EKSVid - That YT video is pretty interesting. I think it would answer a lot of users questions on slow editing. The local high school here uses the premiere pro and photoshop mentioned in that video. The students here do the music and video productions and they learn to use the equipment and software so they are ready for the work world once they graduate without haveing to go to college. They have essentially the same classes at the junior college so the h.s. students here gets the same benefits. Thanks for posting the link.

BarryTheCrab - The formatting (word wrap) problems in the threads of this post can be fixed. It is caused by your above thread using the multiple run on words ThankyouThankyou without a space in beteen each one. This cause everyone's thread to look bad and need multiple scrolling. Fix your above thread and eveyone's thread here will be okay. See the attachment for details.

Barry, you keep saying that there's no SSD in your near future and from other comments you've made, it sounds like you think it's some kind of big job to install one.

Well...

If you get one of the Kingston SSD drives (64 or 128gb) there are models of that drive which come with a limited version of TrueImage. (I have the full version but have used the limited version as well.) That will allow you to CLONE your drive C: onto the new SSD drive. And you do this either by connecting the SSD via USB or if you have a spare eSata connection by that. (You can get the Kingston drive as a bare drive or as a "kit" and it's the kit you want.)

Once you've done that, you have NOT damaged your existing drive C: in any way, and you shut everything down, pull the old drive and install the new one and boot up. The whole process is incredibly easy and dare I say, foolproof.

I've done that on four computers so far and it's been perfectly successful every time.

And the price of those drives has really come down compared with a year or so ago.

I keep Windows itself and programs on drive C: and put data on my drive D: (and one some computers also on drive E: ).

All I'm saying is don't fear installing an SSD.

Cheers!

I also thought the video was very good (I was looking into how important the Video card is in video editing - he explains that towards the end of the video).

For Barry - I'm surprised with your lack of "patience" as you said that you have not switched to an SSD a long time ago - ha ha
I upgraded 3 computers/laptops in my house and I will never go back. The only reason not to get an SSD is the cost for large drives. So, backups and large projects will not be on SSD unless you have lots of $$$

Multiple portions usually wont give you any performance gain (it is still using the same HDD). So if you copy from J: to K: and J and K are partitions on the same drive, the it is copying from/to itself. Win8.1 Pro x64 / Dual x5670 / 24GB / GTX960 4GB / 240GB SSD + 640GB HDD / PD13 Ultimate

OK, for crying out loud, I'll look at this again.I'll try to make my new J drive into 2 or 3 partitions.

1 - Can I use one of Them as a scratch drive?You mean HD C (System).

About to start a new PC the first partition is "C" automatically.

If you want to transfer the HD C, present for a new HD is more complicated.

When I did here used a piece of software that comes with the SSD and worked well.

I think that if you make an image of your drive C using Windows, If you do the old image HD C and restore to the new HD C, nothing will change for HD C which should be the same size.

just google how to do.

2 - Should I?

If this working well, leave like this.

3 - How do I aim the temp files to scratch it?

If you do the old image HD C and restore to the new HD C, nothing will change for HD C.

If there was other HD's likely the letter changed al rename need to look like before.

4 - Will it help performance?

Only if the new HD is better, but faster than the old.

5 - There are no SSD in my near future, though I have 1 extra 500GB external drive i could probably take out of it's enclosure and put in the HP if que would be the better choice for scratch drive.

2 HD's is always better than just one, has tasks that you can copy a HD to another HD, time is halved.

6 - I suppose writing temp files to something other than the OS system drive C is the goal?

In my case not only to relieve united C, but also to facilitate access to temporary files PD13.

And no longer invisible folder.

But if I aim Them at the new J drive I just installed (with another partition called K) where I am keeping my video assets "J", does that defeat the purpose of the I'll be writing and editing files temps from the same physical hard drive (J & K)?

Temporary files on another drive or partition just for filling HD C.

I went back to the temporary folder C SSD, and did not notice improvement with editing, then already went back to my HD 'O ".

Sorry errors and bad understood, sometimes Google translator further complicates.

It should also consider'm no expert.

Ok...my little query has become a multi-headed beast! I'll need to reread some of this, let's leave it be, some good links and information, I get faster is better theory. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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I second Eldor's comment!

Even if it is was a pain - it is still worth it in the medium to long run.

For the size - don't take anything smaller that 120GB SSD (unless you want to do it again in the near future). Win8.1 Pro x64 / Dual x5670 / 24GB / GTX960 4GB / 240GB SSD + 640GB HDD / PD13 Ultimate

Yes Barry

My Setting similar to Eugen ...My 2x4Tb SSHD Partition ( can Find my Stuff ) 1 Tb GoPro - 1 Tb AVCHD ...Last Trip ...Studio ...
The Intel Raid0 Transcend 512gb (x2)ssd = my C Drive ( after Installation )Sensational Speed !!!
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A raid of 2 x Transcend 512GB = $400 (about) is SUPER and FAST just a bit pricey for most

A single 120-240GB SSD ($50-$100) will make Barry happy I think

For those that have a laptop (and just one drive bay)
Look at this drive (2 in one):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236642&cm_re=WD_Dual_Drives_%28SSD_%2b_HDD%29-_-22-236-642-_-Product

Win8.1 Pro x64 / Dual x5670 / 24GB / GTX960 4GB / 240GB SSD + 640GB HDD / PD13 Ultimate

That is a fantastic price for a combo for someone who wants one for their notebook. Probably good in a desktop too. Can't resist the price.

Other than for a faster startup including populating the album and timeline of PD, I doubt that a SSD would make any difference while editing.

Virtually all applications in PD are CPU limited, not hard drive.


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The other thing Im gonna try is to copy my Smartsound library to the new drive to see if that gets any boost. As of now the plugin brings my system to a crawl. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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Partitioning a drive does nothing to speed the system up. You are still using a single read/write arm to do all the work. It can actually slow the system down. If the drive crashes, you lose everything on ALL the drives.
The best option is the OS and programs on a SSD, and everything else on separate drives. .
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No drive partition, just a second drive. OS and all programs on C:, and all assets on newly installed J: drive (2TB). HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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Quote: Partitioning a drive does nothing to speed the system up. You are still using a single read/write arm to do all the work. It can actually slow the system down. If the drive crashes, you lose everything on ALL the drives.
The best option is the OS and programs on a SSD, and everything else on separate drives.

Not quite true.

Partitioning a drive into C D E , equal size, will result in C writing and reading faster than E.

I just measured it, the transfer rate at the outer edge on a 2TB drive was 126MB/sec and on the inside it was 51 MB/sec.

On my CDE drive it is 140MB/sec vs. 85MB/sec. due to the smaller platter diameter.



At any rate I ordered a 250 GB SSD today plus a converter. I expect the computer to boot faster and it will be interesting to see if there is a change in PD performance. Most likely very marginal if at all since the source video to be edited will remain on conventional HDs. 73s, WA6JZN ex DL9GC
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Quote: Not quite true.

Partitioning a drive into C D E , equal size, will result in C writing and reading faster than E..

As I said, It can actually slow the system down. .
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Eugen157, the only bad thing about switching to an SSD as you OS(boot) and application drive is that you will want to put your videos on an SSD(scratch/work) drive also

I don't do 4K (sofar), but my next dive is another SSD (for the current projects I work on) and my HDD will be for backups and storage only.

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Quote: Eugen157, the only bad thing about switching to an SSD as you OS(boot) and application drive is that you will want to put your videos on an SSD(scratch/work) drive also

I don't do 4K (sofar), but my next dive is another SSD (for the current projects I work on) and my HDD will be for backups and storage only.

Yes,

I fear that too, but your solution makes a lot of sense, a 250GB 2nd SSD would be big enough for just about any project. At $125 total that is not bad for a 4 1/2 star rated SSD with app 600 users reporting.



Did you have any problems transferring from HD to SSD ? Can you just clone from HD to SSD? The C D E being one partitioned HD that needs to be transferred, only has about a total 130 GB of data on them.

I suspect it is not as simple as that, I have to do some serious reading.



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[quote=Eugen157 wrote: Not quite true.
Partitioning a drive into C D E , equal size, will result in C writing and reading faster than E.
I just measured it, the transfer rate at the outer edge on a 2TB drive was 126MB/sec and on the inside it was 51 MB/sec.
On my CDE drive it is 140MB/sec vs. 85MB/sec. due to the smaller platter diameter.