Sager/Clevo configuration advice

I've never given much thought to notebook PC's I've bought. But I've been using Premiere Pro, After Effects, and other Adobe tools recently and want to get a powerful notebook to handle video editing. I'm thinking about getting a Sager with desktop CPU and 32GB of RAM. I do have other questions.

These can be configurable with multiple physical hard drives. is there a bennefit to getting multiple hard drives or just one bigger main drive? Note I plan on configuring with SSD drive/s.

If I use this as my main PC and put iTunes and my iTunes library of songs on this PC, will that impact the performance of video editing? Of course I would not have iTunes open or running in the background while video editing. Would there be a bennefit in keeping this iTunes library on a seperate physical drive from the Adobe programs and video files?

I live in Japan but want an English keyboard and OS. I see some US resellers ship to Japan. But doesn anyone know of reputable reseller in Japan that offers English keyboard and OS?

thank you!

 

if you want more SSD/HDD, it's cheaper to buy them on your own but you have to install them yourself. Some Special version does come with SSD and it's cheaper than buying one yourself but since the SSD has quite low capability so I think it's not worth.

 

I prefer to use and OS drive and a secondary storage drive in case I need to wipe, reformat, and restore the OS image it won't affect the files and libraries I'm storing on the computer. The other benefit is that you can have a fast SSD with enough capacity for your programs and still have a large amount of storage available by using a cheaper HDD for general storage.

 

Which model are you considering? There are many storage options with Clevo, 2.5" SSD/HDD, M.2 SSD or mSATA SSD and likely a combination of two of the three. You could have two to five drives depending on the model.

For OS and programs I would go SSD, 480GB or larger, preferable. A working/scratch folder for your video editing on the SSD.

All music and finished videos would go on a separate storage drive, with photos and documents.

 

Thanks for the advice. I'm thinking of an NP9752 or 9753. A 15" screen is big enough for me.

Would getting a bigger OS drive Than I need help with performance when editing videos.

 

Usually for editing the best idea is to get a working scratch drive with a decent amount of HDD space to then store projects.

Larger SSDs are faster up to 500GB (where the speeds top out at the moment).

 

the NP9752 can fit 2 7mm SSD/HDD or 1 9.5mm SSD/HDD so I would say remove the default HDD (~$40 1TB 7200RPM) and buy a 7mm HDD yourself (~$70 for 1TB 5400RPM). Of course, the NP9752 does have 2 M.2 SSD slots but with the 7mm HDD you can fit 1 more 2.5" SSD.

 

The P750ZM / NP9752 can fit two 9.5mm drives. That limitation is the P6x0Sx series.
http://www.clevo.com.tw/clevo_prodetail.asp?id=747&lang=en

 

Usually the 1tb drive and an m.2 SSD is a pretty common configuration for a lot of people that I have seen. You get the benefit of having the 1tb for bulk storage, of things like your music or other files. Then just have enough space on the SSD for your important programs you want to load faster. Maybe calculate roughly how much you want in SSD, and maybe give yourself some room to add in more later. But with that model, you do have plenty of options for how you could configure it. And you could always buy drives and add them in later, as previously mentioned.

 

Multiple drives might save money, e.g. one smaller (in capacity) SSD + one large mechanical drive for data. It's up to your budget. Note that the mechanical drive will be slow, but it should suffice for data.

No, there would be no hindrance (as long as iTunes is not running and using resources). You'll simply be using up more storage space, regardless of whether you have everything on one drive or spread across two.

Specifically, no. The keyboard shouldn't be difficult to source, though, whether by you or by the reseller you end up going with.