Like a memory stick, there are no moving parts to an SSD. Rather, information is stored in microchips. Conversely, a hard disk drive uses a mechanical arm with a read/write head to move around and read information from the right location on a storage platter. This difference is what makes SSD so much faster.
Adding RAM to 24 might help some. SSD drives help with the loading and writing of files - so an SSD might help some.
I have all that - a i5 processor, 32 GB RAM, three SSD drives on SATA 3 connection and 4GB on an NVidia video card and I still get some lag when scrolling through 4k files. Not counting a monitor I spent $1,500 total on this machine, including Windows 10.
So if you add some RAM + SSD cards you might be spending like $500 or so. Is it worth it to wait until you can afford more, or do you need *some kind* of improvement now? Your call. BTW - If I was to to this over I'd wait till I could afford the i7 processor, and would have gotten an even better video card.
It depends on your system, do you have a sata2 or sata3 hard drive connection as these would be the fastest. In a laptop you may have room for a second drive, in a desktop you should have a connection on the mother board.How do I chose the right SSD drives? I can get a dock that holds two, and connects by usb or thunderbolt.
What spec on the SSD should I look for?
Thank you,
Terry
It depends on your system, do you have a sata2 or sata3 hard drive connection as these would be the fastest. In a laptop you may have room for a second drive, in a desktop you should have a connection on the mother board.
You want to look up the specs on your computer. Choose the connection that has the fastest data transfer.what does the sata connection look like and I will check?
Terry - here's why I was suggesting you might want to build a new computer - everything counts.Thanks Rob,
How does an SSD work. Does it work by itself when processing 4k video. Will 16 gb of ram be enough if I added an SSD?
Thank you very much,
Terry
Find the receipt for your computer, then lookup the specs for your computer. See if it has Sata 3 connections. Alternatively I think there is a tag somewhere on the computer giving it's model & serial number - I think you can look those up - maybe with help from Apple.This is so confusing that I really can't get a handle on it. Thanks for your help. I have an iMac desktop with thunderbolt connections. I want a SSD and a dock.
Thank you,
Terry