[James Francis]

Thanks for the reply.

It has 8 gbs of RAM and an Intel I7-2600 3.4 ghz CPU. I notice when rendering in After Effects the CPU struggles quite a bit.

I have a feeling a second internal drive is going to be required. I mean the system runs, but it runs slowly….especially when rendering.

So, would that be the best recommendation for Premiere Pro? OS and Apps on the SSD internal and the media, previews and scratch disk on the external? Seems like that keeps the SSD out of the loop when doing any reading/ writing of video by Premiere Pro.

[James Francis]

I think there’s a specific file type to save as for compatibility with older versions. When in InDesign CC, you have to save the file as an IDML file. This allows older versions to open and edit the contents. I’m exporting a project right now or I’d check. But my guess is Premiere Pro CC has a file type that is for backwards compatibility.

[James Francis]

Any advice is welcome here. Even if it’s to say that there’s no way to make that system run optimally.

If that’s what I have, where should the scratch disk be? And would the media be better on D while the exported files go to C, or vise-versa?