Hello, everyone. I am planning on getting two hard drives and putting them in a RAID 0 configuration for maximum performance. It would be hooked up to my iMac. The SSD in the iMac would just be the startup drive with system files while this would have all of my Logic Pro, iPhoto, iTunes Library (which is huge), school homework, html/css/php files for my websites that I build, etc.
My iMac is a late 2013 model so I obviously have the option for either USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt.
Thunderbolt sounds appealing because the theoretical benchmarks are great. I am just wondering if getting a thunderbolt enclosure would be overkill for things that I do. Would the difference not be too noticeable?
I have watched videos and done research and it seems like there isn't TOO much of a difference.
I mean, I do the occasional video editing, but nothing intense. It is typically just a small video edit for my musical projects.
I also do some photoshop work but it once again is not too intense since it is for my web designing.
I also record music in Garageband (demos) and Logic Pro.
I am currently using a 3tb WD USB 3.0 enclosure with a single hard drive and it has been fine so far. I am very close to filling it up and am looking for a larger capacity with some better performance too if that is possible.
I could afford the thunderbolt enclosure, but if I am not going to notice a considerable difference from what I currently have, then I would love to save some money.
I was considering either a LaCie 2big (6gb) for $600
Or
The OWC Mercury Elite Pro RAID (6gb) for $349.
Would I be far happier if I went the thunderbolt route? Since both enclosures would not be using SSDs, but rather two 7200RPM HDDs, would that be a bottleneck that would make both perform similarly?
Thank you
My iMac is a late 2013 model so I obviously have the option for either USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt.
Thunderbolt sounds appealing because the theoretical benchmarks are great. I am just wondering if getting a thunderbolt enclosure would be overkill for things that I do. Would the difference not be too noticeable?
I have watched videos and done research and it seems like there isn't TOO much of a difference.
I mean, I do the occasional video editing, but nothing intense. It is typically just a small video edit for my musical projects.
I also do some photoshop work but it once again is not too intense since it is for my web designing.
I also record music in Garageband (demos) and Logic Pro.
I am currently using a 3tb WD USB 3.0 enclosure with a single hard drive and it has been fine so far. I am very close to filling it up and am looking for a larger capacity with some better performance too if that is possible.
I could afford the thunderbolt enclosure, but if I am not going to notice a considerable difference from what I currently have, then I would love to save some money.
I was considering either a LaCie 2big (6gb) for $600
Or
The OWC Mercury Elite Pro RAID (6gb) for $349.
Would I be far happier if I went the thunderbolt route? Since both enclosures would not be using SSDs, but rather two 7200RPM HDDs, would that be a bottleneck that would make both perform similarly?
Thank you
