Is this a good HDD for video recording/editing

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Hey guys/girls,

Was wondering if this HDD was good for video recording and editing. I currently have a 500GB HDD that is 5200RPM and 3gb/s. So, with this I'd have a total of 1.5TB and seemingly increased performance.

I use Dxtory to record with, and while I can get 30+FPS in a game, when I record, the video is in 10-16 FPS as my HDD isn't good enough.

http://tinyurl.com/o6qet8h (Original ebay link was pretty long)

Thanks in advance.

Edit - Forgot to put link in.
 
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Then yes, it's because you're trying to record to the same drive you're playing on, effectively halving the bandwidth of the drive. Getting a second hard drive would solve this. A WD Black would be best, but you won't see enough of an improvement over something like a WD Blue worth the extra money. Either one of these would be perfect:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.97 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £82.96
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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Hi, it's not my graphics card. With dxtory it shows your in game FPS, and beside it, the FPS of the video you're recording. It is the hard drive, not my graphics card.
 
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No, it's either your graphics card, the fact that you're trying to record to the same HDD you're playing on, or both combined. The WD Green is capable of sustained write speeds of almost 150MB/s, which is much more than even 30 fps at 1080p would give you. If you're only getting 30 fps while not recording, 16 fps while recording sounds about right.
 
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The 16FPS is the FPS of the video I recorded. I maintain 30+FPS in the game, while recording. I suspect the 2nd part is right though, recording on the same HDD I'm playing on.

My current HDD is SPOINT 500GB 5400 SATAII 16MB
 
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Then yes, it's because you're trying to record to the same drive you're playing on, effectively halving the bandwidth of the drive. Getting a second hard drive would solve this. A WD Black would be best, but you won't see enough of an improvement over something like a WD Blue worth the extra money. Either one of these would be perfect:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.97 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £82.96
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-31 22:11 BST+0100)
 
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RunBack159

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Brilliant. Thanks a lot. One last question. Does cache size matter? 16/32/64?
 
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Np mate. I'm buying the WD one from Amazon now. Thanks again.
 
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Dxtory seems to rely on HDD for recording. Not only that, Dxtory > Fraps in all aspects if you know what you're doing.
 
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