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Is this Hard Drive setup ok for PT?
Hi,
I've got a Dell Inspiron i7 laptop, with 4gig RAM but a puny 5400rpm 2.5" drive inside. So as a record drive I plan to put my old 3.5" 500gb 7200rpm SATA drive in a USB 3.0 case and plug that into the laptop via a usb 3.0 port. My question is, will that be fast enough for PT9? Or will the fact that I've got a 5400rpm drive as the OS drive (that pro tools is installed on) in the laptop mean it will slow it all down to that speed? Surely if it's reading and writing to the external 7200rpm USB 3.0 drive that will be ok no? I may also swap the 5400rpm internal drive for a 256gb SSD drive of some sort, if that would solve that issue. Thanks |
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Re: Is this Hard Drive setup ok for PT?
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BTW the really best help you can get to configuration questions like this is if you provide a Sandra report (see the "Help us Help You - READ THIS Before Posting!" link above on how to do this). People here will often spot issues/make useful suggestions based on that detailed Sandra config info. Darryl |
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Re: Is this Hard Drive setup ok for PT?
Excellent, thanks for the info. Think I'll go the SSD for OS drive route.
Got my eye on these 4 drives, do you know if they are any good? £113 Kingston: http://check.co.uk/kingston-ssdnow-v...-internal.html £112 OCZ: http://www.transparent-uk.com/ocz-agility-3-240gb.html £122 256 Samsung: http://www.transparent-uk.com/samsun...-iii-bulk.html £99 OCZ 256: http://www.transparent-uk.com/ocz-25...taiii-2-5.html Apologies for the sandra report. I'm at work so not on the computer in question. |
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Re: Is this Hard Drive setup ok for PT?
Hi Darryl,
OK good advice, thanks. So the samsung is even thinner than the normal 2.5" drives? And thinner than all the other SSD drives? Without opening up my laptop, what could I search for on google to find out how the 2.5" drive inside is mounted? Is there a particular technical term for the type of bay? thanks |
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If the drive inside your laptop mounts using screws into the side of the drive you likely do not need the spacer, if it slides into a carrier that locates on the side rails you likely will need the spacer. If I needed to know for sure I would just open up the laptop. I don't know about the other drives. The easy option (what I would do) is don't waste time and just buy the kit I pointed at, look around for best price I just found it on Amazon UK for you since I brought my Samsung 830 drives at Amazon USA. You will likely need the USB to SATA adapter in the kit anyhow to clone your drive. Darryl |
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Re: Is this Hard Drive setup ok for PT?
Another SSD suggestion - Intel 330 series
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Re: Is this Hard Drive setup ok for PT?
Thanks for the help Darryl. I will probably buy that kit then. It won't be for a month or 2 anyway so hopefully by xmas the prices might be a bit lower anyway!
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