What is important in a HTPC hard drive?
#1
Obviously storage space is king.
But what else is important?
Will 7200RPM make a difference for a stand-alone XBMC HTPC?
What about cache? Will 32mb vs 16mb really make any difference?
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#2
Go for a small SSD boot drive and a silent cool big storage drive, of a file server.
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#3
silence is the number one thing in a HTPC Smile
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#4
Followed by speed. SSD plus XBMC live kicks ass.
Case: Ahanix MCE301 Mainboard: M3N78-VM :CPU X2 4200 MHz SSD: 2x OCZ agility 30G Ram: 2G Remote: MS MCE. MSI Geforece 210 & Asrock 330 ION.
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#5
I don't think it makes a huge difference. I have a 500GB and 1TB Seagate 7200RPM, 1TB WD 7200RPM and a 1.5TB WD Green 5400RPM and honestly I find no difference when watching even say a 10+gig 1080p file. As long as it is quiet and has the space you need you should be fine.
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