Best HDD Setup?

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crea78

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I was thinking about going with either a WD 300GB VelociRaptor (main drive) + WD Caviar Black 640 (backup) or do the WD 640s in a RAID 0 setup with an extra HDD for backup. Which setup will bootup Windows faster and also load apps/games quicker?
 
I was thinking SSD as well. I thiink 64GB would be good enough. Either OCZ or G.Skill
 
Yep, make sure to get an Indilinx one and you're set. I LOVE my 128GB Falcon, it is quite a bit faster than my old 4x160GB raptor in raid 0 setup.
 
Since I have a 750GB ext. HDD, I'll probably go with the 128GB Falcon as well. Later, I'll probably get the WD Caviar 1TB. I hear you can use the OCZ 1.1 update on the G.Skill.
 
Yeah you CAN use the OCZ firmware on the G.Skill drive BUT you can also just get the real G.Skill firmware from their forums. (I am running 1571 on mine)
 
Here would be my two choices.

2 640GB WD Black drives with a small 100-150GB Raid 0 Slice with a raid 1 setup for the rest of the data. Or a 150GB Raptor, plus a 640GB WD for storage. 64GB is not enough for OS plus games ect... Hell my Steam folder is over 50GBs by itself.
 
Is money any kind of factor here or not? If it isn't, two solid state disks (one for the OS, one for games) and a large mechanical drive for data would be the best. If money IS a factor, get two 1TB drives, short stroke them for applications and the OS, and use the rest for storage. That's what I'm using now - two 1TB WD Caviar Blacks. Each has been split into two partitions, one 120GB and the other the rest (~815GB). On one I have the OS in the 120GB partition and in the other I have games on the 120GB partition. For $180 shipped, they're incredibly fast.
 
While not a bad Idea, Raid 0+1 I think would be a better idea, no matter what drives are being used.
 
Price is a factor ATM so not going with SSD drives right now, but I'm definitely going that route later this year... hopefully prices will drop a little by then.

Nice option Mr. K6 but that setup might be a little too much storage space for me. Vengance, RAID 0+1 is also great but I thought this included 4 drives and your sig is showing two in this configuration? One last thing, is it possible to do a RAID setup with the G.Skill Falcon SSDs and would it be worth it?
 
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Well, I went with the WD Caviar Black 1TB for now and will more than likely use this as a storage drive once I go with the SSD drives. Thx for all your help with your opinions and suggestions :)
 
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