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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Martin Thomas" data-source="post: 1244637" data-attributes="member: 8214">As Neil points out at 55Mb per minute (compressed), 200Gb will only provide you with storage for a handful of HD films, depending on their length of course. Personally I can't see the point of losing detail when you've spent so much on a camera so would always use uncompressed as storage space is relatively cheap these days.The problem with most portable storage drives is that they are usually connected via USB which makes them quite slow for read/write operations. If it has to be external then a SATA drive would be preferable.Another problem with DVD editing is that the software can create very large temporary files whilst in use (just like in Photoshop). I'd suggest installing a 500Mb (£50) or better still a 1Tb (£100) internal SATA drive, assuming you have a motherboard which supports SATA although it is possible to fit a simple controller card. Make sure your existing hard drive has sufficient space(preferably partitioned) for use as a scratch disk.I have 4Gb of RAM in my PC which has a 3GHz cpu and I can make it cough a bit with Photoshop let alone when using Premiere so 8GB of RAM would be preferable. Check out <a href="http://www.crucial.com/uk" target="_blank">www.crucial.com/uk</a> for affordable, high quality memory module upgrades.Remember too that if you want to output to DVD in HD you'll need a Blu-Ray recorder for your PC although these and their media have become much more affordable of late (£170 for a decent reader/writer and £6 each for disks).Hope this doesn't sound negative or put you off in any way. At the end of the day it shouldn't be all about 'bangs for bucks' but making sure you have fun!RegardsMartin</blockquote>

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