double hard drive question

noissesboyobyalp · 01-28-2006, 07:05 PM

ok well.... i had my computer and then something went rong. my hard drive got messed up and now i cant use it. it says like read disk error when i try to go on it. so im going to get a new one. my computer guy told me that i should get 2 smaller hdd like 40 gb and set up windows on one and my files on the other so that if i got a virus it wouldnt go into my files. is this true? what kinda hdd should i be looking for if i wanted a setup like this. i want the computer to be fast. its a gaming computer. im probally going to get 1gb ram. also... do you have to have the same type of ram in the slots? like say i already have one 512 stick in 1 out of my 3 slots... would i be able to buy 2 new 512s and put them in the other 2 slots without them beuing the same brand and have a gig and a half of ram? what type of ram do you guys recomend for a decent gammer?

suprasteve · 01-29-2006, 01:43 AM

you don't need two different drives, just partition one and most likely no virus on your OS will mess with your files. All you really need is a 7200 rpm hard drive with a decent cache (like 8mb). You can buy a 160gb one for pretty cheap. You can put any combination of any size of ram in your mobo as long as the mobo supports the size. Basically the only thing you need to look at is the frequency of the memory, all the sticks will run only as fast as the slowest one. For gaming, the lower the latency the better, but the more expensive too, so it's a tradeoff. You should probably also read the stickys in this section of the forum as well

noissesboyobyalp · 01-29-2006, 01:58 AM

i did read the stickys but didnt get a direct answer.

fade2green514 · 01-29-2006, 01:57 AM

personally, i put windows on my 120gb and all my files (videos, mp3s, iso images) on my 250gb. i have all my programs except my games stored on my 120gb as well.
this way, i can randomly do a reformat and basically be back to brand new by the next day.
i duno, thats what i prefer. a 74gb raptor would be nice to put my games on though... lol

spkenn5 · 01-29-2006, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by noissesboyobyalp

ok well.... i had my computer and then something went rong. my hard drive got messed up and now i cant use it. it says like read disk error when i try to go on it. so im going to get a new one. my computer guy told me that i should get 2 smaller hdd like 40 gb and set up windows on one and my files on the other so that if i got a virus it wouldnt go into my files. is this true? what kinda hdd should i be looking for if i wanted a setup like this. i want the computer to be fast. its a gaming computer. im probally going to get 1gb ram. also... do you have to have the same type of ram in the slots? like say i already have one 512 stick in 1 out of my 3 slots... would i be able to buy 2 new 512s and put them in the other 2 slots without them beuing the same brand and have a gig and a half of ram? what type of ram do you guys recomend for a decent gammer?

hey thats what i have right now =] 160 for OS and 40 & 40 for files =) jus in case stuff happens

icemakr · 01-29-2006, 05:28 AM

get a raptor

noissesboyobyalp · 01-29-2006, 05:40 PM

i want to get the double so that if anything happens to my os hdd (like it get corrupt or something) then i still have all my files on another hdd that is still good. i dont have that mutch money to spend on hdds or ram so. i know the raptor is probally alot of money.what 2 40 or 2 60 gb hds would you guys recomend for my gameing computer? also about the ram... what gig of ram do you guys recomend thats cheep and works good?

icemakr · 01-29-2006, 06:12 PM

Instead of a second drive, do a full backup on dvd-rw's
If your not overclocking just get some value ram or something

noissesboyobyalp · 01-29-2006, 08:34 PM

how would 2 of these set up in my computer work?
http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...039&pfp=BROWSE

i think thats a good price...how would the performance be if i had 2 of those 100gb hd , a radeon x850 pro agp, and this ram
http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...970&pfp=BROWSE
with my settings on high? how would the lag be?

randruff · 01-30-2006, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by icemakr

get a raptor

Couldn't agree more. Notice my sig? Not only are raptors alone fast but two in a RAID....priceless

01-28-2006, 07:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
noissesboyobyalp Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 219	double hard drive question ok well.... i had my computer and then something went rong. my hard drive got messed up and now i cant use it. it says like read disk error when i try to go on it. so im going to get a new one. my computer guy told me that i should get 2 smaller hdd like 40 gb and set up windows on one and my files on the other so that if i got a virus it wouldnt go into my files. is this true? what kinda hdd should i be looking for if i wanted a setup like this. i want the computer to be fast. its a gaming computer. im probally going to get 1gb ram. also... do you have to have the same type of ram in the slots? like say i already have one 512 stick in 1 out of my 3 slots... would i be able to buy 2 new 512s and put them in the other 2 slots without them beuing the same brand and have a gig and a half of ram? what type of ram do you guys recomend for a decent gammer?

01-29-2006, 01:57 AM	#4 (permalink)
fade2green514 Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: buffalo ny Age: 20 Posts: 3,651	personally, i put windows on my 120gb and all my files (videos, mp3s, iso images) on my 250gb. i have all my programs except my games stored on my 120gb as well. this way, i can randomly do a reformat and basically be back to brand new by the next day. i duno, thats what i prefer. a 74gb raptor would be nice to put my games on though... lol __________________ Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3ghz HD 4850 512mb (750/2350mhz) 2x2gb G.Skill ddr2-835 (5-4-4-10) 2x320gb sata2 in RAID 0 system drive 250gb sata2 storage drive 13,574 - 3dmark06 score

01-29-2006, 05:28 AM	#6 (permalink)
icemakr Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Garland, TX, USA Age: 28 Posts: 101	get a raptor __________________ PD 820 2.8GHz OC'd 3.22GHz, Thermaltake Sonic Tower CL-P0071, ASUS P5LD2 Intel i945p Chipset, 3Gb G.Skill Extreme PC4300 DDR2 (3-3-3-9) , ASYS 500w PSU, 90Gb Hitachi ATA-100 :mad: , ATI Radeon x-300 pci-e :mad:

01-29-2006, 06:12 PM	#8 (permalink)
icemakr Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Garland, TX, USA Age: 28 Posts: 101	Instead of a second drive, do a full backup on dvd-rw's If your not overclocking just get some value ram or something __________________ PD 820 2.8GHz OC'd 3.22GHz, Thermaltake Sonic Tower CL-P0071, ASUS P5LD2 Intel i945p Chipset, 3Gb G.Skill Extreme PC4300 DDR2 (3-3-3-9) , ASYS 500w PSU, 90Gb Hitachi ATA-100 :mad: , ATI Radeon x-300 pci-e :mad:

01-29-2006, 08:34 PM	#9 (permalink)
noissesboyobyalp Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 219	how would 2 of these set up in my computer work? http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...039&pfp=BROWSE i think thats a good price...how would the performance be if i had 2 of those 100gb hd , a radeon x850 pro agp, and this ram http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...970&pfp=BROWSE with my settings on high? how would the lag be? Last edited by noissesboyobyalp; 01-29-2006 at 08:44 PM.

01-29-2006, 01:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
suprasteve Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,355	you don't need two different drives, just partition one and most likely no virus on your OS will mess with your files. All you really need is a 7200 rpm hard drive with a decent cache (like 8mb). You can buy a 160gb one for pretty cheap. You can put any combination of any size of ram in your mobo as long as the mobo supports the size. Basically the only thing you need to look at is the frequency of the memory, all the sticks will run only as fast as the slowest one. For gaming, the lower the latency the better, but the more expensive too, so it's a tradeoff. You should probably also read the stickys in this section of the forum as well

01-29-2006, 01:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
noissesboyobyalp Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 219	i did read the stickys but didnt get a direct answer.

01-29-2006, 05:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
noissesboyobyalp Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 219	i want to get the double so that if anything happens to my os hdd (like it get corrupt or something) then i still have all my files on another hdd that is still good. i dont have that mutch money to spend on hdds or ram so. i know the raptor is probally alot of money.what 2 40 or 2 60 gb hds would you guys recomend for my gameing computer? also about the ram... what gig of ram do you guys recomend thats cheep and works good?

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