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SATA HDD for video editing
CDOGG and MARTIN, Thanks for your input. I believe I have the information needed to make a final decision. I will be staying with IDE hard drives for now. I truly appreciate your input and advice! I'm glad I came here before I spent a lot of time and money on something that would not benifit...- NOSRAC
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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SATA HDD for video editing
Martin, I went to Best Buy today and inquired about SATA hard drives. Of course they didn't have any in stock. The Sales rep did bring up one question and I thought I'd ask here as well just to confirm. If both hard drives, IDE and SATA spin at 7200 rpm's, how much more of a difference are we...- NOSRAC
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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SATA HDD for video editing
Paparazi, Thanks for the quick reply. My pc came stock out of BestBuy, so I'm pretty sure it does not have any SATA connections. I did a little research on the Sony controller chip and I think it is just IDE. Is it possible to use a PCI-SATA interface? I'm not quite sure if I'm using the...- NOSRAC
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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SATA HDD for video editing
I recently purchased a Sony Vaio and have really gotten into editing my home videos. The PC came with a 120 GB HDD and has since become full of my videos. For right no I'd rather not delete any of the uploaded video to create more space. I intend to purchase another HDD and I am looking into...- NOSRAC
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