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Topic: Hard Drive
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DackL
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posted 12-27-2000 07:29 PM
Hey All-I'm getting a new hard drive solely for video, and was wondering what a good size would be. I was looking at a 40gig, 7200RPM drive from Western Digital, will this be adequate for my needs? |
Prism
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posted 12-27-2000 07:56 PM
Sounds awesome. I have a Quantum 26GB 7200rpm (ATA66) drive and it works swell.Isaiah ------------------
Isaiah, "Sound Guy" Eyre
www.iEyre.com |
DackL
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posted 12-28-2000 02:18 PM
anyone else have any thoughts? |
Louis M
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posted 12-28-2000 05:50 PM
Thats really swell that you said swell!------------------
Louis Matthews
http://www.AManimation.com
"I'm a Master at Animation, and thats why I use Animation Master..." |
dss
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posted 12-28-2000 09:34 PM
I just got some dough for Christmas and going to buy a Maxtor 80GB 5400rpm ATA/100 drive. It may be not as fast as the 75GB IBM drive but its definitely a better buy. You can pick up the Maxtor for around $260. Its the largest available drive in either IDE or SCSI format. I would use it as an additional drive instead of using it primarily due to its slower spindle speed. I currently have a wonderful Maxtor 40GB ATA/66 7200rpm drive and a crappy Western Digital 20GB ATA/33 5400rpm drive. Both are just about filled. Many people recommend the Maxtor 80GB for video editors because of its size and price. GET IT!
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-DSS- Director, Producer,
Editor, and Actor of
Counter-Strike: The Movie |
Fastlou
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posted 12-29-2000 11:00 PM
About the 80 gig 5400 rpm drive. I could be WAY wrong on this, but form what I've read I thought you had to have at least 7200 rpm to successfully record video without gliches and hickups.
You might be better off getting two smaller (30 or 40 gig) drives than the one huge one, as they will run faster. |
jeeroome
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posted 12-30-2000 05:20 AM
If you have nothing other than video, a 5400 RPM is fine.
I have in slave mode a 20Gb Seagate HD at 5400 RPM and I have no lost frames with my DV capture card (Pyro DV).I also heard (I'm not sure if it's true), the RPM isn't the mot important, it is also the average seek time or something like that. Good luck!!  |
