Is a 1tb hard drive good enough?

[TheIntenseFapper]

I am currently building a pc (mostly for gaming) and I am planning to edit some gaming videos/ create videos, along with streaming on twitch. I also am using a 120gb ssd for boot up, but is the 1tb enough?

 

[USAFRet]

All depends on your usage.

 

[galactigus]

It's 1000 GB it depends on your video sizes really games are anywhere from 12-20GB usually and a 1.5 hour video in 1080p is usually around 4-6gb.

 

[Jonathan Cave]

Yes, but you will simply have to keep an eye on the usage.

It makes logical sense to spend £18 more and get a 2TB HDD - that will be enough and saves worrying too much.

1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 64MB Cache £36
2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 64MB Cache £54

 

[galactigus]

Keep in mind you can always buy a second drive later but as Johnny said 20$ now is better than 50-60 down the road also it depends on if your going to be deleting video footage as you go.

 

[Icaraeus]

Recording at 1080p with best quality you'll end up with file sizes around 100gb for every 15 minutes. The best way to encodemthis down is with h.265, but before you do that you'll need all the storage space you can get if recording for long periods of time.

2TB is a good size, but 1TB can work most of the time.

 

[Jonathan Cave]

^^ file sizes are dictated by hardware/software used and output filetype. e.g. Raw/mp4 etc..

E.G. shadow play 1080p @ 60fps & bit rate of 50k is ~ 5GB for 15 mins.

 

[Icaraeus]

Raw footage is higher bitrate quality which is better than anything ShadowPlay would record.