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Old 13-02-2014, 11:07
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Performance wise which would be better, a 2.5" drive self powered with a spindle speed of 5400/7200 rpm or a 3.5" drive mains powered with a spindle speed of 7200rpm?

Content on the drive will be HD movies, 720/1080p.

I've been looking a G-Technology, Western Digital and Seagate, any other recommendations.....TIA.
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Old 13-02-2014, 11:40
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Performance wise which would be better, a 2.5" drive self powered with a spindle speed of 5400/7200 rpm or a 3.5" drive mains powered with a spindle speed of 7200rpm?

Content on the drive will be HD movies, 720/1080p.

I've been looking a G-Technology, Western Digital and Seagate, any other recommendations.....TIA.
A 5400 rpm drive is more than fast enough for HD playback. The recording drive in my pvr is 5400rpm and will record two HD streams at once and replay an existing HD recording without any difficulty. The lower speed drive will use less power and be quieter as well. I have 750GB usb2 usb powered drive, it will easily playback 1080p24 36Mbps content (full-Blu-ray quality)
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Old 13-02-2014, 11:55
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A 5400 rpm drive is more than fast enough for HD playback. The recording drive in my pvr is 5400rpm and will record two HD streams at once and replay an existing HD recording without any difficulty. The lower speed drive will use less power and be quieter as well. I have 750GB usb2 usb powered drive, it will easily playback 1080p24 36Mbps content (full-Blu-ray quality)
Thanks Graham....

The WD My Passport 2TB should do nicely then.

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Old 13-02-2014, 12:17
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I've been looking a G-Technology, Western Digital and Seagate, any other recommendations.....TIA.
I would suggest not considering Seagate, those are the drives that fail most in PVR's (the WD ones seem a LOT more reliable).
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Old 13-02-2014, 12:26
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I would suggest not considering Seagate, those are the drives that fail most in PVR's (the WD ones seem a LOT more reliable).
Thanks for the advice, pretty much made my decision on a WD My Passport, the G Technology looks top notch but it's nearly twice the price.
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