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4200 rpm Firewire fast enough for FCP?
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I'm building a portable firewire box for an Ibook/FCP setup and was looking at the IBM Travelstar to go in an OWC portable Firewire (911) enclosure. The problem is the 10 gig (really all I need) is only 4200 rpm while the 5400 version only comes in 48 gig.
Anyone running FCP on a 4200 rpm drive?
Tim
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rather slow, some people use 5300, ideally you should havea 7200rpm. go to www.2-pop.com for more info on DV and firewire.
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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What is the price difference? If you can afford it buy the 48gig. Your new firewire enclosure will be with you for years. 10 gigs may sound good now but I guarantee you'll be kicking yourself later. God knows I did.
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Chuck
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Forget 7200, 10000 rpm, Cheetahs are where its at, the performance boosts across the board are worth the price...
Nick
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I'm using my 5400 rpm Maxtor Firewire without a problem right now, it's just kinda a beast compared to my nice little Ibook setup.
Tim
Originally posted by godzookie2k:
<STRONG>Forget 7200, 10000 rpm, Cheetahs are where its at, the performance boosts across the board are worth the price...
Nick</STRONG>
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4200RPM will provide adequate speeds for DV editing. PowerBook HDs are 4200RPM and work just fine for DV editing, so I imagine a fast firewire 4200RPM drive would suffice. You DO NOT need a 7200RPM drive for DV.
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Originally posted by T Reisig:
<STRONG>I'm building a portable firewire box for an Ibook/FCP setup and was looking at the IBM Travelstar to go in an OWC portable Firewire (911) enclosure. The problem is the 10 gig (really all I need) is only 4200 rpm while the 5400 version only comes in 48 gig.
Anyone running FCP on a 4200 rpm drive?
Tim</STRONG>
yep - don't listen to the above. You do _not_ need a 10,000 RPM drive for DV.
DV needs 4-5MB/sec.
Modern 5400 RPM drives should work fine. As for a 4200 RPM drive -depends if it can sustain the aboe transfer rate.
arn
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Originally posted by godzookie2k:
<STRONG>Forget 7200, 10000 rpm, Cheetahs are where its at, the performance boosts across the board are worth the price...
Nick</STRONG>
7200 is more than enough...
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