advice for adding storage for Premiere

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July 28, 2021
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Hi all. I've been editing on Premiere for a long time but always on a computer with a single hard drive. I need more room for media but I'm not sure how to go about it. I'm set up on a new Dell desktop so it's too late to configure from scratch. Does anyone know a company that can consult with me on the phone and give advice (i.e., walk me through it), as well as sell me the hardware? Puget Systems does not service clients unless they built the systems themselves. Thanks in advance.

Jorge

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John T Smith

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Step 1 is to find out if your specific model Dell will even allow adding another drive... you need to contact Dell for that information

If you have never built or modified a computer, I doubt that phone support will help... you need to go to a place like Best Buy and have them sell you a drive and the work to install the drive

Another option is an external USB3 drive, such as https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-External-docking-station-drives/dp/B00U8KSLA8/

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Thanks for the response! My Dell does support another storage drive. They offer an M.2 SSD that holds 512 gigs, but I actually want something bigger. I'm assuming SSD means it is solid state and fast enough for editing. They also offer a 2 TB unit but I'm not sure of the specs on that. I'll have to do some more research on that but unfortunately their sales people didn't seem very knowledgable about video editing. Thanks again for your help.

John T Smith

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Any SSD should be fast enough for video editing... yes, more reading will be good

An M.2 drive is a "stick" that is mounted directly on the motherboard, while a "regular" SSD goes in a drive enclosure

Example M.2 https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-500GB-NAND-NVMe-2400MB/dp/B086BGWNY8/

Example SSD https://www.amazon.com/Blue-NAND-1TB-SSD-WDS100T2B0A/dp/B073SBQMCX/

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