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leahruth

I am about to purchase a new pc. I wonder if most hedgehogers us a combination of ssd and the traditional hard drive? Also is 34 gb recommended.

Many thanks for your thoughts

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

First, I think a 34GB drive is way too small. I just replaced, in two systems, the 80GB drives with 2TB drives due to no drive space left. As for SSD drives, I was chatting with the tech at my ISP and he was telling me that he is replacing a great number of his drives with SSD drives. However, he's spending on one drive more than most would spend on a desktop computer.
--Bob

leahruth wrote:

I am about to purchase a new pc. I wonder if most hedgehogers us a combination of ssd and the traditional hard drive? Also is 34 gb recommended.

Many thanks for your thoughts

leahruth

Many thanks..very helpful reply

jackpinoh Loc: Kettering, OH 45419

leahruth wrote:

I am about to purchase a new pc. I wonder if most hedgehogers us a combination of ssd and the traditional hard drive? Also is 34 gb recommended.

Many thanks for your thoughts

Memory is available in multiples of 8 gb (32gb not 34gb). 32gb is more than adequate. Adobe recommendations are less for Ps and Lr. Photo processing is less demanding on RAM than video processing. After you reach 16gb, processor speed and the number of cores in the processor are much more important than additional RAM for fast processing. Unless you are using a 42mp or 50mp or more camera, lots of memory and fast multi-core processors won't make a noticeable difference.

jackpinoh Loc: Kettering, OH 45419

rmalarz wrote:

First, I think a 34GB drive is way too small. I just replaced, in two systems, the 80GB drives with 2TB drives due to no drive space left. As for SSD drives, I was chatting with the tech at my ISP and he was telling me that he is replacing a great number of his drives with SSD drives. However, he's spending on one drive more than most would spend on a desktop computer.
--Bob

I don't think anyone makes a 34GB drive (SSD or HDD). I think the 34GB was a typo. It makes more sense that the OP was referring to 32GB of RAM.

I would recommend 16GB of RAM and a 2TB hard drive for most amateurs. If more storage is needed, I would move my photos to a 4TB external drive while leaving the catalog on the internal drive.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

rmalarz wrote:

First, I think a 34GB drive is way too small. I just replaced, in two systems, the 80GB drives with 2TB drives due to no drive space left. As for SSD drives, I was chatting with the tech at my ISP and he was telling me that he is replacing a great number of his drives with SSD drives. However, he's spending on one drive more than most would spend on a desktop computer.
--Bob

"...However, he's spending on one [SSD] drive more than most would spend on a desktop computer." What brand, model and capacity SSD drives are he buying? How and why so expensive?

markie1425 Loc: Bryn Mawr, PA

leahruth wrote:

I am about to purchase a new pc. I wonder if most hedgehogers us a combination of ssd and the traditional hard drive? Also is 34 gb recommended.

Many thanks for your thoughts

Are you sure? 34 GB sounds more like a tablet than a traditional computer.

joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois

leahruth wrote:

I am about to purchase a new pc. I wonder if most hedgehogers us a combination of ssd and the traditional hard drive? Also is 34 gb recommended.

Many thanks for your thoughts

Yes a combination of SSD, for programs and HD for storage is the best way to go. 34 GB is odd and probably an error. The SSD should be 512GB and the HD 2-3 TB if not more. Get a fast processor but not the very latest to save money and no les the 16GB of ram, 32 GB preferable. 4K monitors are almost a must and you can get some at reasonable prices today. Make sure it has at least several USB 3 ports for peripherals.

This won't be inexpensive but if you process images you will appreciate the speed.

Skiextreme2 Loc: Northwest MA

A lot of people are getting ssd (faster starts and running programs) for the OS and programs and using mechanical drives for storage. If you were asking about memory, 32GB is good and 64GB is much better and try to get the fastest memory you can.

Skiextreme2 Loc: Northwest MA

lamiaceae wrote:

"...However, he's spending on one [SSD] drive more than most would spend on a desktop computer." What brand, model and capacity SSD drives are he buying? How and why so expensive?

When you start talking about 1-2 or more TB SSDs, the price goes into the clouds. A 4TB San Disk SSD runs $4,687 and an Intel 4TB SSD runs $2,268. San Disk 512 GB drives run from $134 to $279 and 1TB drives run from $249 to $877 depending on the quality you want (warranty and speed). You get what you pay for and when you're talking all SSD drives and plan to store 4+ TBs of data...

leahruth

thank you all for your help, the 34 was an error as most noted it should have been 32. I think now I need to bit the bullet and make a decision.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Skiextreme2 wrote:

When you start talking about 1-2 or more TB SSDs, the price goes into the clouds. A 4TB San Disk SSD runs $4,687 and an Intel 4TB SSD runs $2,268. San Disk 512 GB drives run from $134 to $279 and 1TB drives run from $249 to $877 depending on the quality you want (warranty and speed). You get what you pay for and when you're talking all SSD drives and plan to store 4+ TBs of data...

Yikes. Why would anyone bother with 2TB SSDs for mass storage, seems most of us do OK with 2TB to 4TB HDDs. I thought he was using some super high quality enterprise 32 or 64 TB SSDs. The high price was due to the SSDs being huge in storage size, who really cares, none of us are going that large. That's wrong with two 4TB HDDs for back-up and archival storage?

James Slick Loc: Pittsburgh,PA

Personally on desktop systems with room for more than 1 drive I use an SSD for the system drive (OS and software) and a much larger traditional HDD for files (documents, photos,video, ETC). This gives me the combination of speed and capacity for best cost (right now). I also like having my personal files on a separate drive as the system drive is more likely to develop problems first, (it will get the most "wear").

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

leahruth wrote:

I am about to purchase a new pc. I wonder if most hedgehogers us a combination of ssd and the traditional hard drive? Also is 34 gb recommended.

Many thanks for your thoughts

I like using an SSD for the OS and programs. I have a large internal hard drive for the data. A 250GB SSD would probably be sufficient, and 500 GB would be even more sufficient. My 500GB drive has 357 GB available, and that's with LR, PS, Dreamweaver and lots of other programs installed.

As for memory, 16GB is good. You can add more, but the performance/price ratio will decline sharply.

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-much-ram-does-your-p
c-need-probably-less-than-you-think/
http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-much-ram-does-your-pc-need/

hj Loc: Florida

I moved from 8GB memory to 24GB and didn't see much difference. BUT, of course, I don't work with video etc with high demands. Mainly my photos, surfing and social media.