Need advice: A second hard drive (not in RAID)

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iamchardy

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I have been told by a local friend of mine, that gaming performance can be slightly better, and also your OS, by installing and running games on a separate HD then the OS.

I am not talking a RAID setup, just using a second formatted HD in your computer, to which you manually install games to. I tried it for a short time (about 1 week) on my older X2 machine, but didn't take the time to benchmark any performance increases. (if any.)

Is it worth it to have a games drive separate from your OS drive?

Probably a stupid question, but..

Forgive my noobness!
 
I'm sure your hard drive isn't what is currently limiting your FPS. So no really.
 
Tried that once, didn't notice a difference. The only really good reason to install games on a separate hard drive is to protect your saved games in case your OS drive dies.
 
Well, as long as there is not FPS decrease, I will go for it just for more space without reinstalling the OS on another drive.

If there is not FPS increase, thats fine. =)

Thanks for your advice
 
Get a second drive and do backups to it. It'll save you a world of hassle if that one part fails.
 
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