1 HDD or 2?

[Climber]

Is it advisable to get two HDD's one for the OS and 1 for everything else or does it even matter?

This would be a home computer mostly for HTPC and gaming.

 

[brokenarrow03]

Some people (myself included) get a faster hard drive to put the OS and games on, and get a second bigger hard drive to store movies, music, etc...

 

[Climber]

Just grabbed a WD 640AAKS, but was wondering if there was a benefit of adding a second HDD to keep games and movies on without using RAID

 

[NoxTek]

A second HDD is a good idea if you can afford it if anything for the simple reason that you can have Windows keep it's swap file on it instead of on the main OS drive. This can net you a noticable improvement in system performance especially during periods where memory is being used intensively.

 

[Climber]

A second HDD is a good idea if you can afford it if anything for the simple reason that you can have Windows keep it's swap file on it instead of on the main OS drive. This can net you a noticable improvement in system performance especially during periods where memory is being used intensively.

Which is what I was wanting to know. I guess the question is, do I get another 640AAKS or do I go for something more along the lines of a 80-250 gb HDD?

 

[xxEIEIOxx]

I use a 500 GB external to store data on. I don't install anything to it. You can, and it will give you a performance boost. Just keep in mind if you do install programs to the second drive and wipe the OS drive, you still lose your system files and registry settings for the programs on the second drive. I've seen people do this thinking they won't lose anything.

 

[Farva]

For my main machine, I have 2 drives. My storage machine is another matter.