About £45.83's worth of HD advice

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Short, simple and sweet - Hopefully.

The a and b plans are as follows:

a)

1 x 36GB Raptor (10,000rpm), 16mb Cache - Operating System, Applications*

1 x 320GB (7,200rpm), 16mb Cache - Multimedia (Games, Music, Movies etc..)

- £154.46

*Not sure if I'll be able to run all the applications on such a small drive

b)

1 x 80GB (7,200rpm), 16mb Cache - Operating System, Applications

1 x 320GB (7,200rpm), 16mb Cache - Multimedia

- £108.63

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The idea of having a 10,000rpm Raptor run the operating system isn't original, infact it is here that I got the idea to even think about it - but how much difference will it give me in terms of the operating system performance?

I'm still within my budget if I choose plan a), but it rules out visual bits and pieces that I'd like to get for the case.

If the performance difference was actually something and it was recommended - then I could always put the visual stuff on hold - but don't want to get something that isn't going to change much in terms of performance and delay the beautiful side of the case.

So basically, I'm just asking; is it worth the £45-odd hike in cash?

Cheers.

 

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Cheers, Mark.

Puts me in a bit of a pickle, at the same time. My games currently take up about 20GB and I'm hoping to rack up many more games to my collection (F.E.A.R, COD3*, BF2 and a few more) - which I know won't be small.

The natural solution would be to put the most important/used games in the Raptor and put the less used ones in the other drive - but I'm a bit of a 'neat freak' when it comes to folders and stuff on the comp - I think all the games would have to be in the same place.

Could well go for the 74GB Raptor based solely on that if the wallet can take the strain.

In regards to the 16mb 80GB drives - I'm not sure which part of my imagination I pulled that from.

 

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As you point out, the drive is a bit on the tiny side for OS and Apps. You might be able to fit it in, but persoanlly its too small for me.

I think I'll just go for the 74GB - run the OS and games solely on that and all other apps on another partition, giving the rest to multimedia.

Sounds good.