External HD?

C Walker

C Walker

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Hey everyone, I don't know where else to ask this, so I'm going to do it here. Being a fellow FCP editor, I was wondering what a good external HD would be for use as a scratch disk? I need to buy one asap!
 
You'll hear a debate about brands, but I think you will get a consensus to go with Firewire 800 or e-sata for connectivity.
 
I bought a LaCie 1 TB big disk I returned the first one since it was humming within the first week. This one (1 day old) seems to be working fine. I am withholding any recommendations on this but a Google search will show mixed reviews.
 
Hi Cracker,

Incidently that is one of my many nicknames too.

The only difference is the one I have has 800 FW. I think they are both the same inside. Cross your fingers like me.
 
dotcom said:
Hi Cracker,

Incidently that is one of my many nicknames too.

The only difference is the one I have has 800 FW. I think they are both the same inside. Cross your fingers like me.
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Well, it's my REAL name. Just kidding! Got the drive yesterday, set it as my scratch disk. Fingers are crossed.

I'm using USB 2.0, uhhhhhhhh, I should have known this beforehand. I don't have an eSATA connection.
 
Not sure if it will do any good now but can't hurt:
Best performance V durability V cost = Maxtor (triple interface)
Best performance V durability = G-Tech (triple interface)

I seam to hear a lot of negative reviews about recent Lacie drives...
 
David S. said:
Do a google search on Lacie problems.

There are a lot from what I and others have seen.
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I have been running Lacie for Years with no issues. But the Maxtors I have run flawlessly as well. I mainly use large Internal drives on my mac anyway. I probably should'nt but with 2 kids, 2 new cars and a very expensive mortage, Internal drives are usually a little cheaper.
 
i have been using 4 lacie 250GB with no problems
1 250 lacie porche design one (dont really care for it)
Fantom Drive 1TB with some minor issues (noise & mounting)
just picked up mercury OWC 500 GB so far no issues
 
We used to use LaCie a few years back when they were made in France and nice quality. But then they moved all the manufacturing to China and reliability took a nose dive. These days we use G-Tech, Dulce Systems, Ciprico and CalDigit.

Noah
 
I'm not saying that all Lacie's are bad.

I'm just reporting my and other's experience lately, which seems to have changed.

I would get a granite digital case and a zipzoomfly.com HDD over a Lacie HDD.
 
Get a Antec MX1 box. It has USB and eSata. Comes with a bracket with the eSata connector, then you find your extra SATA connection on your motherboard ( talking about the Intel) and plug-in the cable. The Antec is empty. It's really easy to change drives. The box has a very quiet fan and a nice rubber cushion for the drive. I have 4 of these babys. I only use Seagates.

I use bootcamp and can read files between MAC and Edius.


JohnnyD
 
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