season94 Jan. 23, 2025, 5:37 p.m.

What's the best external SSD for video editing? Noob editor here!

Just enrolled in cinematography courses and my laptop's already giving up. Been shooting on my a6400 in 4k and the internal drive ain't it 😅

Started a YouTube channel too but these render times got me sleeping at my desk. Need something that can handle the workload. Budget around $200-250.

Using Premiere now but thinking about switching to Final Cut since everyone's hyping it up. Help ya boy out! 🎬

Poki4 Jan. 23, 2025, 10:11 p.m.

Did my first wedding shoot last week. internal drive died mid-ceremony. Had to tell bride "uhhh can you guys do another first kiss?" 💀

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damien Jan. 28, 2025, 1:56 p.m.

inb4 "just build a $3000 editing rig"

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a_h Feb. 1, 2025, 5:43 p.m.

Waiting for my kidney to sell on ebay first

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230491 Feb. 7, 2025, 11:03 p.m.

shoutout to my old drive for dying. picked up a samsung t7 and actually wild how much faster everything runs

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mehrob Feb. 14, 2025, 5:33 p.m.

please PLEASE tell me you have backups. had a classmate lose his entire final project last semester, straight up dropped out after

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Zzero Cool Feb. 28, 2025, 8:45 p.m.

virgin usb-a vs chad thunderbolt

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ARoN March 6, 2025, 11:34 a.m.

virgin thunderbolt vs chad sneakernet (yes i still use hdds fight me)

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DAB March 21, 2025, 8 p.m.

That pugetsystems write-up on editing drive setups should be required reading fr. Changed my whole workflow game

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Diego22 March 31, 2025, 6:27 p.m.

director: "yeah just grab the 4k raw files"

my laptop: *windows error sound*

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roomsterr April 5, 2025, 4:21 p.m.

those "4k optimized" drives are just marketing. sequential read/write speeds are what you want

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ellfa April 16, 2025, 7:49 p.m.

Went through 3 drives before trying Sandisk Extreme Portable. Haven't looked back since. Actual game changer for mobile editing

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1000 April 24, 2025, 10:17 a.m.

bro said $200 like that'll even cover the dongle adapter life 💀

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Swallow May 3, 2025, 5:08 p.m.

started my render and went to the gym. came back, got swole, render at 63%

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iMoto May 13, 2025, 1:54 p.m.

Every time someone asks for storage advice an IT guy gets his wings

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Doon May 22, 2025, 11:35 p.m.

Buys expensive drive, still uses 1080p export settings😅

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LGLGLG June 3, 2025, 6:50 p.m.

yall talking specs while i'm here manually copying files between 2 drives like its 2010

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Fakelon88 June 9, 2025, 7:20 p.m.

[r/datahoarder has entered the chat]

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EDIT 2: Thanks for the silver kind stranger!

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