External USB 2 drive for vid editing?

ShortWarning · 19 May 2006 at 16:32

Hi guys,

My 200gb internal sata drive is quickly getting filled up due to my vid editing.

I'm considering getting an external usb 2 HDD.
My question is this.
Is USB 2.0 data transfer fast enough for vid editing?

Thanks a lot.

tomos · 20 May 2006 at 11:38

personally? no chance. if you have to have an external drive make it SATA or the minimum - firewire. usb2 is too slow IMO.

jimblowscash · 8 Jun 2006 at 10:57

Usb is fine for dv editing but if your looking to do hd or compressed look to use fire wire 800 pci cards available, and lacie do a range for external hdd's with usb, fw 400 and 800 connections on for that very reason
http://www.lacie.com/uk/products/

Retorted · 8 Jun 2006 at 11:06

I've been using a Lacie 250gb firewire 400/800 for a couple years now for editing and i've had no problems whatsoever. Perfectly capable.

The main reason being is that I need to transport the footage to a number of different computers. However if you don't need to do this then it would be better to grab another internal.

Dutch Guy · 8 Jun 2006 at 11:50

Even though USB2.0 is the faster option Firewire is much better as it uses far less CPU time and can get better sustained transfer speeds.

But the best option would be a new internal SATA drive, is there a particular reason you do not want another internal drive?