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I'm sure this has been discussed to death, but then technology keeps changing.
I have a new Mac pro 6-core, FCP-X, and am about to install a 6GB/sec esata PCIe card into it.
This one, FWIW: Sonnet Technologies TSATA6-PRO-E4 Tempo SATA Pro 4... in stock at OWC
I can't afford to use SSD for everything, so like most folks I planned on getting a good, small SSD for "current editing" and a fast SATA drive for storage / less important session.
- But I'm looking at the specs of the 1 TB Western Digital velociraptor, and it's fairly impressive. It's 6 GB/sec with an independantly- tested avg read throughput of 164 MB/s
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The obvious question is, will an SSD give significantly better render times, or are there other bottlenecks which would make the SSD basically a waste of money?
If there is indeed a significant difference, then my next question is: Is it worth getting a PCIe SSD, or is a regular type already faster than the other bottlenecks?
Are there any benchmarks out there?
-thanks
I have a new Mac pro 6-core, FCP-X, and am about to install a 6GB/sec esata PCIe card into it.
This one, FWIW: Sonnet Technologies TSATA6-PRO-E4 Tempo SATA Pro 4... in stock at OWC
I can't afford to use SSD for everything, so like most folks I planned on getting a good, small SSD for "current editing" and a fast SATA drive for storage / less important session.
- But I'm looking at the specs of the 1 TB Western Digital velociraptor, and it's fairly impressive. It's 6 GB/sec with an independantly- tested avg read throughput of 164 MB/s
---------------------
The obvious question is, will an SSD give significantly better render times, or are there other bottlenecks which would make the SSD basically a waste of money?
If there is indeed a significant difference, then my next question is: Is it worth getting a PCIe SSD, or is a regular type already faster than the other bottlenecks?
Are there any benchmarks out there?
-thanks