I am looking for suggestions for an HDD and a video card.
I have acquired some PC parts to build a machine
intended for audio production, some lite video work,
and photo-smything.
I have an SSD that will hold the Linux OS. I would like to
install an HDD to hold the big audio/video/photo files.
I am thinking about a notebook HDD to keep the noise
level down, perhaps something like the Western Digital
Blue 1 TB Mobile Hard Drive. Thoughts?
I am not an overclocker or gamer, and the video work
I intend is really not as important as the audio, so
not looking for a really powerful video card.
These are the parts I have now:
Motherboard ECS|GOLDEN Z77H2-A2X(1.0) Z77 R
CPU INTEL|CORE I7 3770 3.4G 8M R
PSU KINGWIN|LAZER PLATINUM LZP-550
SSD 256G|CRUCIAL CT256M4SSD2CCA R
Memory 8Gx2|GSKILL F3-2400C10D-16GTX R
Thanks!
/dennis
Looking for HDD and video card suggestions
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Re: Looking for HDD and video card suggestions [solved]
I found specs for the WD AV-25 1 TB AV Hard Drive, which is designed for media streaming. Supposed to draw little power, run cool, and produce ~20db noise, so looks like it will fit my needs.
I will hold off getting a video card for now. The motherboard supports CPU with video capability, and the CPU I got does have that, so will make due during the settling in process.
/dennis
I will hold off getting a video card for now. The motherboard supports CPU with video capability, and the CPU I got does have that, so will make due during the settling in process.
/dennis
Re: Looking for HDD and video card suggestions
If you use the SSD as the scratch disk and the HDD for file storage, then any of the 5400rpm drives would work - the one you selected, or a WD Scorpio Blue, WD Green or WD Red. Many are reviewed here.