Hello,
Apparently I have an Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 motherboard, which I've had since Jan 2010. It has, I am led to beleive USB 3.0 and SATA 6GB/s ports on it.
All of these are currently taken up by 7200 rpm hard disks of sorts, and a DVD drive.
I don't NEED all these disks connected, but they are at the moment, until I shuffle data around between them and back it up.
I do have a 750GB drive and a 500GB one (maybe it's a 1TB) that store audio sample libraries on them. I probably have a few hundred GB of samples in total, maybe up to 500 nowadays.
I would like to invest in some kind of SSD to enable me to load these samples a lot quicker, but SSDs are expensive. - I don't really care about write speed, as once they're on the disk, the samples won't generally be updated.
What are my (best) options? I don't necessarily have to have ALL my samples in SSD land, because that'll be too expensive I guess... but perhaps (depending on my bonus this month) I can afford a 256GB one... maybe two...(or should I get a smaller one for OS/Key APPs?)
What's the best option? for me.... given my motherboard.
Could/should I also look at a PCI-E SATA card (i think I have a spare slot) to give me more storage room? I'm guessing my PSU will limit me there. I've pretty much run out of spare connectors, unless I can find a molex > sata converter.
Apparently I have an Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 motherboard, which I've had since Jan 2010. It has, I am led to beleive USB 3.0 and SATA 6GB/s ports on it.
All of these are currently taken up by 7200 rpm hard disks of sorts, and a DVD drive.
I don't NEED all these disks connected, but they are at the moment, until I shuffle data around between them and back it up.
I do have a 750GB drive and a 500GB one (maybe it's a 1TB) that store audio sample libraries on them. I probably have a few hundred GB of samples in total, maybe up to 500 nowadays.
I would like to invest in some kind of SSD to enable me to load these samples a lot quicker, but SSDs are expensive. - I don't really care about write speed, as once they're on the disk, the samples won't generally be updated.
What are my (best) options? I don't necessarily have to have ALL my samples in SSD land, because that'll be too expensive I guess... but perhaps (depending on my bonus this month) I can afford a 256GB one... maybe two...(or should I get a smaller one for OS/Key APPs?)
What's the best option? for me.... given my motherboard.
Could/should I also look at a PCI-E SATA card (i think I have a spare slot) to give me more storage room? I'm guessing my PSU will limit me there. I've pretty much run out of spare connectors, unless I can find a molex > sata converter.
