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SSD & Handbrake

justabrake

justabrake

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Jun 23, 2010
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got a ? I was thinking about upgrading my HD in a MBP to a SSD but only if it works better with handbrake Like faster and how much faster then the stocked HD ?
 
HandBrake will be probably faster less than 1% with an SSD.


simsaladimbamba said:
I did some tests:

I used HandBrake 0.95 (64-bit) for a 5m 00s clip from ripped video DVD using "Normal preset":
2 GHz C2D in 20" iMac from 2007
HandBrake used approx. 150 % of 200 % available CPU power, data rate was around 70 KB/s on average, with a 7 MB spike at the beginning of the process lasting for less than a second.

(1) from external Firewire 800 HDD to internal SSD: 6m 21s

(2) external Firewire 800 HDD to same Firewire 800 HDD: 5m 45s

(3) internal SSD to same SSD: 6m 17s

(4) internal SSD to external Firewire 800 HDD: 5m 46s​

2.8 GHz C2D in 17" MBP from 2009
CPU was used at approx. 150 % of 200 % available CPU power, data rate was around 100 KB/s on average, with a 7 MB spike at the beginning of the process lasting for less than a second.

(1) internal HDD to internal SSD: 4m 08s

(2) internal HDD to internal HDD: 4m 13s

(3) internal SSD to same SSD: 4m 38s

(4) internal SSD to internal HDD: 4m 08s​
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justabrake said:
So it's much more in the process (CPU) then anything to do with the HD's Correct ! So it wouldn't benefit to upgrade if that's the case

Thanks
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Unless you have a very, very, very fast CPU, the HDD is not the bottleneck. But if you look for more than just improving your transcoding times, an SSD will benefit you. My 2007 iMac with an SSD feels like any current Mac except for CPU intensive stuff like rendering and transcoding.
 
simsaladimbamba said:
Unless you have a very, very, very fast CPU, the HDD is not the bottleneck. But if you look for more than just improving your transcoding times, an SSD will benefit you. My 2007 iMac with an SSD feels like any current Mac except for CPU intensive stuff like rendering and transcoding.
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I have the latest i7 2.4 MBP 17" not even out of the box yet (waiting to move before opening) but been looking at the intel's 520 180GB and testing the waters before dumping $300 on it


Thanks
 
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