Does anyone here have any experience using this SSD for video editing specifically with FCPX on the render, playback, export, etc?
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I don't have any very specific experience with video editing with this specific SSD, but the data rates with playing, encoding and rendering video is usually very very low, even for hard drives. For lossless video capture though it might be a concern for data rate, but I don't doubt this drive would have any issues.
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I edit in Adobe Premiere CC, and from what I understand is, is that Premiere demands much more hardware intensive components to work better. FCPX is a bit more optimized for Macs from Apple, if you're looking to replace this in a Mac Pro/iMac/MacMini/etc, this will be perfect, I have 0 issues with this drive for editing, render speeds are fine, playback is smooth, 0 frames dropped, export is relatively fast. If this is going to be a scratch drive, this larger the capacity, the longer it will work before it goes dead, which is nice. Buy it if you can, or go for Samsung Pro SSD, which are better, but cost more. Hope this helped, message me if you have anymore questions.
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I edit in Adobe Premiere CC, and from what I understand is, is that Premiere demands much more hardware intensive components to work better. FCPX is a bit more optimized for Macs from Apple, if you're looking to replace this in a Mac Pro/iMac/MacMini/etc, this will be perfect, I have 0 issues with this drive for editing, render speeds are fine, playback is smooth, 0 frames dropped, export is relatively fast. If this is going to be a scratch drive, this larger the capacity, the longer it will work before it goes dead, which is nice. Buy it if you can, or go for Samsung Pro SSD, which are better, but cost more. Hope this helped, message me if you have anymore questions. I edit in Adobe Premiere CC, and from what I understand is, is that Premiere demands much more hardware intensive components to work better. FCPX is a bit more optimized for Macs from Apple, if you're looking to replace this in a Mac Pro/iMac/MacMini/etc, this will be perfect, I have 0 issues with this drive for editing, render speeds are fine, playback is smooth, 0 frames dropped, export is relatively fast. If this is going to be a scratch drive, this larger the capacity, the longer it will work before it goes dead, which is nice. Buy it if you can, or go for Samsung Pro SSD, which are... » Read More I edit in Adobe Premiere CC, and from what I understand is, is that Premiere demands much more hardware intensive components to work better. FCPX is a bit more optimized for Macs from Apple, if you're looking to replace this in a Mac Pro/iMac/MacMini/etc, this will be perfect, I have 0 issues with this drive for editing, render speeds are fine, playback is smooth, 0 frames dropped, export is relatively fast. If this is going to be a scratch drive, this larger the capacity, the longer it will work before it goes dead, which is nice. Buy it if you can, or go for Samsung Pro SSD, which are better, but cost more. Hope this helped, message me if you have anymore questions. « Show Less
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Hi Craig, Thanks for your useful input. At this stage I think I too should have gone for the 1TB model. Now I can't seem to download video clips onto the 1.5 TB. It starts off OK then freezes and the usual Task Manager solutions don't seem to help and I end up with the dreaded blue screen. I have to switch off and start again. Very boring. If anyone has a solution would be most grateful for help
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I don't have the 32gb, I have the 64gb drive. I don't have specific speeds, but this guy is really fast when paired with a 3.0 USB. I've saved very large AutoCAD and Photoshop files on it and it writes very quickly.
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The 5400rpm Best Buy's (NP700Z5B-W01UB) model HDD was a deal breaker for me. Besides Amazon's tax savings offset the price difference, so you get all 4 additional features (7200 HDD, 8G SSD, backlit keyboard, better video) for about $100 considering shipping and the current $150-$200 price difference. However the mention of the 5400rpm drive in S03 (and I'm sure S04) models made me think again. It's gotta be some difference with S01/S02 and the drive seems to be it. Another thing that one reviewer (of the S04) confirmed is that the 8G SSD is indeed proprietary tech (built into and inseparable from the HDD) and thus unavailable as a separate drive letter. I use Linux as my primary OS, so I don't care about Windows startup or IE speed. I don't think Linux would pick up the SSD at all. Which makes me go back to the stripped down Best Buy model. I'd simply swap its slow HDD with a full-size (256G+) SSD which can be had for $300 nowadays. I can live w/o the backlit keyboard and as far as the less capable video card, it's a business notebook, not a water-cooled gaming rig anyway.
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hi. i was wondering how upgrading the hard drive went for you cuz i was thinking of doing it. also, did u buy ur hard drive off of ifixit's website if you did and does making imporvement dissuade any warranty on the laptop? thanx.
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Hello Burak, I recommend a 2.4GHz Dual or Quad-core processor or higher in order to improve your issue(if you are doing high-definition editing ie. 1920x1080 editing--if you are doing standard video editing then you processor should suffice). 4GB of RAM should suffice but it is recommended that you have a higher GHz processor. This should improve lock-ups/freezes. Vista is not the greatest operating system but there are ways around it to make it work better. Also, I recommend Corel Videostudio Pro X2 over Pinnacle anyday...I have Pinnacle Studio 12 and it definetly has more software issues then Coral has. I hope I was of some help. George
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I have a system built for Photoshop CS6. ASUS Sabertooth 990FX AM3+;AMD FX-8150; 24gigs of DDR3 Ram; PSU 750 and ASUS 2GB GDDR5 card. It performed as I expected. But what made it even more impressive was when I bought a second card and joined the two in crossfire mode. I was impressed how "smooth" it performed running Photoshop. It should be more than adequate for graphic editing with single card.
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I do video conversion/editing a lot and edit time reduced by 50%. Coming from AMD phenom xII 965. Do not know about i5 pfocessor. I spend half the time I used to. I don't play any games.
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No to both questions. It is theoretically possible to do the SSD thing if you are an knowledgeable disassembler, because there is not removeable panel for the hard drive. RAM is out of the question, because it is soldered in, not in a clip. Sounds like you want a different product.
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This laptop is works great with programs like photoshop, running smoothly even when I use tons of high resolution layers. I have not had any experience with video editing but I do not foresee it being problematic. It has the i7 processor which is something that would be very helpful for video editing and also has the very nice GTX760 graphics card, which though not the best out there, is still not shabby and I would expect it to be at least sufficient for video editing. It also has two slots for RAM so if the 8 GB doesn't end up being enough you can replace the RAM it comes with to get up to 32 GB of RAM. This laptop is works great with programs like photoshop, running smoothly even when I use tons of high resolution layers. I have not had any experience with video editing but I do not foresee it being problematic. It has the i7 processor which is something that would be very helpful for video editing and also has the very nice GTX760 graphics card, which though not the best out there, is still not shabby and I would expect it to be at least sufficient for video editing. It also has two slots for RAM so if the 8 GB doesn't end up being enough you can replace the RAM it comes with to get up... » Read More This laptop is works great with programs like photoshop, running smoothly even when I use tons of high resolution layers. I have not had any experience with video editing but I do not foresee it being problematic. It has the i7 processor which is something that would be very helpful for video editing and also has the very nice GTX760 graphics card, which though not the best out there, is still not shabby and I would expect it to be at least sufficient for video editing. It also has two slots for RAM so if the 8 GB doesn't end up being enough you can replace the RAM it comes with to get up to 32 GB of RAM. « Show Less
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The maximum amount for the dc7900 SFF is up to 16 GB of DDR2 SYNCH DRAM using DIMM modules. On my system I have 8 GB installed, a SSD of 128 GB, and an external 2 TB drive, a Blu-Ray Optical drive, and running Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. On another system (I have 3 of the dc7900 SFF computers) I have 8 GB of memory, a 128 GB SSD, and as a second internal drive, 2TB. I am using that one for a movie server, running under Windows 7 Pro and the PLEX Server program. You can go on the hp website and do a search for the documentation. They have a Quick Specs. Guide that will give you most of the information probably. I am most satisfied with my dc7900s. I bought a total of 6 of the used systems so far. I had a problem with the second one that I bought, it had a 40 GB drive instead of the 80 GB that was supposed to come with it, and no Windows Operating disk (Windows 7 Pro). That was with another reseller, not Amazon. The reason that I was upset, was they would not simply do an exchange for the hard drive, but required me to ship the whole package back at a cost of $47.00, and the replacement had something wrong. I'm glad to answer questions regarding the computer.
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I've done a bit if video editing. It processes extremely fast! My previous Mac only had a 128mb graphics card, so it easily processes a video file 15-20 times faster.
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Ps- I went with this product before my knowledge of pcie drives. I would have chosen that over this product and an ssd. If you can afford it I think your performance will be way better.
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Hi, I have not had occasion to try, so I can't answer the question first-hand. Here is a link that says the RAM is all soldered (not upgradeable) and that the SSD form factor is not one of the usual commercial standards. http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1903/3/ There are different hardware versions and revisions, so your mileage may vary, but I would assume not (easily) on both counts.
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Well Depends on your situation I would never do it I have a 240 gig SSD so why would I want to. If its stable not going to get bumped I might think about it at the cost. I can definitely check this out and see what happens as a gamer and system builder I have thought of it I haven't done it because of aforementioned. same for the 128 I got
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Two main issues:1) Space on the SSD2) Poor driver compatibility with N-trig digitizer. When I was looking at tablets, I decided that I could live without that in PhotoShop because I can do any sketches in ArtRage (which is fully compatible with Adobe layers). They may have fixed the drivers by now; I haven't checked recently. Speed has never been an issue.
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Yes, I tried on Drive Blender Software work on RocketRAID2720SGL.As far as I know, it should be similar to Windows Storage Pool Read speed is much better than Write.