HDD for Recording

[SparksIT]

I'm looking for HDD for storage, and 1080p video recording, (Fraps, MSI afterburner, etc.) I have a 256 GB SSD, but I would prefer to not use that drive for the recording. So I want to add a larger HDD, was thinking about 2TB, my budget is about 100-150, obviously the lower the better.

I have looked at a few SSHD from Seagate, but I was unable to find any info on whether that improved write speeds, it looks like it improves read, when you turn on caching, but I am more concerned with write speeds. Or will any 7200 rpm Sata3 HDD work?

 

[Essence_of_War]

If you're doing video recording, you're talking about mostly sequential writes of large files.

For that type of workload, any 7200 RPM HDD should be fine. In fact, mostly likely, a 5400 RPM HDD should be fine. If you're buying in the US, you can regularly find 3TB Seagate and Toshiba models for ~$100-110, and occasionally for like $95.