5400 rpm HDD fast enough?

[agerdin]

Hi,

I am building a new HTPC and was wondering if a new modern 5400 rpm hdd is fast enough or if I need hdds with 7200rpm?

The disk I am looking at is?

http://www.storagereview.com/western_dig...w_wd30efrx

It need to handle multiple recordings also in HD. The provider I am using is DVB-S Canal Digital in Sweden.

\\Agerdin

[imilne]

I'd say more than fast enough. I have two 2TB 5400 drives and they cope just fine.

Probably semi-worth sticking the o/s itself on a smallish SSD if you can afford it though.

Iain

[Kiwi]

More than enough.

[HarryH3]

I can record 3 HD streams from an HD HomeRun Prime network tuner, while viewing a recorded HD show from the same drive. The Recordings drive is a WD Green drive. I do have the OS installed on a smaller drive, so the green drive doesn't have to deal with Windows overhead. It just records and streams video via NPVR.

[agerdin]

Thanks, yes, OS will be on a SSD disk.

\\Anders

[ElihuRozen]

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The OSD works fine. All the menus display. None of the inputs work (HDMI, Component, Composite). I hooked up an antenna & it seemed to work for the channels I tried via ATSC. I moved the other TV & all the devices work fine attached to it. So, I know it isn't the cables or devices.
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[johnsonx42]

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[ACTCMS]

banhammer wielded, body disposed of.

Nice to see that you haven't lost your touch...

Alex