What should I buy?

[BunnyHunter67]

I currently just have a 7200 rpm 1tb WD HDD but it cant handle recording at 1080p 60fps. I am wondering what would be the cheapest thing I can get that would be fast enough to record 1080p 60 fps? (an also be ok quality/lifespan wise)

Thanks for the help 

[Statik]

Don't record from one harddrive onto the same. Try to run whatever you're recording with off your boot drive, then record the footage to another mass storage drive.

[BunnyHunter67]

Don't record from one harddrive onto the same. Try to run whatever you're recording with off your boot drive, then record the footage to another mass storage drive.

I only have one harddrive. So I could get any other harddrive at 7200 and be able to record at the quality and frame rate im looking for?

[Statik]

I only have one harddrive. So I could get any other harddrive at 7200 and be able to record at the quality and frame rate im looking for?

Possibly. It all depends on the game, recording program, and specs.

 

All I know was back in the day I was bottlenecking on my old rig running EVERYTHING off one hard drive. Since I got 3 I've had 0 problems recording.

[Captain_WD]

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Hey there BunnyHunter67,

 

What WD drive are you using? As @Statik explained it would be better if you run your game off one storage drive and record your gameplay onto another storage drive. If you are looking for a good and fast drive I would recommend WD Black as it delivers great performance and performs well in multitasking: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=fUxlKE

 

Do have in mind that gaming relies on the storage's performance only for the loading times and autosaves. FPS and graphics are generally not affected. It would really depend if the game needs to load huge texture packs while in-game (those games are usually MMOs and open world games) that the drive will be under load or not.

 

Captain_WD.

 

PS: The connection between OP's nickname and the avatar of Statik is just too good!

[BunnyHunter67]

 

Hey there BunnyHunter67,

 

What WD drive are you using? 

 

Turns out I dont have a WD drive. I have a Seagate Barracuda. So a WD black would be fast enough for 1080p 60fps?

 

[Captain_WD]

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Yes, WD Black should be fully capable of recording gameplay at these particular settings.

Pretty much any modern drive should be able to do it unless you are playing a more demanding game from it at the same time. I would suggest defragmenting your current drive, cleaning it up with the build-it OS tool and see if there's an improvement. Otherwise I would also suggest running a game from a different drive than the one that you are recording to.

 

Captain_WD.