Taller8 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Ive been reading all the praises of the SSD drives. i was all set to buy the 27" imac w 8 gig ram for around 1700.00 with the 7200 HD. 2.9 mhz quad. 8meg ram. But I saw that Apple sells a 2.3 quad mini mac with a 250 gig SSd upgrade and a 8 gig memory upgrade for a total of 1200.00 buy a decent 24" Dell Ultra sharp monitor for 280.00 and i have a decent machine for around 1500.00. ( have a key and mouse ) My question is: is having that SSD drive in the mini that much better then the 7200 rpm drive in the Imac for running Logic X.. Id only be saving a couple hundred, Id lose a dedicated video card with the mini, and Im sure the dell monitor would be nice, but that 27" imac is beautiful. One friend told me he would trade processing power for an SSD any day of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacenty Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 I originally got an iMac with 7200 drive in 2010 and later added an SSD. Since I run my sessions from an external firewire drive anyway, there is not much difference for Logic. Logic opens faster but there is no impact on sessions. If you were to work on your sessions on your system drive, I guess an SSD would actually make that possible but you will be limited by storage space. Now outside of logic, SSD has been a bliss. My computer boots up in seconds and all applications launch faster. I do not want to go back. SSD is the future but don't count having a big impact in Logic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taller8 Posted July 25, 2013 Author Share Posted July 25, 2013 Thanks, that's just what i needed to know. I love quick boots and launch times, but im not sure that would be worth the storage limitations that an SSD drives would cause. maybe the fusion drive would be the answer. I sure wish the new Imacs were upgrade friendly in regards to the HD. So basically, Logic will run mostly in memory. So Logic runs well on external Drives too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Logic doesn't run on external drives. Logic needs to reside on the system drive, you can't change that. It loads the project stored on the external drive, which is always recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anp27 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 ALWAYS go for the highest processing (CPU) speed you can afford, this is the golden rule. Always. Always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckcomp Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 ALWAYS go for the highest processing (CPU) speed you can afford, this is the golden rule. Always. Always. What are your thoughts on more cores at lower clock speed versus less cores at higher clock speed? And what about Hyperthreading? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anp27 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Go for the highest amount of cores at the highest clock speed. But to my knowledge, Logic still hasn't gotten the multi core situation worked out right, even with Logic X. Still, you can't go wrong with getting the best that you can afford.. You will get some solid years from a powerful machine. This is crucial because technology is changing all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taller8 Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 is a SSD worth it? The boot up times are great and opening programs is quick from the demos ive seen, but does Logic even access the hard drive that much with 16 gigs of memory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anp27 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 is a SSD worth it? The boot up times are great and opening programs is quick from the demos ive seen, but does Logic even access the hard drive that much with 16 gigs of memory? Yes, an SSD is absolutely worth it... Probably the most noticeable upgrade you can do for your computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taller8 Posted July 27, 2013 Author Share Posted July 27, 2013 i was already to pull the trigger on a 27" imac, but after seeing a SSD drive in action, buying a computer with a 7200 drive doesn't seem like much of an upgrade. It seems like a big, beautiful computer with a bottleneck. But i love the 27" screen. So, I either beef up a 21.5 Imac with an SSd and ram for the same price at a stock 27" Imac, or drop 2400.00 on a 27" with SSd. Thats just too much money. My Logic X 200.00 upgrade is getting expensive. how do you guys feel about spinning drives? are we on the brink of seeing SSDs becoming the standard? Do SSD wear out faster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Firewire 800 drives are enough for audio sessions, and that protocol is slower than the internal SATA of a spinning drive. Until SSD drives are cheaper and more reliable than spinning drives, I don't see the benefit of paying more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Cardenas Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 how do you guys feel about spinning drives? are we on the brink of seeing SSDs becoming the standard? Do SSD wear out faster? SSD is the way to go. I would not buy a new computer without it. Here's an interesting article about longevity: http://us.hardware.info/reviews/4178/10/hardwareinfo-tests-lifespan-of-samsung-ssd-840-250gb-tlc-ssd-updated-with-final-conclusion-final-update-20-6-2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 This is the part that scares me about SSDs http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?271063-SSD-Write-Endurance-25nm-Vs-34nm&s=5e2fbfdfb93473c2e6e1fb74289920f2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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