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Lucky18711
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May 4, 2023
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M.2 SSD placement and choice for maximum speed

  • May 4, 2023
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I have Gigabyte B550 Vision D-P.
2x m.2 slots, upper one is pcie 4.0, lower one is pcie 3.0

I have Kingston A2000 pcie 3.0 500GB — 2,200/1,500MB/s
I have Crucial P3 Plus pcie 4.0 1tb — 5000/4200MB/s

Using Lightroom Classic and considering only speed (and disregarding capacity), which drive should I use for System and which drive should I use for my images and catalog to get best possible performance?

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dj_paige
dj_paige
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May 4, 2023

Regarding the location of the photos: You will find that drive speed (and transfer speed) changes Lightroom Classic speed by such a trivial amount that you will never notice the difference.


Regarding the location of the catalog file: normally, the advice is to put the catalog file on the fastest disk. But after a certain point, getting a faster drive will not produce noticeable improvements.

 

Reading between the lines, it seems you are having speed problems in Lightroom Classic. Please state clearly what actions in Lightroom Classic are slow. Some problems can be fixed by getting a faster drive, other problems cannot be fixed by getting a faster drive.

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    Lucky18711Author
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    May 4, 2023

    Thanks for fast response.
    I actually do not have huge performance problems, I just got faster drive and I'm curious how to organize drives for best performance.
    Only thing I wish runs faster is skipping from image to image in Develop module. I have ryzen 9 5900x, nvidia 3070, 32gb ram and my catalog is usually in the same folder where my raw files are.

    Ian Lyons
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    Ian LyonsCommunity Expert
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    May 4, 2023

    That answer was extra helpfull and detailed! Thanks so much. So I guess I should keep my Catalog with previews on the same (fastest) drive where my system is (where my program files are and therefor CR cache aswell)?


    If your Windows PC system drive (C:) is fast and has lots of space, then yes that would be the ideal choice for the catalog and CR cache. However, if space is limited or you need the catalog to be portable (e.g. moved between two or more computers) then a secondary SSD/NVMe is a good alternative.

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