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Derekl1988
By Derekl1988
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I've recently began compiling and editing photos and videos.  My custom build has about 3TB of total storage.  I have about 800gb of pictures and videos from an external drive, that I want to have backed up on my PC.  I was going to install a new HDD to work with these files but I wasn't sure which type of drive to go with.  I was looking into the 4TB blue and black models offered from Western Digital.  Stupid question maybe, Do I need a performance drive to ensure smooth performance when editing my high quality videos with Premiere Pro, After effects, and Photoshop?  I have everything backed up on externals but I didn't want to work and edit with the files destination on the external drives, it would obviously create problems.  Any one experienced got some input?

i7 6700k - NZXT Kraken X61 - ASUS Sabretooth TUF Z170 - 32gb G.Skill RAM - EVGA GTX 1080 FTW - Corsair 860i - Phanteks Enthoo Luxe White

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You'll be fine with the blue model tbh

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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They're both more or less the same and any HDD will not have very spectacular access times be it "performance" or not. The blues in my system take a little bit longer to load content vs the Firecuda hybrid in the 6700k rig (both PCs have an SSD boot drive) and the black is just a slightly faster blue with a better warranty.

 

 

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