Recording in 1080p 60fps with a 5400 rpm Harddrive

[Tax6132]

I was wondering if it's possible to record 1080p 60fps on a 5400 rpm secondary hard drive only for recording, with it being the same quality as if it were on a 7200 or ssd, or are there drawbacks with using a slower hard drive

 

[theyeti87]

What software are you using to record?

 

[Tax6132]

What software are you using to record?

OBS

 

[theyeti87]

Is it an internal SATA based hard drive, or is this an external USB drive?

 

[skit75]

I mean... your 5400 should be able to sustain 15-20MB/sec write speeds and your recorded material shouldn't be more than 50mbps? I would think you would encounter a CPU bottleneck in most cases before you hit a HDD bottleneck, if that is the only thing that hard drive is doing. Even USB 2.0 HDD's "should" be capable of 480mbps but I know buffers overflow and under-run making that target mostly unrealistic.

 

[Tax6132]

Is it an internal SATA based hard drive, or is this an external USB drive?

Internal, I have a 6850k, so the cpu should be fine in this case. Im just curious if 1080p at 60fps is possible with the 5400 rpm secondary Hard drive loading the recordings into it instead of my main SSHD

 

[skit75]

Is it an internal SATA based hard drive, or is this an external USB drive?

Internal, I have a 6850k, so the cpu should be fine in this case. Im just curious if 1080p at 60fps is possible with the 5400 rpm secondary Hard drive loading the recordings into it instead of my main SSHD

It is more than capable. You could even crank up your recording bitrate to 100mbps+ or better if you don't mind huge files. If you plan on uploading them... say to Youtube or something, there is no need for that but if you want them for your own consumption and space is available, record at highest possible settings.