HDD Questions

[Lither]

I have just built my new rig with Samsung 850 EVO 120GB, Sandisk Ultra*II 240GB*and 1TB WD Blue*and have some hard drive questions that I'm not sure about,

1. Will there be any conflict if I install Samsung Magician and Sandisk SSD Dashboard to monitor the SSD?

2. The 850 EVO 120GB will be my OS drive and the 250GB Sandisk will be my games drive, should I install Steam on the OS drive and point the games location to the Sandisk drive or just do both on the Sandisk?

3. How would I format all my hard drives? Via the Windows installation when installing the OS or in Windows?

4. In the Power options under turn off hard disk after x amount of minutes, does that spin down all my hard drives or just the 1TB WD Blue? As I heard it is bad for the SSD?

Many thanks!

 

[linktoinsanity]

1. You should be fine.
2. Whichever you prefer, I have steam installed on my OS SSD and point it to my second one where the games are, however it will be easier to just install Steam on the second drive.
3. During install, for the first drive. I would leave the other two drives disconnected while doing the install, saves Windows getting confused.
4. I have not heard it's bad for SSDs when you do this, cannot see why it would be.

Incidentally, why did you not just buy a single 500GB SSD for your OS, Apps and Games and the HDD for storage needs? (Rather than 2 SSDs and the HDD?) Just interested in your reasoning is all.