Choosing a Hardrive Please!!!!!
I need to buy a hardrive for my 800mhz Superdrive iMac cause I need the space. I heard it's really hard to capture straight though I firewire hardrive but I want to be able to capture from a DV camera to my firewire drive is that possible without dropped frames? Also do I need a big Buffer Size or is 2MB OK? Also can someone explain what that does?
I've been looking at some drives at Mac Zone what do you guys think?
Links
http://www.maczone.com/cgi-bin/zones...l?id=000571529
http://www.maczone.com/cgi-bin/zones...ml?id=12822901
http://www.maczone.com/cgi-bin/zones...ml?id=12822902
At first I wanted to spend about 160 cause that's the price of 120Gig that I saw. If it's really neccesary I'll go up to 200.00. I was thinking of getting one that's compatible with firewire 800 since I want a G5 soon what do you guys think.
I've been looking at some drives at Mac Zone what do you guys think?
Links
http://www.maczone.com/cgi-bin/zones...l?id=000571529
http://www.maczone.com/cgi-bin/zones...ml?id=12822901
http://www.maczone.com/cgi-bin/zones...ml?id=12822902
At first I wanted to spend about 160 cause that's the price of 120Gig that I saw. If it's really neccesary I'll go up to 200.00. I was thinking of getting one that's compatible with firewire 800 since I want a G5 soon what do you guys think.
Comments
1.go to frys & pick up an empty hdd external case for 40$
(firewire & usb
2.grab a seagate baracudda 120gb 8mb buffer for 49$
3.open case & stick hdd in
4.attach to pc or mac via fw or usb
enjoy
What kind of drive do you recomend it needs to be PC and Mac?
And What case is good?
Originally posted by krisneph
OK guys thanks for the advice I totaly forgot I could do that I had read an article on how some guy did and said that he got less drooped frames when capturing straight to the firewire drive he put together. Is there a pair that works well together?
What kind of drive do you recomend it needs to be PC and Mac?
And What case is good?
Kris, it is easy to try to save some dollars as others have done and posted here but be aware of one fact: not all enclosures are reliable. I tried a Vantec combo enclosure but their Firewire I/F just was terrible as errors would occur almost randomly during some file transfer tests I did. I finally paid the small extra cost and purchased a Maxtor One Touch. It's extremely quiet, fast and reliable. Well worth the extra dollars for no aggravation and you get a high quality enclosure too. A build yourself solution may well save you money but the quality of the enclosure is often not on par with the Maxtor's, WDC's, LaCie's etc... cases.
You can buy the drive enclosure and then find the best deal on a drive to to put into it. I have not seen any *REAL* difference importing DV between either drive. (I do not run other apps when importing DV).
A 7200 RPM 8GB buffer drive will be more usefull down the road. But if you can get a larger capacity 5400RPM drive for less...
I have bought memory from Other World Computing, they have excellent service and competitive prices.
What kind on Hardrive interface should I buy?
Do all kinds of drives work with these encolsures?
And what interface is better performace wise?
Thanks to all that posted
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Newegg Enclosure
Originally posted by O4BlackWRX
Serial ATA is the fastest next to SCSI, and I don't think they make an external SCSI.
On more than one occasion I've had to buy SCSI drives specifically because the were external.
I'm feelin this enclosure
IDE compatible
Aluminum Case
USB 2.0 and Firewire
Supports up to 350 gigs
and it's a 3.5" (which is the standard size right?)
Here's the Link
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...146-308&depa=0
I'm having trouble chossing between a Seagate 200 gig and some other brand
that seems like a no name brand (forgive my ignorance) the other one is a 250 gig
Heres the Seagate
http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4008252
and heres the other one
http://shop1.outpost.com/product/3700356
what do u guys think will the Seagate be that much more reliable?
or should I go for the most space I can get. (I'll need it for video)
Thanks guys I appreciate your time