Please guide me with hardware setup

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December 15, 2020
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I have the following configuration:

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6Ghz - 4.4GHZ

16 GB 3000 MHz RAM

6GB GDDR6 RTX 2060

512 GB NVME SSD SYSTEM DRIVE

4TB 5400RPM HDD STORAGE

I am using this as after effects machine. I store my projects on HDD and my software and windows are on SSD. I currently work from HDD. The disk cache is located on the system SSD. Now please tell me if I should make a partition from the system SSD and manually copy projects from HDD to improve performance. Would it make any noticeable difference in workflow speed and render time? Or should I try something else? I will have to work with what I have and cannot buy/change any more pieces of hardware. Please guide.

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Peru Bob

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If you have room on the SSD, put only the files in use in the project on the SSD in addition to the cache, and without a partition. Keep the files not in use on the HDD.

Or get another fast SSD for those files.

John T Smith

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Partitions on a spinning platter drive are not advised, because the read/write head is 'slow' to move from the main drive to the partition... and your 5400 rpm drive is slow anyway

I have NO experience with trying to partition an SSD... but I would think that a partition is not needed, simply put your files in a folder and work from there... and use the 5400 rpm drive only as storage, not for working files

nishu_kush

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