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October 17, 2023
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Which drive setup with internal M.2 SSDs for Premiere Pro?

  • October 17, 2023
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Hi everyone,

I just got me a new desktop computer for video editing. Atm I have a single 2 TB M.2 SSD installed for OS, programs, games, movies, documents, ... For the video editing I am planing to install another M.2 SSD, probably with 4 TB for the video footage. Now I am wondering, what the best disk-setup in Premiere Pro would be to enhance the workflow. This means where to locate the project file, where the media cache and where to export to? Or does this not really matter anymore due to the speed of modern M.2 drives?

Thanks for the help

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    Correct answer Peru Bob

    GTX 4070


    NVIDIA Studio Driver - WHQL

    Driver Version: 537.58 - Release Date: Tue Oct 10, 2023
     
    from here:
    https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/

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    Peru Bob
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    Peru BobCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 17, 2023

    Assuming there is sufficient space on the C drive:

    Project file and media cache on C if it is faster or equal to the 4 TB drive.

    Media on the 4 TB drive.


    If NVIDIA graphics, make sure to use the latest Studio Driver from NVIDIA (NOT the Game Driver).

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    user30292151aw2lAuthor
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    October 19, 2023

    Hi Peru Bob,

    thanks for the answer. I am curious about the studio driver. I am wondering, how much improvement compared to the game driver there is. I checked and the latest version of the studio driver is from end of last year. As many photo and video editor apps had several new versions since then, how good is a year old driver? As I am playing some casual games sometimes, I would be in a dilemma, or is there a way to use both drivers simultaneously.

    Peru Bob
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    Peru BobCommunity Expert
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    October 19, 2023
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    is there a way to use both drivers simultaneously.


    By @user30292151aw2l

     

    No.

    You can try the Game Driver, but many users have had problems with it.  The issues include crashes and performance issues. 

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    David Arbor
    Inspiring
    October 17, 2023

    You're still going to get the best performance if you have multiple drives for each of those tasks. Even though NVMe can be crazy fast, a second drive will still allow you to read and write other files at the same time. If you only go with two drives then I would put OS, apps, and cache files on one drive and project files and footage on another drive.

    I'd be curious about export speed tests from one drive to the other, but I would also export to your OS drive, that way you're reading your media from one drive and writing a new file to a different drive.

      Peru Bob
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      Peru BobCommunity Expert
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      October 17, 2023

      Moved from the Premiere Pro forum to the Video Hardware forum.

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