"When recording gameplay, you should have at least two hard drives one should have the operating system and the game recording software installed on it, and the other should only be used to save recordings. Trying to keep everything on one hard drive will result in slower performance and drops in the recording's frame rate."
Is this article section correct on that recording/streaming could slow down if running on the same hard drive and if so will a flash drive help act as a second hard drive or should i consider getting a portable hard drive?
2. Could the following specs on my PC handle recording/streaming in high quality without lag?
GeForce GTX 960 - Driver Version 378.66
AMD A10-6800K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics( which in the future is going to become a Intel 7th Gen Intel Core Desktop Processor i7-7700K so consider this also in the judgement)
15.92 GB RAM
1920 x 1080 144Hz
Also if the answer to the first question is that it does need a second hard drive(portable in this case) could someone recommend one for a PC that is preferably under $80
That should work just fine, as long as your HDMI/DVI/VGA cable is plugged into the graphics card, and not the motherboard. Instead of upgrading to the i7 7700k, you might want to take a look at AMD Ryzen. It has a lot more cores than the processor you are going to get, and video editing is a lot better with more cores. In terms of the hard drive, they only suggest it to store videos on it, as a small amount of videos can take a lot of space. Take a look at either Western Digital Blue or Seagate 1 Terabyte hard drive. They cost around $50 USD, and should suffice. Also, I prefer for recording to use nVidia Shadowplay, as it is as good (or even better) than Fraps or OBS, and it is also free.
I have two questions in total
1. As I've read on http://www.toptenreviews.com/software/articles/video-game-capture-and-live-streaming-can-your-pc-handle-it/
"When recording gameplay, you should have at least two hard drives one should have the operating system and the game recording software installed on it, and the other should only be used to save recordings. Trying to keep everything on one hard drive will result in slower performance and drops in the recording's frame rate."
Is this article section correct on that recording/streaming could slow down if running on the same hard drive and if so will a flash drive help act as a second hard drive or should i consider getting a portable hard drive?
2. Could the following specs on my PC handle recording/streaming in high quality without lag?
GeForce GTX 960 - Driver Version 378.66
AMD A10-6800K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics( which in the future is going to become a Intel 7th Gen Intel Core Desktop Processor i7-7700K so consider this also in the judgement)
15.92 GB RAM
1920 x 1080 144Hz
Also if the answer to the first question is that it does need a second hard drive(portable in this case) could someone recommend one for a PC that is preferably under $80
VinnieGaming,
That should work just fine, as long as your HDMI/DVI/VGA cable is plugged into the graphics card, and not the motherboard. Instead of upgrading to the i7 7700k, you might want to take a look at AMD Ryzen. It has a lot more cores than the processor you are going to get, and video editing is a lot better with more cores. In terms of the hard drive, they only suggest it to store videos on it, as a small amount of videos can take a lot of space. Take a look at either Western Digital Blue or Seagate 1 Terabyte hard drive. They cost around $50 USD, and should suffice. Also, I prefer for recording to use nVidia Shadowplay, as it is as good (or even better) than Fraps or OBS, and it is also free.
Hope I helped!