SSD + HDD Game Recording

[chunli]

Hi everyone,

It's my first build so forgive me if it's a noob question.

I want to record gameplay videos and bought a 1 TB WD Blue 7200 rpm. I already have a Sandisk 128 gb SSD with Windows 8 and a lot of stuff in it in my pc.

I read a lot of threads here and understand that i should have OS and games in SSD and should use HDD for recording. But still have some questions.

- Where should i put the recording software?
- Should i install Windows in HDD too, if i want to install some of the games and programs in it?
- Is there a difference between having games in HDD - recording in SSD and vice versa?

This is my build now and i'm wondering if it's enough for gameplay recording. Thank you!

INTEL Core i5-4690
Asus R9 270 Direct CU II OC
MSI Z97 GAMING 5 DDR3
Kingston HyperX 8GB DDR3 (2x4)
Sandisk UltraPlus 128 Gb SSD
WD Blue 1 TB 7200 3,5'' HDD

 

[PizzaTheHutt]

I would put the OS and game on the SSD and record the most of your footage (which I presume is compressed H.264 footage?) to your HDD.

It would be useful if you ran the Blackmagic speed test on both drives as that'l give you a good idea as to how fast the drives are (and therefore what video you can record to them). Maybe post a screenshot of the benchmark of both drives?

 

[chunli]

I would put the OS and game on the SSD and record the most of your footage (which I presume is compressed H.264 footage?) to your HDD.

It would be useful if you ran the Blackmagic speed test on both drives as that'l give you a good idea as to how fast the drives are (and therefore what video you can record to them). Maybe post a screenshot of the benchmark of both drives?

Thanks for the reply. As i searched for it, i found that Blackmagic is for Mac, am i right? Maybe i can find another speed test.
And what do you think about my other questions?
Thanks again.

 

[PizzaTheHutt]

I would put the OS and game on the SSD and record the most of your footage (which I presume is compressed H.264 footage?) to your HDD.

It would be useful if you ran the Blackmagic speed test on both drives as that'l give you a good idea as to how fast the drives are (and therefore what video you can record to them). Maybe post a screenshot of the benchmark of both drives?

Thanks for the reply. As i searched for it, i found that Blackmagic is for Mac, am i right? Maybe i can find another speed test.
And what do you think about my other questions?
Thanks again.

If you install any random drivers for blackmagic products on Windows, you get the speed test bundled in. Just download the drivers for anything from their website and you'll get it when you install.