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Is this HDD OK?

Iomega Man · 2014-02-19 13:46:28

Hi All, I'm just upgrading my 2008 C2D iMac (Primarily for Video editing). I've been thinking of getting this WD Black HDD. http://www.komplett.ie/komplett/product/zkb-01com/20071196/western-digital-black-2tb/details.aspx My iMac would be SATA 300 but apart from that is it alright? TIA, IM

19-02-2014 02:46PM

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Iomega Man

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Hi All,

I'm just upgrading my 2008 C2D iMac (Primarily for Video editing).
I've been thinking of getting this WD Black HDD.

http://www.komplett.ie/komplett/product/zkb-01com/20071196/western-digital-black-2tb/details.aspx

My iMac would be SATA 300 but apart from that is it alright?

TIA,

IM

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#2 19-02-2014 03:13PM

Zcott

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Not a bad drive but would you consider an SSD? That'll give you a substantial performance increase, and keep a larger drive over USB.

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#3 19-02-2014 05:35PM

Iomega Man

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Yeah, I thought about it and got a lot of mixed responses regarding performance.
I'm already using a 3TB WD Firewire 800 as my scratch disk.
I think what swayed it in the end was the amount of storage for the cost.
Its only temporary as I'm planning to upgrade to the 27" ASAP.

IM

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