looking into another harddrive

i dont know much about computers but, i have roughly like 36GB left on my current HDD which is only 500GB. i dont have a lot of budget because i also need to spend money on my camera. i do a lot of video editing and a decent amount of photo processing as well. this is the HDD i am looking into to dedicate to installing photoshop CS5 and premier cs5 as well as all my photos and video.

http://www.newegg.com …HardDrives-_-22136544-L0A

ALSO i am wondering if buying another 2GB of RAM would benefit me in anyway because i am going to try to get my parents to pay for this lol

this ram: http://www.newegg.com …aspx?Item=N82E1​6820145201

and hopefully my goal is that my computer might run a little smoother with more HDD space free from all the programs and video/photos

i need to know if this HDD will work with my motherboard since i dont know anything about what is compatible with what.

thanks
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my system specs:

mobo: EVGA 750i
HDD: samsung 500GB
CPU: Intel E8400 @ 3.0GHz
video: EVGA 9800GT 512MB
ram: 4GB Corsair XMS2
os: win7 64bit ultimate

Brian_R wrote in post #11078546
i dont know much about computers but, i have roughly like 36GB left on my current HDD which is only 500GB. i dont have a lot of budget because i also need to spend money on my camera. i do a lot of video editing and a decent amount of photo processing as well. this is the HDD i am looking into to dedicate to installing photoshop CS5 and premier cs5 as well as all my photos and video.

http://www.newegg.com …HardDrives-_-22136544-L0A

Do you mean you plan to leave the 500GB drive with your OS installed and then install CS5 and premiere on the new drive?

I would opt for installing them on your current drive AFTER you install a second drive and move all your data to the second drive. For the second drive I would opt for a 1TB or larger Western Digital Green drive. The drive you list about is a Sata 6GB/s drive, but your mobo is not capable of those speeds (and I doubt the drive is either!).

ALSO i am wondering if buying another 2GB of RAM would benefit me in anyway because i am going to try to get my parents to pay for this lol

this ram: http://www.newegg.com …aspx?Item=N82E1​6820145201

and hopefully my goal is that my computer might run a little smoother with more HDD space free from all the programs and video/photos

i need to know if this HDD will work with my motherboard since i dont know anything about what is compatible with what.

thanks
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my system specs:

mobo: EVGA 750i
HDD: samsung 500GB
CPU: Intel E8400 @ 3.0GHz
video: EVGA 9800GT 512MB
ram: 4GB Corsair XMS2
os: win7 64bit ultimate

The RAM upgrade depends on how many slots you are currently using. Your motherboard supports Dual Channel RAM so you want to buy it in pairs. How many slots are occupied on your motherboard? 2? 4?

An extra hard drive to store data on is a good idea. Make sure for every hard drive you buy, you buy an external the same size to back it up. If something's worth storing, it's worth backing up.

I wouldn't bother with 2GB RAM, go for 4GB or don't bother. It'll help a bit at least.

i have 2X 2GB ram. im thinking just going to stick with the extra HDD

Brian_R wrote in post #11079886
i have 2X 2GB ram. im thinking just going to stick with the extra HDD

Your board has 4 slots, if you can afford an extra 2 x 2gb, then it will make a noticeable difference if your working with raw files and tiffs from your 7D, and it will definitely help with video editing.

It looks like you've already found the same RAM that you already have, which is important for ensuring compatibility and reliability.


It's not easy doing this sort of stuff on a budget though, perhaps if you don't get the extra Ram, you could ask your parents to help with the HDD, then get a 2TB drive?

That hard drive is a high-performance drive. If you're only using it for data, go with a Caviar Blue or Green.

SATA III is backwards compatible with SATA II, but if there's a cheaper SATA II version, just get that. For that matter, just get a 1 TB drive.

1TB Blue
1TB Green.

edit: install your OS and programs on one drive, and move all your data to the other. You can also partition part of the data drive and clone your boot drive to it. That way you have a second bootable drive for troubleshooting, or if the boot drive dies altogether.

Photo and video editing use large amounts of data, buying the WD black drives is completely appropriate. They also have a higher mean time to failure, and can do more read/writes, and have a longer warranty, which suggests higher reliability.

I only use the WD Caviar Black HD's. I would get the 1 TB drive PLUS a 1 TB external drive. Back up all your data to the external drive BEFORE attempting to move any data to the new internal drive.

Once all data is safely moved and backed up, you should have a ton of room on your 500gb primary drive. Take some time to defrag it and perhaps run CCleaner on it before installing the new software.

I have a similar setup... 500 gb primary drive plus 1 TB data drive (both WD Caviar Black). My primary drive has less than 80gb used and the system flies. I additionally have two 1 TB drives for external backups.

Just spend a few more and get the ITB
http://www.newegg.com …ck-_-22-136-284-_-Product

I see

thanks for the suggestions and advice yall. just ordered a 1TB caviar black 64MB cache
http://www.newegg.com …aspx?Item=N82E1​6822136533

You overpaid, 1tb's are at $51 now.. shouldve waited for a deal on slickdeals.net and saved yourself some money

EmmaRose wrote in post #11084493
You overpaid, 1tb's are at $51 now.. shouldve waited for a deal on slickdeals.net and saved yourself some money

Please show me where you found that on slickdeals.net. The best deal I saw was $77.99. I think the newegg price was quite reasonable.

tim wrote in post #11079332
An extra hard drive to store data on is a good idea. Make sure for every hard drive you buy, you buy an external the same size to back it up. If something's worth storing, it's worth backing up.

I agree with Tim. You don't state whether your internal drive is the only place your data resides on, but if it is, get yourself some externals for backup. If you're not backing up in some fashion you are courting disaster.

crn3371 wrote in post #11088866
If you're not backing up in some fashion you are courting disaster.

Courting?!! Heck, with only 7% of his HD space left, he's standing at the alter with a shotgun in his back!

crn3371 wrote in post #11088866
I agree with Tim. You don't state whether your internal drive is the only place your data resides on, but if it is, get yourself some externals for backup. If you're not backing up in some fashion you are courting disaster.

Have another read I recommend an internal hard drive for data storage, and an external drive stored offsite for backup. That's how my backup system works.