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    HDD and RAM upgrade suggestions

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by miahsoul, Jul 23, 2010.

  1. miahsoul

    miahsoul Notebook Deity

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    I'm planning to get a larger HDD I can keep more of my FRAPs'ed material. Do you guys have any suggestions on good 500GB+ drives that cost less than 150$? I'm also looking for some good RAM(1333mhz, 204pin). Would 8GB make a big difference compared to 4GB when using FRAPs and light editing?
     
    miahsoul, Jul 23, 2010
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  2. Phil

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    Suggestion for your hard drive: Seagate Momentus XT 500GB costs about $120. It's a fast HDD with 4GB SSD cache. The 4GB SSD cache is used for the most often loaded files. This will allow your system to boot and launch applications as fast as a SSD.

    If you really need more than 500GB, get the 640GB Seagate 5400.6.

    I don't think you'll receive any benefit from more than 4GB RAM.
     
    Phil, Jul 23, 2010
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  3. trvelbug

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    what do you mean by light editing?
     
    trvelbug, Jul 23, 2010
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  4. miahsoul

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    Cutting the clips down to size, moving stuff around.
     
    miahsoul, Jul 23, 2010
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  5. KimoT

    KimoT Are we not men?

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    For light editing, I would stick with 4 GB. Long videos with complex transitions will benefit from more memory, but simple cuts won't take too long to render on 4 GB.
     
    KimoT, Jul 23, 2010
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    4gig
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    trvelbug, Jul 24, 2010
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    consider the $119 500GB Seagate Momentus XT.. almost has SSD performance... also for editing , more the RAM , it helps but really 4GB is plenty..
     
    sean473, Jul 25, 2010
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