WD red pro vs black vs gold for video editing.

[A Furry Peanut]

Planning on getting 4 for Raid 10 set up, which one will be better for video editing?

 

[Chugalug_]

I would personally recommend a redundancy Raid 1 array, or a backup. Raid 10 is kinda pointless imo.
Either archive drives: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/PP648d/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st8000as0002
Or optimally reds: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/4fvZxr/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd80efzx
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/rkV48d/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd40efrx

 

[photonboy]

It's hard to say as it depends on the project SIZE, the type of SOFTWARE you use, and your existing computer specs.

Many video editing programs depend a lot on:
a) CPU (for rendering)
b) GPU (depends)
c) SYSTEM MEMORY (to store the working data)
d) SSD (to avoid or limit the bottleneck loading data)

*It may make the most sense to just go with a simple 2xRAID1 HDD setup for storing the video files (redundancy) but actually move the working files into an SSD before working on them so it's then loading from SSD to system memory, being processed, then written back to SSD (and eventually saved to HDD).

Again, can't get into specifics because it varies so much.

16GB is usually the minimum system memory recommended for video editing.

 

[USAFRet]

Planning on getting 4 for Raid 10 set up, which one will be better for video editing?

Not nearly enough info to recommend.

 

[A Furry Peanut]

@photonboy
My setup is:
i7 4790k
1080ti
32gb ram
Ssd for os/program
Ssd for cache/previews
And I use premiere pro for editing.
The ssd is actually another setup I have been considering, if I was to go this route would the gold be the best way to go for storing videos?

 

[photonboy]

@photonboy
My setup is:
i7 4790k
1080ti
32gb ram
Ssd for os/program
Ssd for cache/previews
And I use premiere pro for editing.
The ssd is actually another setup I have been considering, if I was to go this route would the gold be the best way to go for storing videos?

I'm no expert but I think 2xRAID1 (same data on both drives) is a good choice to store the original and completed data. I'd do this:
a) shut down PC
b) add 2x4TB HDD (or whatever capacity you choose) in best choice of RAID for motherboard
c) unhook temporarily all other drives
d) go into BIOS to setup the hardware RAID configuration
e) add back other drives and startup
f) run FULL FORMAT of NTFS (which builds a bad sector table) on the RAID configuration

As for WORKING on it, it's probably best to move the video to an SSD first and there may be changes you need to make to say where the working data goes (i.e. SSD as scratch pad) but that's all specific to the software you use.

For example, an ideal situation might be that the video sits on an SSD then you start working on it so it goes entirely copied into system memory. You make changes which may spawn a new copy which also ideally fits in system memory then you render the final image back to SSD.

I don't use Premiere Pro but you can certainly Google for articles and comments on how best to optimize your setup.

*I've also heard some GPU's for Adobe software need to be manually added to a config file. May not be true still, and may also depend on the version of Premiere Pro.

That's the extent of my knowledge. Good luck.