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So I have my main drive trying to play bf4 and record at the same time and it cant cope, so I plan on getting a 2nd storage device.
I want to record in 1080p on ultra settings at 60fps consistent.
I can either get a 1tb 7200rpm 150mb/s HDD or a 120gb SSD, what would you guys recommend for recording footage with dxtory? ssd sounds good but 120gb seems very small! Any advice?
 
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Yeah, from what I've heard it's a great drive for multitasking and high speed programs.
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ill be using the 2nd drive just for recording, is the wd black a good pick for this?
 
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Yeah, from what I've heard it's a great drive for multitasking and high speed programs.
 
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would there be any compatibility issues with this as a 2nd hdd with a caviar blue?
 
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I have used both the WD Black and WD Blue drives. The most common configuration I use is an SSD for the OS, and a WD black for the data drive. In extreme budgets (where $20 makes a difference), I have used the Blue drives. Compatibility won't be an issue - although I would migrate your system to the WD Black drive (via drive image), and reformat the blue drive for recording (if needed - you may be able to use just the WD black.....).
 
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im happy with the speed of the system atm and dont want to mess anything up. is it perfectly okay if i just use the black as the capture drive? or should i put my games on the black and record on the blue, will there be that much of a difference?
 
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The biggest difference in performance is going to be large files - and the larger, the bigger the performance boost. I have a WD Black 2TB drive that I use in my HTPC - it is the OS and recording drive - and it will record up to 3 HD channels at one time, plus you can watch 2 while recording 3 - so 5 HD streams at once. I usually hit caps on the CPU/RAM before I have issues with the HDD.
 
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okay. Just wondering, my 1tb blue couldnt handle bf4 @ ultra and recording at 60fos, it looked choppy, will getting another HDD help fix this, or should the caviar blue be able to handle that & i've just wasted money, if not could you estimate the performance gain i might see?
 
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need some more help. Got a 7200rpm western digital black hdd with a write speed of 170mb/s and it performs worse than my wd blue which has a write speed of 130mb/s I am recording on the wd black whilst running the game on the blue and even when i am playing on 140 fps the file gets about 55. What on earth is happening, it cant be hardware because all drivers are good and it runs fine when not recording
 
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