Recent content by chrismard

Excellent stuff. So much for my idea of improving reliability on my external drive. Btw...Ihad an online chat with Seagate and the rep insisted that a nas drive would not work in a standard usb enclosure. I am sure he just meant I simply couldn't place it into the box and turn it on.

Any thoughts about WD purple surveillance drives. Since they are in use 24/7 they must be more reliable than regular desktop drives. Compared to nas drives?

This would be more of a second backup. I try to keep my original media files on sd cards which can add up but gives me another backup. Just want a reliable external drive and it appears getting a red drive and installing it into usb enclosure might be the ticket. I am concerned about heat...

I am looking for a reliable solution for my media (photos and video) backup. I am thinking about purchasing a NAS drive for its reliability but am wondering if I can place it into a standard usb enclosure and format it for win 8.1? Should I buy an internal drive meant for DVR/surveillance...

I need firewire and would like usb 3 ports. Are there no prebuilts with them? Certainly not dell.

Yep...spent lots of money at Frys. I certainly could build a pc...I have done that in the past. Didn't have good luck on the system last time....many bios/startup issues . Don't have the time to futz with a home built system.

No..its home videos....but I make them quite often. Not too worried about encoding speed...just don't want any timeline slowdowns. The Dell has a 460 watt power supply so that should be fine. The HP is only 300 watts but the Gateway is 500 watts. Still, gateways lack of driver support...

I am in need of a beast for video editing...specifically 1080p. I am looking for suggestings on a rig. Considering the dell xps 8300. Is 8gb enough or should I go for 12? Does it really matter what video card I get since I am not doing gaming? It seems some editing software claims gpu...