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Bluegreen
Bluegreen
Yes, because getting a second hard drive and installing it is easy, cheap, and fast.
Totally.
Bezixx
Bezixx
It actually is. 1TB HDD in UK costs 30-40 pounds as far as I'm aware. Even around 200 PLN in Poland doesn't seem that much for me. Installing actually is easy, because I already did that.
Kyouko Tsukino
Kyouko Tsukino
Using two different HDDs only help if you know what you're buying*, and your computer is built to handle two HDDs.

Just in case, If anyone mentions partitions as an alternative to dual HDDs I'll have to laugh in their faces. A lot.

* A slow, cheap HDD wouldn't help, as it would lower the loading speed.
darthmorf
darthmorf
If I spend £40 on an HDD, I'm spending almost as much as my potential prize, and that's only if I win it.
Bezixx
Bezixx
That's why you need 2 similiar HDDs... which helps with recording a lot. Most PCs nowadays can hold at least 4 of them, so I would rather say it could. I don't know if SSD could speed it up, though.

And yeah... Because partitions = HDD. Completely.
Kyouko Tsukino
Kyouko Tsukino
Most PC users will speak of multiple HDDs when they actually mean they've broken their HDDs in half with some half-assed software and called it a day. I was just avoiding the statistical possibility of someone mentioning that as a thing that would help. Because having your free HDD space spread over two parts instead of one would improve performance... Heh.
Kyouko Tsukino
Kyouko Tsukino
Also, only forty pounds for an HDD? What is it, a 100 MB one?

Joking aside, a 1 TB HDD goes for a nice $300-$400 where I live. That's why I only have three of those.

//Thirdworldproblems.
Bezixx
Bezixx
Well, I'm sometimes wondering where have these people been in the first place. Having 2 HDDs helps recording since it takes off some of the load if you split it between them.

$300-$400? Those prices literally hurt. I can buy it cheaper in PLN...

Obviously, some people think if they read something in the internet or help someone with with a small PC problem, they are as some kind of IT specialist.
Kyouko Tsukino
Kyouko Tsukino
I've seen the result of people paying heed to "internet pros."

They're never nice, and it's annoying having to explain customers of "It's In The Internet So It's True" mentality that yes, doing what they did would only result in a burnt CPU, not any performance increase.
Bezixx
Bezixx
Well, it takes a complete idiot to destroy the PC by themselves. Though on the other hand, I've heard about a lot of these people, so something's not right... Like someone try to put GPU into radiator. I couldn't stop laughing when someone told me that. Not everybody realizes, that some things just do not seem to work. Well, they do, but it's just too late.
Bluegreen
Bluegreen
I would like to reiterate, that Darth most likely doesn't want to get any upgrades to his PC for this reason in the first place, as if he did not win, he would just be losing money, and if he did win, well, he'd just be using that money for the upgrade he made solely for making something to enter the contest with.
Pixel
Pixel
What the :red: is a HDD.
Bluegreen
Bluegreen
Pixel, if you are being serious, I fear for your life.
LoveSpreader
LoveSpreader
Partitions =! HDD?! :dryadeek:
Bezixx
Bezixx
He's just being Pixel... Small.
I love how it turned into discussion about HDDs. I only gave a proposition to buy it, didn't prompt him to do that. The other ways involve taking load off CPU, clearing some of the HDD ( defragmentation? ), lowering settings ( doesn't seem to work that much in Terraria, but... ). Also Terraria has that weird thing, that makes your CPU use only 1 core, despite the settings.
Bezixx
Bezixx
At least it's how it works for me, don't know about darth. Also PC could be quite old. Using a recording program that takes small amounts of resources does well, too.
Pixel
Pixel
Sarcasm really is hard to detect online.
Bezixx
Bezixx
What is sarcasm/irony/auto-irony?
Bezixx
Bezixx
And I know that the first isn't exactly the same as the rest two.
Bluegreen
Bluegreen
One does not simply explain irony.
You either get it or you don't.
That's pretty much it.
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