Friends,
I'm planning on upgrading my 2013 iMac with a 2017 iMac 27" 5k. I have a 3TB fusion drive on my existing machine but am planning on getting a 512 GB SSD on the new machine and storing the majority of my files on either an external HDD or SSD, either/both of which would be connected by USB 3.0.
My question is whether I would be taking a performance hit by using the external drives for my files, rather than an internal drive. I currently have photos (Lightroom) stored on a 1TB SSD connected by USB 3.0 and the program seems to perform OK.
I use FCPX, so some videos would be stored externally.
I can't believe that there would be much, if any, performance hit in using 3.0 externals, since pro machines come with relatively limited internal storage. The apparent expectation with these machines is that most data would be stored externally. However, I don't really know - hence, this post.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Stev
I'm planning on upgrading my 2013 iMac with a 2017 iMac 27" 5k. I have a 3TB fusion drive on my existing machine but am planning on getting a 512 GB SSD on the new machine and storing the majority of my files on either an external HDD or SSD, either/both of which would be connected by USB 3.0.
My question is whether I would be taking a performance hit by using the external drives for my files, rather than an internal drive. I currently have photos (Lightroom) stored on a 1TB SSD connected by USB 3.0 and the program seems to perform OK.
I use FCPX, so some videos would be stored externally.
I can't believe that there would be much, if any, performance hit in using 3.0 externals, since pro machines come with relatively limited internal storage. The apparent expectation with these machines is that most data would be stored externally. However, I don't really know - hence, this post.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Stev