I am a certified drone pilot. I am about to enter the world of video editing. This will be a new field for me, so I do not have any video specifics such as framerates or compression except that I plan to shoot video in 1080p and possibly 4K for clients by doing drone services such as structural inspections. I have a gaming PC that I am planning to reconvert for both video editing and gaming. I am considering the Intel i7-8700K Coffee Lake CPU along with an appropriate motherboard and RAM. However I have some questions about selections for the HDD and SSD.
My current build has a 1TB Samsung 850 Evo SSD and two 2TB 7200 RPM Seagate Barracuda HDDs. I plan to purchase a sufficient sized external hard drive to back up the drone videos regardless of the recommendations to my questions.
On the matter of the HDD, my first question is how big a hard drive, in terms of storage space, should I purchase for both 4K and 1080p video? Also, would 7200 RPM be a sufficient speed? I was considering for cost saving purposes both storing and running video for editing off of an external hard drive. My current external hard drive uses a USB 3.0 connection. Would a USB 3.0 connection be capable of properly transmitting video from the external hard drive to the computer for editing in either 1080p or 4K or should I consider using an internal hard drive via SATA connection?
I am considering the possibility of either replacing my Samsung 850 Evo with an alternative SSD, or installing a second SSD. Are there any reliable alternative SSD models and brands that you would recommend that are just as capable of handling PC gaming and video editing for a lower price? How much of a difference in real world performance would I notice between the two SSDs? I am looking at 1TB SSD models, however, I have not selected a video editing software package yet. Would a 1TB SSD be sufficient in terms of storage space for video editing software with plenty of room to spare for the OS and other software (for printer, GPU, sound card, and video card) or should I move up to a 2TB SSD? Thanks.
My current build has a 1TB Samsung 850 Evo SSD and two 2TB 7200 RPM Seagate Barracuda HDDs. I plan to purchase a sufficient sized external hard drive to back up the drone videos regardless of the recommendations to my questions.
On the matter of the HDD, my first question is how big a hard drive, in terms of storage space, should I purchase for both 4K and 1080p video? Also, would 7200 RPM be a sufficient speed? I was considering for cost saving purposes both storing and running video for editing off of an external hard drive. My current external hard drive uses a USB 3.0 connection. Would a USB 3.0 connection be capable of properly transmitting video from the external hard drive to the computer for editing in either 1080p or 4K or should I consider using an internal hard drive via SATA connection?
I am considering the possibility of either replacing my Samsung 850 Evo with an alternative SSD, or installing a second SSD. Are there any reliable alternative SSD models and brands that you would recommend that are just as capable of handling PC gaming and video editing for a lower price? How much of a difference in real world performance would I notice between the two SSDs? I am looking at 1TB SSD models, however, I have not selected a video editing software package yet. Would a 1TB SSD be sufficient in terms of storage space for video editing software with plenty of room to spare for the OS and other software (for printer, GPU, sound card, and video card) or should I move up to a 2TB SSD? Thanks.
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