I figured I'd share a little bit of information regarding my latest PC purchase for video capture! Yesterday I found by chance a listing on the NewEgg website for hard drives listed as "video surveillance" type hard drives and noticed how similar that application is to video capture (it's basically the same thing just different scenario).
Below you'll see a picture that shows the speed comparison of the 3 hard drives installed in my PC.
So what does this new hard drive get you? Well, one of the biggest bottlenecks of capturing extremely high quality video is your hard drive. Most hard drives can't write a raw 1080p video at 30fps without having to stop for a breather to catch up (causing your game to stutter). For me, this allows me to record 1080p using the UT Video codec at 422 without any hiccups and enough room to record quite a few hours. Granted the 104 MB/sec was also enough to record with the same settings but I could only fit 2 to 3 hours of video then I was forced to edit it. Keep in mind, if you use Dxtory you can split the recording to multiple hard drives if you don't have a single drive fast enough to record your video.
One thing to bear in mind with these numbers is that the 2TB drive is only 5900 RPM and would likely come close to the 3TB if it were 7200 RPM. Also the WD drive is the "Blue" brand and not "Black" which is a higher performance drive.
Also, the SV35 surveillance drives are designed for extremely heavy load which comes with writing 100+ MB/sec to it for sometimes hours straight. So the price increase is giving you more reliability and who wants to have a hard drive explode when you're almost done recording a 3 hour marathon gaming session?
If you prefer Western Digital they also have a surveillance series called AV-GP. Here's their 3TB drive but it's a bit more expensive than the Seagate.
Wondering what brand you should choose? Look at the features each offers and the price and decide from that. Don't let anyone tell you what brand to get as they're both basically the same. If you questioned 100 people what brand of hard drive to buy I'd say 60 of them would say Western Digital likely because it's a bit more of a familiar name. Personally, I have 5 Seagate hard drives (some of which are about 2 years old) and have had no issues with them. As a computer technician by trade I see just as many dead Western Digital drives as I see Seagates.
If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask!
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I figured I'd share a little bit of information regarding my latest PC purchase for video capture! Yesterday I found by chance a listing on the NewEgg website for hard drives listed as "video surveillance" type hard drives and noticed how similar that application is to video capture (it's basically the same thing just different scenario).
Below you'll see a picture that shows the speed comparison of the 3 hard drives installed in my PC.
C: - 120 MB/sec - Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB 5900 RPM
D: - 104 MB/sec - Western Digital WD Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM
E: - 167 MB/sec - Seagate SV35 Series ST3000VX000 3TB 7200 RPM
So what does this new hard drive get you? Well, one of the biggest bottlenecks of capturing extremely high quality video is your hard drive. Most hard drives can't write a raw 1080p video at 30fps without having to stop for a breather to catch up (causing your game to stutter). For me, this allows me to record 1080p using the UT Video codec at 422 without any hiccups and enough room to record quite a few hours. Granted the 104 MB/sec was also enough to record with the same settings but I could only fit 2 to 3 hours of video then I was forced to edit it. Keep in mind, if you use Dxtory you can split the recording to multiple hard drives if you don't have a single drive fast enough to record your video.
One thing to bear in mind with these numbers is that the 2TB drive is only 5900 RPM and would likely come close to the 3TB if it were 7200 RPM. Also the WD drive is the "Blue" brand and not "Black" which is a higher performance drive.
Also, the SV35 surveillance drives are designed for extremely heavy load which comes with writing 100+ MB/sec to it for sometimes hours straight. So the price increase is giving you more reliability and who wants to have a hard drive explode when you're almost done recording a 3 hour marathon gaming session?
If you prefer Western Digital they also have a surveillance series called AV-GP. Here's their 3TB drive but it's a bit more expensive than the Seagate.
Wondering what brand you should choose? Look at the features each offers and the price and decide from that. Don't let anyone tell you what brand to get as they're both basically the same. If you questioned 100 people what brand of hard drive to buy I'd say 60 of them would say Western Digital likely because it's a bit more of a familiar name. Personally, I have 5 Seagate hard drives (some of which are about 2 years old) and have had no issues with them. As a computer technician by trade I see just as many dead Western Digital drives as I see Seagates.
If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask!
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