Mac Pro :: High Capacity Hard Drive / Video Card Recommendations?

Aug 6, 2009

So the time has come that I bought a 5D Mark II and have begun editing a lot of HD footage, and my Mac Pro's current hard drive setup will not suffice. My current setup: Bay 1 = WD Raptor X 150GB 10,000RPM (OS, Final Cut Studio 2, Adobe CS3, etc) Bay 2 = Apple-supplied WD 320GB 7200RPM (Music/iPhoto libraries, small Windows partition) Bay 3 = Samsung Spinpoint 500GB 7200RPM (Media dump/scratch disk for editing, as well as my spillover Applications folder, etc) Bay 4 = Empty I'm looking to revamp this setup, as I'm struggling in many ways. First off, my main boot drive being the Raptor 10,000RPM was a dumb idea. Yes, it is faster, but I can't install the full OS X, FCS2, CS3 packages and my regular cornucopia of apps without leaving ~1-5GB free. I feel that this kills any speed gain because the drive is full to the brim, and for such a minimal speed increase I'm working with a very very low ceiling of free space. I'm considering ditching this and going with a bigger 7200rpm drive so I don't have to worry about running with a filled up drive again. Here's my idea. I was thinking of getting a 1 or 1.5TB 7200RPM drive to run the OS on and also store my footage, keep all my applications, downloads, etc. Then I could move my 150GB Raptor X out to bay 4 and make that my project scratch disk for video editing(not sure it'd be big enough for larger projects). And then if I had any money left, I would axe the 320 and put another 1TB in its place. Or I could save money and get that new nVidia card for the Mac Pro (I still have the stock HD2600).

I boot windows and play games, but rarely. Would this upgraded video card help with video editing or rendering effects significantly enough to justify the ~$400 pricetag? Or should I save my money and buy camera equipment? More importantly, any recommendations for the quickest/most reliable 1-1.5TB drive out there? or should I avoid them? I don't want to spend a ton of money so I'm not looking to do expensive RAID setups or anything, i'm not editing uncompressed.

View 10 Replies


ADVERTISEMENT

MacBook Air :: Compatible Portable Hard Drive With High Capacity

Oct 30, 2010

I am looking for a portable hard-drive which matches low-weight and great capacity. I would like to use it for TimeMachine and as a collector for movies, photos, songs and DMGs. There are any hard drive which matches my needs at the Apple's store?! Next question, which file-system is better to use: Fat or Apple's ?!

View 7 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Finding High Capacity 2.5" Hard Drives?

Jun 29, 2009

About a year ago I was told that high capacity 2.5" hard drives couldn't really exist because they would fry up really quickly. (i.e. 1tb and such) Has anything changed since? Are they going to come out soon? If I recall the rep I was speaking to said wait a year.

[URL]

Not sata?

View 8 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Video Card Died - Install Original Hard Drive For Applecare Service?

Nov 28, 2009

I just experienced the 8600m GT video failure and am bringing the computer to Apple tomorrow. Over a year ago I replaced my stock drive with a WD scorpio black drive 320gb over a year ago. Do I need to swap out my WD for the original HD? I have a recent time machine back up of my data, but I'm more concerned about someone denying warranty service because I swapped out my drive. What have you guys been doing when bringing your machine in for service? Does it matter that my original drive has not been updated for over a year?

View 1 Replies View Related

Laptops :: Recommendations On New Hard Drive For MacBook Pro

Jan 8, 2010

I have a MacBook Pro 15 (2006) 2 ghz core duo, 2 gigs ram, & 100 gig 7200 RPM hard drive. I would like to change the the hard drive out to a larger one, but I'm seeing all kind of reviews & I'm not sure which ones to put more weight on. I have been looking at a 320 Gig or the 500 Gig. Looked at the Seagate, WD, & the Hitachi. I want to stay with the 7200 RPM. I also know there can be an issue with the, shock or drop sensor on the hard drives not being compatible with the laptops shock sensor, as well as heat & noise issues. I will state that this is my first Mac since the late 80s. But that I have a several very good friends that are long time Mac users and that have done this type of switch out, so while I know that the switch out is more complicated than some I have good tech support on that side of this switch out.

View 1 Replies View Related

IMac :: Internal Hard Drive (2T) Recommendations

Nov 28, 2010

I replaced the 250G drive in my imac with a 1T (SATA) drive 2 years ago, but now the 1T drive is close to capacity. I was wondering if anyone had any internal hard drive recommendations for a 2T drive. I have been having some strange problems lately with my imac locking up with only the mouse responding that may or may not be hard drive related. I was using a Seagate drive but I would like to go with someone else.

View 1 Replies View Related

Power Mac G5 :: Recommendations Of External FW800 Hard Drive

Dec 7, 2007

Could anyone recommend an external (FireWire 800) Hard Drive that they're using without issues with a Power Mac G5 (mine is a Dual Processor 2.3)?? I bought a couple of WD My Book Studio Edition but have no end of problems on FW800, and looking around here so is everyone else. LaCies seem to have similar problems, plus my own experiences in selling these and seeing FW ports falling off the enclosure's board, etc., puts me off them. Maxtors seem to have different issues and the new brown and orange Seagates are too fugly to even consider. So, anyone recommend a solution (250-500GB) that works fine with FW800 on a dual PMG5??

View 9 Replies View Related

MacBook :: Best External Portable Hard Drive - Any Recommendations?

Sep 29, 2009

I have a late 2007 150 GB Macbook Black. I'd like to finally backup my data and also use it for games or other storage to play directly from, cause I'm almost out of room on my my Macbook. What kind of portable hard drive do you use, or recommend?

View 14 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Have 500GB Hard Drive - What New Drive Should I Get To Increse Capacity

Mar 4, 2010

Seagate Momentus - [URL]/exec/obidos/tg...X0DER&v=glance Western Digital Scorpio Blue Western-Digita...7754430&sr=1-1What is the difference with this Scorpio Blue as well? [URL]/Western-Digita...7754430&sr=1-3This is for a 13'' 2.26 Macbook. I want something that is cool, fast, and quiet....and something that won't break in 8 months (although it seems there's at least 2 reviews for each product with someone saying that the hard drive broke within a year). I have read hundreds of reviews of each product -- they all seem like great products, but I am having trouble deciding

View 24 Replies View Related

Mac Pro :: 1st Gen Mac Pro - Hard Drive Capacity?

Aug 5, 2010

I've just bought a 1st gen Mac Pro (1,1 A1186) and fully tested it - everything OK. I then proceeded to put in 3 new SATA drives into the empty bays - 2 x 1TB and 1 x 2TB - making 4.25TB in total.

I'm now getting various sorts of weird behaviour - slow booting & shutting down, certain volumes disappearing and reappearing in the finder, and even full-blast fans and flashing power light. The 2TB drive is partitioned into 3 volumes, and this is the one that seems to be giving all the problems.

I now understand that Apple stated a 2TB total limit on these machines on launch. Is there any way around this?

View 5 Replies View Related

Applications :: Recommendations / Doing Full Image Backups Of Entire Hard Drive?

Feb 11, 2009

Need some recommendations to doing full image backups of my entire hard drive.I currently use Acronis TrueImage 11 for my PC's but since i have a Macbook, i need to be able to backup both my HFSJ partition (OS X) and my NTFS boot camp partition (Vista).Acronis TI does not read HFSJ partitons and will only backup my NTFS partition.Simply put. I want to have backup images of my entire drive in the event my drive takes a dump.

View 7 Replies View Related

Desktops :: Mac G5 Hard Drive Capacity

Sep 18, 2008

I have a G5 dual 2.5 mhz and want to upgrade the hard drives. Is there a limit to the size drive I can install, or my system will recognize? I'm looking at 2 x 1TB.

View 4 Replies View Related

Mac Pro :: Getting Close To Hard Drive Capacity

Sep 11, 2009

I work on a Mac Pro, and have recently been getting close to the Hard Drives capacity, so after backing up files, I freed up around 5Gb of space, only to notice this decrease in size as the day goes along. I currently have 2.96Gb free. I've not downloaded any files or applications that would use up this amount of space. We store all our work on a central server, which is also close to capacity, having just 1Gb left from the 370Gb available. Just wondered what might be using up the hard drive space I have available, whether it's anything to do with the server we're connected to, and if there's any way of recovering the used space?

View 9 Replies View Related

Mac Pro :: Maximum MP(2006) Hard Drive Capacity?

Nov 29, 2010

So, I have a 2006 model MacPro. Currently, I have (3) 500GB hard drives and (1) 750GB hard drive.

I would like to possible add a 2TB or at least 1.5TB internal hard drive to it (I have so much clutter with my external drives already)

I called Apple and they said that model only went to 750GB....

Is there really a limit? It's a SATA drive so I figure it would keep going? has anyone had any luck with larger drives??!

View 14 Replies View Related

PowerPC :: Maximum Hard Drive Capacity For G4

Jan 8, 2009

I just purchased a Mac mini g4 1.5ghz and it came with a 120gb hd does anyone know the max hd capacity I can put into it?

View 2 Replies View Related

Mac Mini :: MM Hard Drive Real Capacity?

Mar 13, 2009

Just received the latest Mac Mini with 320gb hard drive option. When I check "About this Mac", it shows a max capacity of 298.09gb. I feel ripped for 22gb. Anyone know what gives?

View 4 Replies View Related

Intel Mac :: How To See Hard Drive Capacity / Usage

May 10, 2012

My Mac has only 4 GB memory.Do I need to increase it to run Lion? Is Lion a big improvement over OS X?


Info:
iMac, iOS 4.3.3

View 2 Replies View Related

MacBook :: Limit On Hard Drive Storage Capacity?

Oct 11, 2010

Is there a limit on the storage capacity that a 2007 MacBook can use? Also would a 12.5 mm high drive fit?

View 18 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Hard Drive Capacity And Available Space Info

Aug 14, 2009

I have a Macbook PRO 17" with a 160GB hard drive. When I click on the "Macintosh" icon on my desktop and "get info" it says that my capacity is 148.73GB and that I've used 134.28GB only leaving me 14.45GB of availability. For the life of me I can't figure out how the 134GB is calculated. If I click on my username and "get info" the folder size is 103GB. So where is the other 30GB used up at?

View 6 Replies View Related

Hardware :: Maximum EMac Hard Drive Capacity

Apr 5, 2008

G4 eMac 1.25, OS 10.4.11 What maximum capacity of internal hard drive can I put inside my eMac? 250 Gb drives (in NZ) are selling for under 40c/Gb, and I definitely need to increase the hard drive size in the eMac.

The present installed HD in the eMac is a Seagate Barracuda ST340015A, manuf. 2003
Capacity: 37.27 GB
Model:ST340015A
Revision: 3.01
Serial Number:5LACNJ0R
Its spindle speed is 5800 rpm, whereas most modern drives are 7200 (or faster). Will that affect any proposed hard drive change?

eMac details:
Machine Name: eMac
Machine Model: PowerMac6,4
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.1)
CPU Speed: 1.25 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory:768 MB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.8.2f1

View 3 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Mid 2010 Missing Hard Drive Capacity?

Apr 5, 2012

i have a problem with my mid 2010 macbook pro , it is showing as i have 15gb left out of my 250gb hd , but i cannot see where it has gone , have downloaded disk inventory and scanned and at the top it is showing as my hd is 119gb or has used a total of 119gb not sure but either way system files etc would not be the rest?

Info:
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010)

View 2 Replies View Related

OS X V10.7 Lion :: Hard Drive Capacity Displays Incorrectly?

Jun 7, 2012

I have been using Parallels Desktop for a while now and I was trying to free up some space on my hard drive.  I deleted the parallels.log file which was approx. 45 GB in size.  Upon emptying my trash, it was still in use by a service.  So I forced it to delete by choosing secure erase trash.  It took too long so I was going to stop the service and remove it without securely erasing it. However when I cancelled the process, it took even longer.  I had 45 GB free of a 500 Gb hard drive before I started and I was wanting to free enough for a Windows Bootcamp with a 60 GB HDD for development purposes.  After it finished, the finder was stating that I had 37.5 GB free.  Upon investigation and running the daily weekly and monthly scripts as well as Onyx to empty the trash again.  I was still showing the same amount.  As I removed other items I no longer needed the free space increased.  I ran disk utility to verify permissions and the disk, but upon running a gui program to find large files, it only stated that my drive was ~465 GB, which since it is usually 499.97 GB this is obviously where my problem is.  How can I get my Mac to rediscover that lost hard drive space?

Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 15" Core i7, 4 GB DDR3, Oct. 2010

View 6 Replies View Related

OS X Yosemite :: Hard Disc Drive Capacity Display

Dec 11, 2014

How do I contact Apple software technicians to inform them of a bug/defect in their Yosemite software?  When I attempt to find

out how much of my hard disc drive has been used, that is the capacity state - then I receive an incorrect graphic display.  I only have used a small amount of the capacity and I certainly do not have that much in the way of programs.  The graphic

display does not match the text.  The test is correct. I certainly do not have 369 GB in programs!

Info:
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

View 2 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Hard Drive Replacement (Supported Maximum Capacity)

May 30, 2010

I bought my Macbook Pro in February or March of 2006 and it's still running strong. The hard drive, however, is full and I'd like to get a new, larger, faster one. I'm aware that I need a SATA drive and that it's form factor should be 2.5". I'm also aware that the max transfer rate for my drive is 1.5 Gb/s, can I use one that is 3.0 Gb/s? I think the current drive is 4200 or 5400 RPM, can I use one that is 7200RPM (this computer is mostly used while on AC power)? What about maximum capacity? Are there any limitations due to BIOS or the motherboard? Here is the drive I'm looking at, please let me know if this will work or if you have a similar, better solution.

Here are some of the specs from my MBP:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro1,1
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 2 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP11.0055.B08
SMC Version (system): 1.2f10

TOSHIBA MK1032GSX:
Capacity: 100.03 GB (100,030,242,816 bytes)
Model: TOSHIBA MK1032GSX
Revision: AS024B
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32

I'm looking for at least a couple of different peoples' opinions, or if you have a link that points to replacement HD requirements that would also be very helpful.

View 2 Replies View Related

Mac Pro :: Biggest Capacity Hard Drive Can Install Into Early 2009

Jun 1, 2012

I am slowly getting to the limit of my 2tb hard drive and would like to purchase the largest drive possible. It is mainly for my itunes library. So if i can split the library into seperate parts easily i could just buy another 2tb. Would like to hear suggestion about sizes of hard drives compatible with early 2009 mac pro or hints on how to split itunes library into diff parts.

Info:
Mac Pro (Early 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.2), its actually OS X 10.7.3

View 4 Replies View Related

MacBook Air :: Maximum Storage Capacity Card Available For SD Card Slot?

Oct 31, 2010

If you have a 13" 2010 MacBook Air with the SD card slot, and you are looking for a card to expand the capacity of your MacBook Air, what is the max capacity card currently available that you can use in this slot. I hear that they have new cards with capacities of up to 2TB, but are these cards compatible with the SD card slot on the MacBook Air? (SDXC 2TB cards)

View 17 Replies View Related

Mac Mini :: Maximum Supported Capacity - Upgrading Internal Hard Drive

Jan 9, 2009

Alright I have a current rev Mini 1.83ghz, and want to upgrade the stock 80gb HD, wondering if this drive will work. [URL]. I want the 7200RPM, but wasn't sure 3.0GB would work on the intel controller, thinking it may only support 1.5GB. Also, when I reinstall leopard, does it allow me to format the drive to HFS+ or how would I do this?

View 4 Replies View Related

Intel Mac :: Hard Drive Filling To Capacity At Extremely Accelerated Rate

Apr 4, 2012

The hard drive on my iMac is filling to capacity at an extremely accelerated rate. In order to have functionality, I had to delete some unnecessary files and used WhatSize to try and determine the culprit. When backing up my hard drive yesterday, Mail was showing to be 91G. The hard drive filled up again a few minutes later so I copied iTunes to an external drive for safe keeping freeing up 85G.

By this morning that was gone as well so I copied contents of Pictures over to external hard drive freeing up 189G. Mail is now up to 244G on my 500G hard drive. I rebooted at that point to see if that would stop the growth and it has currently, but it may start again. WhatSize says there are no duplicates. I am receiving and sending the same amount of mail that I usually do on a daily basis, so that is not the problem.

Info:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), Mail

View 1 Replies View Related

Applications :: High Capacity Disk Format For Mac

Feb 27, 2009

Blue-Ray has not been yet supported by Mac, I'm just wondering is there any high capacity disk can hold 25 GB audio files or more?

View 4 Replies View Related

Intel Mac :: Recommend A Mac Compatible High Capacity Dvd?

Jun 20, 2012

I need to burn a  6.2 GB disc image to dvd. Can someone recommend a mac compatible disc this size that can be used in my Superdrive. The only ones I have are 4.7 GB.  I have a summer 2009 iMac.

Info:
24, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

View 5 Replies View Related







Copyrights 2005-15 www.BigResource.com, All rights reserved