How would you setup my hard drives?
Hello,
I am in the process of building a new PC but before I go ahead and order everything, I need to pick your brains. How should I setup my hard drives?
In my build I want 2 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache drives (or more depending on your suggestions). Windows 7 is going to be my OS and I will be using the HDD’s mainly for downloading, but I also need some space for installing games and programs.
Do you prefer to use Raid 0 for quicker read and write, even though you could potentially lose all your data if one of the hard drives fails? Alternatively is Raid 1 or 5 a better option?
Would you recommend buying a small hard drive just for the OS and then have the other drives for downloading etc.?
Thanks!
Hello,
I am in the process of building a new PC but before I go ahead and order everything, I need to pick your brains. How should I setup my hard drives?
In my build I want 2 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache drives (or more depending on your suggestions). Windows 7 is going to be my OS and I will be using the HDD’s mainly for downloading, but I also need some space for installing games and programs.
Do you prefer to use Raid 0 for quicker read and write, even though you could potentially lose all your data if one of the hard drives fails? Alternatively is Raid 1 or 5 a better option?
Would you recommend buying a small hard drive just for the OS and then have the other drives for downloading etc.?
Thanks!
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