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So I just got in two WD Black 640's and have a old HD I want to use. I have to use software raid as my mobo doesnt support it onboard.
I dont do any video editing or anything like that... Just alot of multitasking (PDF's Firefox etc) and gaming. My main reason for getting these were to decrease load times in games. So with that in mind, for general system performance would it be better to leave Disk 2 out of the mix as it has the OS on it and just raid the two WD640's? For example loading a game but doing OS stuff in the background which setup would be faster? I was thinking it might be advantageous to have the OS on its own drive to reduce lagging but not sure. Also are dynamic virtual partitions as good for "short Stroking" as changing the partition size itself? Below is a link to the setup I have now and the all the relevant data, any input is greatly appreciated.
I dont do any video editing or anything like that... Just alot of multitasking (PDF's Firefox etc) and gaming. My main reason for getting these were to decrease load times in games. So with that in mind, for general system performance would it be better to leave Disk 2 out of the mix as it has the OS on it and just raid the two WD640's? For example loading a game but doing OS stuff in the background which setup would be faster? I was thinking it might be advantageous to have the OS on its own drive to reduce lagging but not sure. Also are dynamic virtual partitions as good for "short Stroking" as changing the partition size itself? Below is a link to the setup I have now and the all the relevant data, any input is greatly appreciated.