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PhantomMotionFilms
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February 18, 2017
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Best SSD setup for video editing?

  • February 18, 2017
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hello,

i just recently purchased a dell xps 15 laptop and I'm getting into video editing. It has a 1TB hard drive and 32GB RAM.

someone told me I should get an external SSD(Samsung T3) to do all my photo and video editing on.....?

And I'd then another hard drive to store all of my finished projects on....?

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    RoninEdits
    RoninEdits
    Inspiring
    February 18, 2017

    hopefully your laptop came with a ssd for the os/apps to use... yes, you can use an external usb 3.0 ssd as you describe, then to save space archive them to a hdd or other safe storage solution. if you don't want an external drive, you would have to see if you could add or upgrade the storage inside the laptop.

    PhantomMotionFilms
    PhantomMotionFilmsAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    February 18, 2017

    Yes it came with a really fast 1TB SSD. Do I use the same external SSD for storing the cache.....?

    RoninEdits
    RoninEdits
    Inspiring
    February 21, 2017

    It does not have an additional bay. It it's the new Dell XPS 15, it has a larger battery now which occupies the "empty bay" where I could of possibly put the additional SSD.

    I we a review in YouTube saying that I could go with the older smaller battery from last years model and have room for an extra SSD. But I kind of like the idea of having the extra battery life.

    So so obviously I'm going to use the 1TB PCI SSD that is in it for OS, Programs, and Pagefile.

    how i.e. do I set my other storage up? Do I have my media , project files, media cache, and media cache database on the Samsung external SSD?

    Im so confused on how to set this all up. I do have a Lacie 4TB external that I am going to put all of my exports and backup stuff on.


    if your projects/media are small enough to fit on the internal 1tb ssd you can use that for everything. that will be the fastest drive and can save you money from having to buy an external ssd. if you need more space or just want to be able to quickly move projects between computers, the samsung t3 offers up to 2tb external ssd to hold your project files & media. you can leave the cache and database on the faster internal 1tb ssd, which would also help keep more free space on the external ssd. if space is really tight on the external ssd, you can set any preview renders to the internal ssd too.

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