Members evildragon Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 ...just wanted you to know! Imma gonna put all mah samplaz thar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Michoo Posted February 22, 2010 Members Share Posted February 22, 2010 It's good choice. I've got F1 640GB and F3 1TB also... And few others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poumtschak Posted February 22, 2010 Members Share Posted February 22, 2010 Please keep us posted about the noise. I have a 5400 rpm 1.5 TB Spinpoint F2 EcoGreen (HD154UI) in a home NAS : great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Michoo Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 I have absolutely no problems with noise - F1 and F3 are pretty quiet, and probably overall PC noise is bigger that those HDDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evildragon Posted February 23, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 Depends on the batch you get. I've asked the guy in the computer store specifically about noise. He said that his F3 1 TB at home is silent. His friend has the same drive, but it's a bit louder. I think it also depends on computer case a lot. Gee, I hope I'll get a drive from the "good", silent batch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carbon111 Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 Psst...Intel SSDs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TropicThink Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 I had that hard drive recommended to me, if that matters much. Should be good - load it up with good stuff, ED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evildragon Posted February 23, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 I had that hard drive recommended to me, if that matters much. Should be good - load it up with good stuff, ED! I will! That's gonna be my samples-only drive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carbon111 Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 Psst...sell your blood... ..."borrow" blood and sell that as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 Gladly, carbon, but no money for that. Dear potential client, On behalf of my organization, I would like to extend an offer of unlimited funds for any purpose that you see fit. Enclosed please find the necessary documentation that need only be signed by you and returned, whereupon my organization will provide an unlimited credit card. Please note that your signature must be notarized and that it would be wise to seek the services of a phlebotomist to minimize your risk, as only your blood may be used as the signing medium. No substitutions, please. Please return your signed documents to: Stan B. Elzebub c/o Soul Solutions, Inc. 666 Happy Happy Fun Lane Totally Not Hell, CA We look forward to servicing your needs very soon. Very. Soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evildragon Posted February 23, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 EP, Carbon, I still appreciate my blood enough not to do it. There will be time for SSDs - when they become cheaper and in "normal" capacities (today 1 TB seems "normal" ) You guys always crack me up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Allerian Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 Although I don't use it for music, my pc has an SSD drive and a silent power supply. If it weren't for the lights, you wouldn't know its on. Loudest part of the machine is the Nvidia card's fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evildragon Posted February 24, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 Hehe - no problems with noise from GFX card here - I have ATi X1650 Pro, with passive cooling Actually in my PC the loudest part is definitely stock CPU fan that came with Intel C2D CPU. And my LG DVD burner when it's burning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Umbra Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 Really at this point any new hard drive is going to give you more tracks than you can use so there isn't much point in paying for a premium drive much less for an SSD. If your worried about samples ram is far more important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evildragon Posted February 24, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 This hard drive is not for "getting more tracks", because I already have a dedicated projects drive. This one is entirely and solely for sample streaming. I have 4 GB of RAM for now, not yet ready to do 64-bit leap yet. Also this Samsung drive isn't exactly "premium"; it's actually very cheap compared to performance it gives. It's the fastest terabyte hard drive out there. And that SSDs are a godsend for sample streaming, YES THEY ARE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carbon111 Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 I recently built a new daw because my old one was eight years old. The reason I used SSDs in spite of their smallish capacities (2x160gb, 1x80gb) in my new DAW build was the complete lack of noise, the lack of heat generation (always a problem in a sound-insulated case) and the insane read speeds. (I also used a silent power supply and a silent CPU fan...you can't tell when the computer is on which is great when live mics are used.) I have a removable caddy with a 1TB conventional drive for the archiving of older audio sessions. I definitely wish SSDs were cheaper! But, even so, my DAW cost less than an average synth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Umbra Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 This hard drive is not for "getting more tracks", because I already have a dedicated projects drive. This one is entirely and solely for sample streaming. I have 4 GB of RAM for now, not yet ready to do 64-bit leap yet.Also this Samsung drive isn't exactly "premium"; it's actually very cheap compared to performance it gives. It's the fastest terabyte hard drive out there.And that SSDs are a godsend for sample streaming, YES THEY ARE. Regardless you can stream just fine with any current hard drive. Ram is always the better choice for sample streaming if your into samples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evildragon Posted February 25, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 25, 2010 Of course it is, but you can't fit just about everything you have into your RAM (for example all the nuances of an orchestra), gotta leave space for other stuff also. That's where DFD comes into the game. And that's where SSDs rule over HDDs. Current hard drives have issues with: random access time, which is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT for sample streaming. SSDs have virtually no access time (goes below 1 ms, is usually around 0.1-0.2 ms which is ridiculously fast!), and read speeds put any HDD in shame (even Velociraptors). SSDs provide a lot higher voice count than HDDs. And it doesn't matter for them where the samples are located, whereas on conventional HDDs reads are up to 30% slower on the inner tracks than on the outer tracks of the platter. SSDs are the shiznit. They're just too expensive for me currently. Their silence is also a bliss, as carbon mentioned. I'll surely get them once they increase in capacity and decrease in price. BTW - I bought the hard drive half an hour ago! Just waiting to get back home and install it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poumtschak Posted February 25, 2010 Members Share Posted February 25, 2010 The F3 seems a good choice indeed : http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/HDD-6Gbit,2528-3.html Hope your figures will match these, esp. the average throughput. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evildragon Posted February 25, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 25, 2010 Installed it and formatting it as we speak! It's silent in my casing, bliss! Now, 150 GB of samples needs to be moved to that drive. I'll inform you on how well it handles DFD random reads. BTW; I based my choice on tomshardware review as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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