Using multiple hard drives.....??

[Razmo]

Hey Guys,

I need a little help here.

My primary is a 36gb WD Raptor, my secondary is a 150gb WD Raptor, and my third is a 500gb Hitachi 7200k rpm.

I'd essentially like the primary to run my OS and other misc apps, the secondary for gaming and the third for media such as video, movies and music.

My question is, can I simply install the OS on the primary and run gaming applications and media applications from the other drives without there being a bottle neck in performance somewhere? Is there any sort of special configuration settings I need to apply?

By the way, I'm running a EVGA 780i SLI Mother board.

Thanks,
Raz

 

[thebeephaha]

You could put the OS on the 36GB, games/programs on the 150GB, and then all your media on the 500GB.

It will work fine, I don't see how you'd be getting a bottleneck. And no, the only settings you'd have to do is tell things where to go when you install them.

 

[xenotype]

You could put the OS on the 36GB, games/programs on the 150GB, and then all your media on the 500GB.

It will work fine, I don't see how you'd be getting a bottleneck. And no, the only settings you'd have to do is tell things where to go when you install them.

QFT. There will be no bottleneck, in fact its frequently favorable to do this, especially with page files, scratch disk space, etc.

 

[Razmo]

Thanks, this helps. I guess I was looking for things I'm not aware of. I thought maybe there were configuration changes that I may need to make, but it looks like I'm good. Thanks again...

Raz