII (7200rpm + large cache) which is used for my video & audio files, and other basic computer items are also saved on this drive.

Is it an optimum configuration for high-end video editing? Probably not, but it suits my needs perfectly.

Dave
Stephen Mann
February 20, 2014 at 2:34 pm

The C: drive has just over 300GB of data on it.

Your C drive also has the “Documents” and “Pictures” libraries on it, which can and should be moved to a HDD if you go with an SSD for drive C.

Here’s how to move the libraries

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com
Stephen Crye
February 20, 2014 at 6:15 pm

Edited Typo – Cloning the C: drive did not cause problems. I forgot the key word “NOT” – sorry

Based on this report:

https://techreport.com/review/25681/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-testing-data-retention-at-300tb

I bought a Corsair Neutron GTX 480 GB for my primary C: drive . (I cloned my previous drive and Windows 7 was NOT upset when after the boot it found itself on a new drive). The Neutron seemed to have the most consistent performance over time.

Make sure your storage controller supports TRIM.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trim_%28computing%29

Have fun! My computer is faster in general, although it did not make a lick of difference to Vegas. My render project are not IO bound, they are CPU and GPU bound.

Steve

Win7 Pro X64 on Dell T7500, MultiTB SATA, 12GB RAM, nVidia Quadro 2000, Vegas 12, 11, 10, 9 DVDA 6.0 & 5.2(build 135) Sony HDR-CX550V, Panasonic GH3 with LUMIX G X VARIO 12-35mm / F2.8 ASPH, LUMIX G X VARIO 35-100mm / F2.8
Phil Peacock
February 22, 2014 at 3:36 am

Thanks all. Food for thought in all your replies. Now to try them out!

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