System HD setup

[shipinabottle]

hey guys, im thinking about purchasing a Samsung F1 1TB HDD today, i currently have a Samsung HD161HJ but im finding that it really isn't enough room as im a heavy downloader.

how would i set these up, 160gb for OS? or would it be wiser to have the 1TB with the operating system on?

also this is something thats crossed my mind, if i have my data documents, movies etc on a seperate drive from my OS and software would my computer run more smoothly when extracting files on the 2nd HDD as the OS system drive would be freed up for OS? even tho i have a q6600 i still find unraring files will make my system a little sluggish. (sorry if that makes no sense, difficult to symplify)

 

[shipinabottle]

i dont think i need to partition it that much. id rather avoid partitioning, considering the 1TB will be more than enough to hold the data ill want it too. so the 160gb would house the OS and games/software installs. what would be the benefit of partitioning the 160gb?

 

[shipinabottle]

Thank you very much Caff, exactly what i wanted to hear. cheers mate big help. aswell as the rest of you for your insight