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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 716368" data-attributes="member: 82144"><p>Like elliottmc says, this is sensible. A good 7200rpm drive like your old 1TB should be perfect for timeshifting and recording (I have 4 of the 750GB F1 model - fantastic drives <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />). You could move the page file to the 1TB drive if you want, though I agree that the performance difference will be minimal compared to the benefit of having an SSD for the OS drive. I'd avoid RAID 0, especially if it is only software ("fake") RAID. It is less reliable, more noise and heat, there is less flexibility when moving to a new motherboard... in my opinion there is just no need for you to use it.</p><p></p><p>Regarding the 2TB drives: I also have two of them. I've had a few problems since I installed them. When they spin up/down, they seem to block the OS from accessing my other drives, and this causes major problems for timeshifting/recording. I get a glitch that corrupts the stream until I restart it (ie. I have to stop timeshifting/recording, then start again to fix the corruption). The only workaround I have found is to have the drives never spin down. *Very* annoying. Be careful...</p><p></p><p></p><p>No comment...</p><p></p><p></p><p>The 4550 is basically the lowest you could have gone for to get full 1080i DxVA support with vector adaptive de-interlacing. A *silent* 5570 should be a nice upgrade - just a bit more of a "buffer" in the video card performance. I don't think you'll see an improvement in video quality unless you turn off the denoise, edge enhancement and use vector adaptive deinterlacing, all of which should be possible with the 4550. Make sure your case can dissipate the heat from the card properly...</p><p></p><p></p><p>Agreed - no noticeable benefit from faster RAM. I'm of the opinion that 4GB is enough, but others may disagree...</p><p></p><p></p><p>No comment except to say that the 3650 tuner should be supported.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 716368, member: 82144"] Like elliottmc says, this is sensible. A good 7200rpm drive like your old 1TB should be perfect for timeshifting and recording (I have 4 of the 750GB F1 model - fantastic drives :D). You could move the page file to the 1TB drive if you want, though I agree that the performance difference will be minimal compared to the benefit of having an SSD for the OS drive. I'd avoid RAID 0, especially if it is only software ("fake") RAID. It is less reliable, more noise and heat, there is less flexibility when moving to a new motherboard... in my opinion there is just no need for you to use it. Regarding the 2TB drives: I also have two of them. I've had a few problems since I installed them. When they spin up/down, they seem to block the OS from accessing my other drives, and this causes major problems for timeshifting/recording. I get a glitch that corrupts the stream until I restart it (ie. I have to stop timeshifting/recording, then start again to fix the corruption). The only workaround I have found is to have the drives never spin down. *Very* annoying. Be careful... No comment... The 4550 is basically the lowest you could have gone for to get full 1080i DxVA support with vector adaptive de-interlacing. A *silent* 5570 should be a nice upgrade - just a bit more of a "buffer" in the video card performance. I don't think you'll see an improvement in video quality unless you turn off the denoise, edge enhancement and use vector adaptive deinterlacing, all of which should be possible with the 4550. Make sure your case can dissipate the heat from the card properly... Agreed - no noticeable benefit from faster RAM. I'm of the opinion that 4GB is enough, but others may disagree... No comment except to say that the 3650 tuner should be supported. [/QUOTE]
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