Best 1.5 Eco drive for HTPC?
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Best 1.5 Eco drive for HTPC?
Hi there,
Am building an HTPC and need a 1.5tb. I am going to have doing lots of simultaneous recording (will be getting a tuner card that has four inputs) and streaming live/recorded video to a media extender and another computer.
The only two drives are the Samsung and WD, but based on this
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/sto...p_2.html#sect0
I can't decide. Seem to get the impression that the WD is generally quite slow, but that the Samsung is bad for multiple streams of video - not sure though.
What are your thoughts on the best one for me?
Thanks
Am building an HTPC and need a 1.5tb. I am going to have doing lots of simultaneous recording (will be getting a tuner card that has four inputs) and streaming live/recorded video to a media extender and another computer.
The only two drives are the Samsung and WD, but based on this
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/sto...p_2.html#sect0
I can't decide. Seem to get the impression that the WD is generally quite slow, but that the Samsung is bad for multiple streams of video - not sure though.
What are your thoughts on the best one for me?
Thanks
That link doesn't go to anything. Just X-bit's 404 page.
If you're looking to choose between WD's Green (GP) line or Samsung's EcoGreen though, it shouldn't matter.
Even the 5400rpm drives will easily handle streaming video. However, if you're looking to do it to multiple machines at the same time, I would consider going the route of having separate storage (via a file server or WHS) and clients. Otherwise, get the fastest drives you can.
If you're looking to choose between WD's Green (GP) line or Samsung's EcoGreen though, it shouldn't matter.
Even the 5400rpm drives will easily handle streaming video. However, if you're looking to do it to multiple machines at the same time, I would consider going the route of having separate storage (via a file server or WHS) and clients. Otherwise, get the fastest drives you can.
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Thanks very much for that - very interesting idea that I had not thought of. So you are saying that I should set up a file server (I have an old pentium 4 that I could use) with a large 7,200 rpm hard drive and then back up all my programmes to the server, so that any computer connected to the server can then use them, thus allowing the HTPC to concentrate on recording TV?
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