HDD to record gameplay on
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HDD to record gameplay on
Hey guys, can you recommend me a HDD to record gameplay on. preferably in the 1 TB range. does not need to be very quiet but fast and reliable
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^ or a blue if you want to save some money and they're more than $5-10 cheaper at the time/place of purchase.iRawPeanut wrote:WD Black's?
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He said he just wanted them to be fast en reliable... no price..TheYonderGod wrote:^ or a blue if you want to save some money and they're more than $5-10 cheaper at the time/place of purchase.iRawPeanut wrote:WD Black's?
So WD Black's... Because they're faster
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The "^" was me agreeing with you.iRawPeanut wrote:He said he just wanted them to be fast en reliable... no price..TheYonderGod wrote:^ or a blue if you want to save some money and they're more than $5-10 cheaper at the time/place of purchase.iRawPeanut wrote:WD Black's?
So WD Black's... Because they're faster
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TheYonderGod wrote:The "^" was me agreeing with you.iRawPeanut wrote:He said he just wanted them to be fast en reliable... no price..iRawPeanut wrote:WD Black's?
So WD Black's... Because they're faster
Then I apologize for not seeing that, then
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Samsung Spinpoint F3 or WD Black.
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I was considering getting the 2TB WD Green 7200, what do you guys think about that one?
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Green is slow. It might be enough though, depending on what program you're using to record and what resolution/quality.Kuchenfari wrote:I was considering getting the 2TB WD Green 7200, what do you guys think about that one?
Seagate bought Samsung's HDD division, Spinpoint F3s are now just BarracudasBock wrote:Samsung Spinpoint F3 or WD Black.
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how is one 7200rpm 64mb cache hdd different from another? sry, but I don't get how that's supposed to be a real difference. Also, what write speeds are we talking about here?
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Pretty much any modern sata drive should work fine. I use a USB 2.0 external drive, and it's never had any problems.
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Toms Hardware has a series of benchmarks on hard drives for 2012. One of their benchmarks covers sequential write speeds, the sort of thing recording footage would be heavily dependent on.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/hdd- ... ,2904.html
According to their data, the Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 series drives offer tremendous performance/dollar. Seagate has had a bad reputation in the past for defective hard drives but I trust that they've been able to address it in the past five or so years since the incident.
Name: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB
Model Number: ST1000DM003
Web page: http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-dr ... T1000DM003
I agree with Fields. My 2.5" external hard drive was able to record BF3 footage at 30FPS 720p using Dxtory's YUV410 settings without problems. After I hooked it up via USB3, I was even able to record in raw RGB. If you want to record an entire battleday's worth of footage (~300 minutes), you're going to run into space problems long before you run into write speed problems.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/hdd- ... ,2904.html
According to their data, the Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 series drives offer tremendous performance/dollar. Seagate has had a bad reputation in the past for defective hard drives but I trust that they've been able to address it in the past five or so years since the incident.
Name: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB
Model Number: ST1000DM003
Web page: http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-dr ... T1000DM003
I agree with Fields. My 2.5" external hard drive was able to record BF3 footage at 30FPS 720p using Dxtory's YUV410 settings without problems. After I hooked it up via USB3, I was even able to record in raw RGB. If you want to record an entire battleday's worth of footage (~300 minutes), you're going to run into space problems long before you run into write speed problems.
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Different platter sizes/densities, different read/write heads and controllers, etc.Kuchenfari wrote:how is one 7200rpm 64mb cache hdd different from another? sry, but I don't get how that's supposed to be a real difference. Also, what write speeds are we talking about here?
My newish blue gets about 150 MB/s sequential read/write
My older green gets about 80 MB/s (newer ones should be a little bit faster though)
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Get the one with the best price. It won't matter if its 5400, 5900 or 7200rpm for what you are gonna do.
I would probably get one of the "low power" discs cause they usually are more quiet and produce less heat inside your case.
I would probably get one of the "low power" discs cause they usually are more quiet and produce less heat inside your case.
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ok so i've come down to
WD1002FAEX-126MB/s(Sustained transfer rate) - 5 year warranty - 83.50 €
ST1000DM003 -210MB/s(Sustained transfer rate) - 2 year warranty - 65.70 €
HGST 0A39289 - 134MB/s(Sustained transfer rate) - 5 year warranty (enterprise model) - 82.25 €
im leaning towards the hitachi one tbh.
e: ordered the seagate
WD1002FAEX-126MB/s(Sustained transfer rate) - 5 year warranty - 83.50 €
ST1000DM003 -210MB/s(Sustained transfer rate) - 2 year warranty - 65.70 €
HGST 0A39289 - 134MB/s(Sustained transfer rate) - 5 year warranty (enterprise model) - 82.25 €
im leaning towards the hitachi one tbh.
e: ordered the seagate