Minecraft recording help!

[bobverheul]

i have a pretty sick gaming computer, ill put the specs below here, so check it out, but i can't even record minecraft at 60 fps, please help. i have try'd to record with fraps, then i get about 50, and with DXtory i get about 40. please help me guys, i spend so much money on this computer and i expected i could record minecraft atleast.

Specs:

i7 3770k
N680 Twinfrozr msi
16gb corsair vengeance, 1600Mhz
128GB SSD (Samsung)
1000GB HDD
Windows 8

 

[Sunius]

Did you try MSI Afterburner? I found it to have least effect on frames per second:

http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/overview.htm

Also, make sure you're recording at 30 fps. Recording higher is useless: wherever you upload the video, it will convert to 30 fps format.

Lastly, what is your 1 TB HDD model?

 

[bobverheul]

i don't know, im gonna look now

 

[bobverheul]

a Seagate st1000dl002

 

[Sunius]

Well, that basically concludes why you cannot record smoothly: the hard drive is very slow. 7200 RPM drives are suggested at the very least.

Still, I'd give MSI afterburner a shot.

 

[bobverheul]

oke, well i think im am going to replace that harddrive then, because i want to record gameplay, and with such a computer it would be a waste to let a slow harddrive get in the way