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Is there any penalty for non-optimization?

Mooshi
By Mooshi
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No one said you couldn't. Who said anything about DVR's?

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No one said you couldn't. Who said anything about DVR's?

 

The drive linked is "intended" for such devices, but I'm under the impression that storage is storage. I was just curious of there are any reasons not to get an HDD at a nice price even if it was intended for something else.

 

 

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The drive linked is "intended" for such devices, but I'm under the impression that storage is storage. I was just curious of there are any reasons not to get an HDD at a nice price even if it was intended for something else.

No reason. It's just intended to be a quiet storage drive for media that has low power consumption. 

However, if you're using it for a main drive, a performance drive would be better. 

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No reason. It's just intended to be a quiet storage drive for media that has low power consumption. 

However, if you're using it for a main drive, a performance drive would be better. 

 

I already have an SSD, was browsing what would be nice for a Steam/media drive. :)

 

 

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I already have an SSD, was browsing what would be nice for a Steam/media drive. :)

It'd be fine for that. If you're going for quiet, great. If have a really quiet drive isn't an issue, the caviar blue and barracuda are often around the same price and quite better.

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