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Old 03-12-2015, 05:45 AM
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Hi Guys

As a newbie I appologise if this is posted in the wrong section!

I'm looking for advice in setting up a PC upgrade in readiness to swap from being a cubase user to a Pro Tools user.

My intended upgrade is:

ASUS z97 delux MB
i7 4790 processor
32GB Ram
250GB PCIe M.2 SSD
Further 250GB SSD

to add to exisiting:-
2 x 500GB HDD
Motu 24 i/o with PCI card

I have undertaken all the exporting process from cubase in readiness to import into PT 11 all of which is stored on 1 of the 500GB HDD's.

I intend to clean and format the other HDD, which is currently my C: drive hosting OS, programs, VST's and plug ins before I carry out the physical upgrade and new installation of Win 8.1. (and yes I will backup the files before I start)

My thoughts are to partition the M.2 SSD and load windows 8.1 to one partition and Pro Tools 11 to the other partition.

I thought I could then load VST's and plug ins to the other SSD.

My question is do I use the second SSD to save my projects and associated .wav files or use the HDD's? I've read, and am a bit confused over the writing limitations of SSD's. My concern is as you are recording new projects you may make many takes of a track before pinning it, which means multiple writes to the SSD.

You may also think my use of the M.2 is wrong so am happy for all feedback.

I am so looking forward to getting to know Pro Tools and taking advantage of all the features it has over my old Cubase DAW.

Hope you can help

Rob
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Old 03-12-2015, 07:05 AM
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Pro Tools needs to be installed on the C: partition. YMMV, but I would not partition any drive that is 250GB or smaller
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Old 03-12-2015, 07:15 AM
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Thanks Dave

Take your point re partitioning.

If I put the OS on the m.2 could I not assign this the C: drive in BIOS thus allowing me to also load pro tools to the M.2?
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Install Pro Tools on the same drive/partition as the Operating system (C:) installing it as one would with any program.

Then record to separate drive.
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And there is really no need to partition drives (unless you are using multiple operating systems)...on spinning drives it actually degrades performance.
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