JohnnyAmato
New member
Need some serious help here. I've reached the point where I definitely need to get an external hard drive; for back-up mainly, I'll look into running sessions from it once I get it, but the main concern is back-up. I have 30+ sessions on my PC, and not backed up at all. So obviously, I need to change that.
I've done plenty of research, but would like to know what some you of here use, or would suggest for me.
Here's my set-up:
*Pro Tools 12.3
*HP EliteDesk 800 G2 TWR PC 64-Bit
*Intel Core i5 6500 CPU @3.20GHz @3.20GHz (Why 3.20GHz is listed twice in the description is beyond me, duel core?)
*16 GB RAM
*1 TB Hard Drive (not sure what kind/brand of hard drive though, SATA, I believe)
*8 USB 3.0 ports, 2 USB 2.0 (funny, my iLok only works in the 2.0 slots, but that's neither here nor there)
*No Firewire or Thunderbolt ports, but 2 Display ports (monitor is HDMI, had to get an HDMI to Dispay adapter to use the monitor, but again that's neither here nor there...)
*Windows7 Pro (Service Pack 1)
*This PC is offline
I'm sure some of that info is irrelevant, just thought I'd include it all.
I've done the research on a few, some people like SSD's, some don't. AVID reccomends the OWC Mercury Elite, there's also the Glyph Studio, and the Transcend MLC. And I'm sure a bunch more.
Again, my main concern is back-up. And if I ever upgrade to a new/better PC with Windows10 or above, having all your sessions on an external drive makes it easy to transfer/use the sessions on the new PC, correct? (I was also thinking of eventually getting the UAD Apollo 8, which only runs on Windows10 I believe, so a new system would be needed)(I think I need Firewire or Thunderbolt ports for this as well) But even if I never up-grade, back-up is still obviously needed.
Anyways, I'm ready to buy the drive now, just don't want to make the wrong purchase. I've been to my local Micro Center, but wasn't thrilled with the selection, and I don't think BestBuy would be any different. Looks like it will have to be ordered.
Any help/suggestions?
I've done plenty of research, but would like to know what some you of here use, or would suggest for me.
Here's my set-up:
*Pro Tools 12.3
*HP EliteDesk 800 G2 TWR PC 64-Bit
*Intel Core i5 6500 CPU @3.20GHz @3.20GHz (Why 3.20GHz is listed twice in the description is beyond me, duel core?)
*16 GB RAM
*1 TB Hard Drive (not sure what kind/brand of hard drive though, SATA, I believe)
*8 USB 3.0 ports, 2 USB 2.0 (funny, my iLok only works in the 2.0 slots, but that's neither here nor there)
*No Firewire or Thunderbolt ports, but 2 Display ports (monitor is HDMI, had to get an HDMI to Dispay adapter to use the monitor, but again that's neither here nor there...)
*Windows7 Pro (Service Pack 1)
*This PC is offline
I'm sure some of that info is irrelevant, just thought I'd include it all.
I've done the research on a few, some people like SSD's, some don't. AVID reccomends the OWC Mercury Elite, there's also the Glyph Studio, and the Transcend MLC. And I'm sure a bunch more.
Again, my main concern is back-up. And if I ever upgrade to a new/better PC with Windows10 or above, having all your sessions on an external drive makes it easy to transfer/use the sessions on the new PC, correct? (I was also thinking of eventually getting the UAD Apollo 8, which only runs on Windows10 I believe, so a new system would be needed)(I think I need Firewire or Thunderbolt ports for this as well) But even if I never up-grade, back-up is still obviously needed.
Anyways, I'm ready to buy the drive now, just don't want to make the wrong purchase. I've been to my local Micro Center, but wasn't thrilled with the selection, and I don't think BestBuy would be any different. Looks like it will have to be ordered.
Any help/suggestions?