How's this idea for a setup?

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note235

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1TB WD Caviar Black (for OS--haven't bought yet)
640GB WD Caviar Blue (Already have-Secondary-1)
1TB WD Caviar Green--Secondary-2 (Haven't bought yet)
Cost=$146 because ZZF has the $30ebillme later and the rebates (i can use one seperate for each right?) will make it around $73 each

or
1TB WD Caviar Black (for OS--haven't bought yet)
1TB WD Caviar Black--Secondary-1 (Haven't bought yet)
640GB WD Caviar Blue (Already have-Secondary-2)
Cost=$161 because the rebate only works one one drive right?
thanks very much! :)
 
not sure what your aim is but personally i would go

640gb os
2* 1tb green secondary
 
^^^^ What Yaky said. From what I understand those 640's in a strip ( or even alone) are suprisingly fast.
 
I would go:

64GB, OS.
1TB, games.
1TB, media.
1TB, backup.
 
I like the option of having 2 different types of 1 TB drive even though they are from one manufacturer. Hopefully that will help diversify your risks of them both failing around the same time. Plus it appears to be the slightly cheaper option.
 
yep
i think i will go with 2 different versions?


but the 640gb for os?
is that a good idea?
 
Can you expand on what this setup is for? If there are some specific purposes, then there amy be a good answer, but if it's just general gaming and some browsing, videos, etc. then it doesn't make that much difference. I would be inclined to go with the 640GB as your OS drive with programs, etc. on it, just so that when you want to do a clean wipe, you have more space on your secondary to backup the relevant portions from the OS etc.
 
hm good idea

actually i was using this setup to store and edit my minidv tapes for a big video project--i have about 20 or so tapes and i want to store them all locally and (then might recompress them in a better codec) and edit them
each tape does 13gb compressed
and 30gb uncompressed
 
Black 1TB is faster than 640GB Blue and 1TB Green.

Partition the Black 1TB into 160GB(126GB Actual) front, 840GB(806GB Actual) back, put all your OS and apps on the "main" partition and store all yur goodies on the 2nd partition, green TB and Blue 640GB.

This will give you the best possible performance using those drives.
 
nice
thanks for that advice
one more thing though
idk if i should go with 2x black or 1 black and 1 green for what im doing?
thanks!
 
bump
i mean if i buy the black its $12 more
idk if i should?
i use premiere a lot and idk if using the black as the cache drive and green as the location of the files will affect performance?
 
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