Re-Setting up my Current rigs...

[ancient9]

Ok i need help here on what drives to...

1. Keep in the machine
2. Which drives to RAID if at all
3. Which drive to run OS off of... and which to install software (i.e. apps and games)


My Rig


CM Stacker Case (Original)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Winsdor (3Ghz)
Mushkin 4Gb DDR2 800 Memory (2x2gb Sticks)
Asus M2R32-MVP Motherboard (4 SATA only... but I have an extra PCI Card.
Nvidia Geforce BFG 8800 GT OC 512Mb PCI-E
BenQ DVD-R/RW with Lightscribe
Antec TP Trio 550Watt
Misc... (4x120mm fans, 2x80mm fans)
Running: Windows XP Pro SP3

My Mini-Rig
Dell Inspiron 1000
Celeron Mobile 2.2Ghz
512 PC2700 (DDR333) Ram
40Gb HDD
Dell 1350 Wifi Card
DVD/CDRW Combo
Running: Windows XP Pro SP3


Harddrives to reset up...

2x 74gb WD Raptor Drives - Sata
2x 500gb Seagate - Sata
1x 250gb Seagate - Sata
1x 500gb WD External drive - EIDE/USB


BTW I also have Windows 7 Ultimate, Vista Ultimate, and WinXP Pro Software ready to install... wat should i install and where... and why?

Thanks for the help!!!

 

[ginkilla]

for the fastest performance out of those, put the 2 raptor drives in RAID 0.

 

[ancient9]

but as my OS drive? or for storage or what?

 

[engiNURD]

I'd say run your OS/Apps off of one raptor, but install large games onto the other raptor; keep the 2x 500GB as storage, and ditch the 250GB (either sell it or get an external enclosure for it). If you want RAID and have a good backup plan, throw the two Raptors in RAID0 and use it for OS/Apps. If 140GB isn't enough for OS/Apps/Games, partition off some of one of the 500GB drives and use that partition for more games/apps.

 

[ancient9]

the raptor drives are old...4yrs. and possibly sata 150 not 300... 250gb and 500gb have faster avg. data rate

 

[engiNURD]

Well in that case, sell the raptors. use either the 250GB or one of your 500GB for OS/Apps/Games unless you want a RAID1 array for your storage (though unusual).