[Howie Young]

Hi Brett,

Thanks for your feedback. What brand hard drives do you use?

What type of projects do you edit?

[Howie Young]

Hi T.,

Thanks for responding to my post.

Have you ever used Crucial or heard of Axiom RAM?

What kind of projects do you edit?

If a RAID isn’t used what brand stand alone hard drive would you recommend?

[Howie Young]

Walter,

Thanks again.

[Howie Young]

Walter,

The software I will most likely edit with will be FCP X. Does that change the forum selection?

I thought the internal iMac system drive couldn’t be used to edit from and store media footage. Doesn’t media footage need to be kept on a separate external drive? Please explain.

What brand stand alone and RAID external Thunderbolt hard drives do you recommend?

Thanks!

[Howie Young]

Walter,

Which would be the best Cow forum to post in to inquire about a new iMac editing system?

Thanks.

[Howie Young]

Hi Walter,

Thanks for partaking in this discussion.

I’d like to get some feedback on an iMac editing system in addition to the fusion drives. Do you suggest I post in the “FCPX Techniques forum?”

[Howie Young]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for responding to my post.

How much RAM does your iMac have?

What kind of projects do you edit?

Are you using a G-Tech RAID or single hard drive for your media / scratch?

What kind of plug-ins do you use?

Are the plug-ins kept on the fusion drive or your external drive?

Do you plug-ins all run at the same time?

[Howie Young]

Hi Erik,

I will be editing a web series which will be shot partially on green screen. Segments will range from 3-7 minutes, some may run longer 10-15 minutes. I will also be editing some docs and short films.

[Howie Young]

What is the recommended headroom for an iMac system drive?

What type of applications do you have on your system drive?

[Howie Young]

Hi Christian,

Thanks for contributing to my post.

Would you advise against getting the SSD as the system drive in an iMac and opt for a fusion drive?