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So my Glyph went out today. Well, not really "went out" so much as it's just acting really shitty. Basically, as I am playing back a project it keeps giving me overloads and sputtering the audio, etc.... just can't keep up any more. It's 6 years old, about that time anyway. Right now I am using the other drive I have which is just a WD external USB drive that I got to be my dedicated iTunes drive. It's doing the job just fine but I don't want to keep using it for projects.

The Glyph is external. I took apart the enclosure, it's just a Seagate Barracuda drive, 7200RPM, IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6. I figure I can use the enclosure for a replacement drive. I am wondering, though, what are my options? I can just get another Barracuda with the same specs, or should I get something else? What are my options as far as the ATA/Ultra ATA/etc. is concerned? As in, can I just get this SSD SATA II drive for that enclosure?
 
your options for that enclosure are pretty limited these days as IDE has been obsolete for a few years now. The drive you linked to will not work in this enclosure as SATA isnt compatible with IDE because of the different interface, it would also be more expensive to find an IDE drive to replace yours and would be significantly slower then a new SATA drive.

if you are set on have an SSD newegg sells portable harddrive enclosure that will work with them for under 10 bucks.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...d=1&Description=hard+drive+enclosure+&x=0&y=0
 
Hmm, that's what I was afraid of. Could I use an IDE > SATAII adapter like this one and avoid having to get a new enclosure?

I would prefer to get an SSD at this time. The benefits are great with the only downside being price/capacity but I only need like 100GB of storage. Hell, this Glyph is only 80GB and has been plenty for my workflow for all 6 years I have used it.
 
What kind of r/w are we talking? I thought they were supposed to be able to last ages. But thinking about audio, tons and tons and tons of reading, tons of writing... maybe it's not the best solution.

Would it just be better to get a regular platter HDD for my audio stuff? I have found a bunch of SATAII drives and an enclosure that I can get if that would just be better.
 
006 said:
What kind of r/w are we talking? I thought they were supposed to be able to last ages. But thinking about audio, tons and tons and tons of reading, tons of writing... maybe it's not the best solution.

Would it just be better to get a regular platter HDD for my audio stuff? I have found a bunch of SATAII drives and an enclosure that I can get if that would just be better.
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I can't give you an exact number as it tends to vary with the drive make and model, but I can tell that they're generally pretty durable. I honestly don't think you'd have to worry abut it for quite some time. This is a good link that fairly simply explains the r/w myths behind SSDs: http://bit.ly/g9TtOF

However, I will say it's generally hard to beat HDDs. I've never had performance issues or anything of the sort when working with audio or video on HDDs, save for factory fuckups.
 
I have separate ssds for my system and samples and a 1tb drive for audio. Pretty cheap solution. The audio drive backs up weekly to a tb external via usb3. I think it's a wd.
 
There may be an adapter but with how cheap the new cases are and the speed boost you would get from it I cant really recomend trying.

And yeah SSDs should really only be used for boot drives . Also check out the Samsung SSDs they are the fastest and most reliable in that price range
 
I decided to not bother with an adapter. The enclosures are so cheap that it doesn't make sense to spend $18 on an adapter when I can spend the same amount on a case that is made specifically for what I am getting.

So I was pretty much just going to get another Seagate Barracuda. This one has given me absolutely no problems for over 6 years, but I will check out Samsungs as well man, thanks for the rec.
 
As an alternative; try a WD Caviar Black Drive... They SCREAM!
Got a seagate in the mac pro as well; in fact I think I've got one of everything in there!
 
Hmm, well I can't decide. Between these three, what would be best:

• WD Caviar Black, 750GB, 7200RPM, 32MB cache, $140
• Seagate Barracuda, 1TB, 7200RPM, 64MB cache, $125
• WD VelociRaptor, 150GB, 10000RPM, 32MB cache, $140

I don't really need a large capacity. As I said, the Glyph was only 80GB and was plenty for how I work, I am very organized with my files. The WD VelociRaptor is 10000RPM, but only 150GB. Meanwhile the Caviar and Barracuda are 7200RPM but much larger capacity. Just want the best bang for buck option, and reliability. \_(o_O)_/
 
the 750gb WD

I had that same Seagate drive last year and it died on me 3 months later. and those VelociRaptor, arent really much faster. we are talking maybe 10% and thats at the cost of 600gigs of storage


Also if cost is an issue you may want to wait 6 weeks to a month to purchase. About 3 or 4 months ago that tsunami in India really affected harddrive production and the prices about doubled. that same 750gb drive was $59 before this happend. Its all supposed to go back down in the next 6 weeks though
 
Yeah, flooding in Thailand has caused a massive hard drive shortage, which has caused the prices to skyrocket the last few months. I'm looking to build a new pc soon, but I'm not going to buy new drives until the prices come down.
 
SSD prices do not seem so affected by the flooding. atleast not here in denmark.

after trying SSDs im never buying a HDD again.

SSD is more future proof, especially with sata 600.
 
So I still can't decide on a drive.

SSD or HDD?

I am leaning towards SSD, but which ones are good? I would like to get at least 100GB capacity, budget is $150-200. Needs to be SATAII/III, I bought an enclosure already. Ideas? I just don't want to spend twice as much on a HDD than they were going for before the floods when SSD's have stayed the same.
 
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