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Internal vs External SSD editing.

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February 9, 2021
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Hey guys,

So per the recommendation of a friend and what I felt was increased performance on my PC I've been editing with my files on an external SSD as well as the project files. I don't edit in proxies and I'm utilizing 4K files. I don't particularly run into playback issues at all unless I'm doing something intensive after color grading when I'm towards the end of a longer edit with a lot of key framing.

Anyways with what I'm doing what is the best location for my source files I'm editing on as well as the project? Don't plan on utilizing proxies as playback is fine 99% of time even with 4K. Should I pull the files from the SD cards and leave them local and have the project on the external? Or keep them both internal? Looking for what the most efficient route. I've been lead to believe having them external won't bog down my PC as much as having the files local. Any insight would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

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Ann Bens

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Moved to video hardware.

R Neil Haugen

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Having multiple internal drives is always better. I'm running eight with two externals used for certain backup situations.

And most of those are SSDs, 500Gb to 2Tb. Including a pair of Nvme drives mounted directly to the mobo.

That said, if your workflow is working fine ... you're fine for now. Get the work out. 😉

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

@FilmedByStrykerAuthor

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I should've prefaced with saying this is a high end laptop for when I'm traveling. So I don't have the ability to plug in multiple SSDs. So I only have the one. Do you keep the project and the project files on the same SSD or do you keep them on separate drives? Also for me with only 1, what do you recommend? Internal drive and then move external afterwards?

Peru Bob

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Keep only what is currently in use in the project on the internal drive. Copy from the external to internal as you need to add media to the project.

Ann Bens

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Imo a local drive is preferable over an external one

Make sure you copy the entire card to sdd first before ingesting into Premiere.

@FilmedByStrykerAuthor

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What about the project itself. Do you keep that on your internal as well because those projects add up over time. So they'll slowly fill my hard drive up unless I move them. So does it make sense to just house them on the external to begin with? Or do you believe it would significantly improve the results to have everything internal and then move external after?

calarco

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I run 2 samsung ssd T5 2T on may mac book pro. Been about 3-4 years now.

Rock solid.

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