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iMac 5K external storage question.
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<blockquote data-quote="NeilMJ" data-source="post: 1636661" data-attributes="member: 309722"><p>Hi all, </p><p></p><p>I'm planning to upgrade my mid-2010 iMac to the new 5k iMac and am pretty much sure of the spec I'm going for, apart from the HDD vs SSD external storage...</p><p></p><p>I'm a working photographer, so wanting best possible speeds for least money, haha! My plan was to go for the 256Gb internal SSD, for the OS, programs and the RAW images I'm working on at the time (I have a NAS setup for my Time Machine backups, so that's sorted). I then plan to have my image libraries and other files on external drives and I was weighing up the pros and cons of USB3 vs Thunderbolt external storage. As I'm limited to the speeds of these ports, is it worth getting external SSD storage or better just sticking with normal HDD? </p><p></p><p>I know you can pay a huge amount for thunderbolt & SSD storage and I'm just not sure whether it's worth it for me. I'm a pretty heavy Lightroom user, so I'm guessing that if my 'to do images', so to speak, are on the SSD whilst I'm working on them, external USB 3 storage for everything else, should be absolutely fine?</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NeilMJ, post: 1636661, member: 309722"] Hi all, I'm planning to upgrade my mid-2010 iMac to the new 5k iMac and am pretty much sure of the spec I'm going for, apart from the HDD vs SSD external storage... I'm a working photographer, so wanting best possible speeds for least money, haha! My plan was to go for the 256Gb internal SSD, for the OS, programs and the RAW images I'm working on at the time (I have a NAS setup for my Time Machine backups, so that's sorted). I then plan to have my image libraries and other files on external drives and I was weighing up the pros and cons of USB3 vs Thunderbolt external storage. As I'm limited to the speeds of these ports, is it worth getting external SSD storage or better just sticking with normal HDD? I know you can pay a huge amount for thunderbolt & SSD storage and I'm just not sure whether it's worth it for me. I'm a pretty heavy Lightroom user, so I'm guessing that if my 'to do images', so to speak, are on the SSD whilst I'm working on them, external USB 3 storage for everything else, should be absolutely fine? Cheers [/QUOTE]
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