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If no one answers this question then I'll understand because my gut tells me this question might be more for an all-world computer genius, a superstar in the world of computer hardware components. Also, we have to keep in mind that solid state drives are expensive which is one reason why this question might go unanswered. You see I'm thinking that SSD's are not a dime a dozen the way hard discs are, right? And that's because they make a big dent in the average working slaves wallet. Which is the perfect lead in for my next train of thought:
I live from paycheck to paycheck. I understand that if you buy a laptop for editing videos it would behoove a person to buy the top of the line I7 processor. I get that, I understand that wisdom and I'm good with that idea. A top of the line high end I7 will tack on an extra two or three hundred dollars (maybe more). Luckily I can sort of afford the extra cost, and so when the time comes I'll go ahead and configure a laptop with the best, most expensive I7 that Intel has to offer.
On the other hand an SSD will tack on another three hundred dollars (and maybe more) and wow the idea of that hurts for people like me who are just starting out in affiliate marketing and are just getting by, living from paycheck to paycheck and eating Top Ramen for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
And so I was wondering if an SSD would greatly speed up the rendering process when editing videos. I wonder if an SSD would have much of an impact on the life of a person who edits videos? Can you answer this question by giving a percentage figure, please do. For example, would an SSD enhance the rendering process a feeble 2% (with no real impact, a total waste of money)? Or would it be somewhere around 75% (a huge impact, you'd be a dumb fool not to opt for an SSD)? That's what I was wondering and again this question may not be easy to answer for the reasons mentioned above including timing: I don't think SSD's are really prevalent in our generation the way microwave ovens, cell phones, German shepherds, and sunglasses are, in other words this question might be a lot easier to answer in 2020 when the price of an SSD comes down, if they ever come down
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SSDs are very relevant, but not necessary if your budget is tight. So far as getting solid numbers, it's not a matter of an all-world computer genius, so much as it is finding someone who already is doing what you plan to do, who just so happens to have used a system for this task both before and after an SSD upgrade. This person will be best qualified to answer your question. Even so, getting numbers might be a bit hard, since it's usually more of a 'feel' or 'seat of the pants' thing for most of us, rather than something we benchmarked.
Then again, do a Google search for SSD benchmarks. Surely at least some sites have tested using video processing software like Adobe Premiere, and compared the SSDs to HDDs.
Here's something asking a similar question in the Adobe forums.
A TomsHardware comparison of storage usage in different scenarios tends to think that SDDs aren't necessarily best.
A post in these forums discussing Premiere and SSDs / memory / CPU performance issues.
The general feeling I get from what I've found is that the SSD is great for making applications load up faster, but not really a big help for actually processing the video, and worse, the repeated reads and writes might drastically shorten the life of the devices too. Hopefully someone with the aforementioned experience can chime in though.
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Are SSD's worth buying for people (videographers) who edit videos?
Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by IceHockeyGoddess, Mar 26, 2012.
