Which is better?
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Russ88765
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What if you have large hard drives for storage and ssd for speed of frequently used programs? This is what I meant in my original post but I am not good with words! 
I am trying to plan which components to buy but so far I thought 128gb ssd for boot and 2 or 3tb for storage would be best. Open to other opinions, just planning it out..
I am trying to plan which components to buy but so far I thought 128gb ssd for boot and 2 or 3tb for storage would be best. Open to other opinions, just planning it out..
Okedokey
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Bollocks. SSD is better in all ways except for capacity and cost. If you want speed, put your OS on a SSD and use other drives for storage.
Russ88765
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I'm trying to keep costs down, even though I plan to spend a bit(my build has around $1177 left to spend before I finish). I was thinking of getting a Corsair Nova 128gb for the boot. How about a Western Digital 3tb caviar green for the storage? I'm told they work best as dedicated data drives, which is my purpose. Is that too big or should I go smaller?
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salvage-this
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I think that an SSD for a boot drive would be your best option for a single upgrade but do you need 128gb?
Just as another option you could have both SSD and raid.
SSD just for OS
2x WD Caviar Black in RAID 0 for everything else
Completely up to you. Just thought I'd post up another option.
Just as another option you could have both SSD and raid.
SSD just for OS
2x WD Caviar Black in RAID 0 for everything else
Completely up to you. Just thought I'd post up another option.
Benny Boy
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I like that ^ idea.
Depends on how much space you need speed from. If you have large programs, games, etc,,,that take a lot of space, raid would work well. And the os will be on the ssd so that would make everthing snappier.
I have ssd's and when a program on a hdd is started, Windows is johnny on the spot and the prog starts right up,,no lag - no waiting.
There's a process for installing os and other programs to an ssd, but it's not hard. Just takes some time.
Yes, I agree. But IMO, when comparing apples to apples, there's really only one way the hdd beats the ssd and that's the hdd's ability with installs/uninstalls. And there are ways to manage those.
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Aastii
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What if you have large hard drives for storage and ssd for speed of frequently used programs? This is what I meant in my original post but I am not good with words!
That is, at the moment, the best way to use them, your OS and all frequently used programs, with the exception of smaller ones that take only a few sceonds to boot and to load features inside anyway, as these won't see much performance gain and will just use space, go on the SSD, all other programs and storage, go on a larger hard drive, but this can be a slower 5400RPM drive to cut down on cost, power usage and noise, because you won't notice a speed difference with the smaller programs and things such as images/videos.
Going with what I said above, a WD Caviar green would be the better option for less, and in RAID1 rather than RAID0, if 2 drives were going to be bought, so that you have a backup should any of your important data stored be compromised on 1 drive:
2 x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136490
Russ88765
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I don't really plan on using raid, too technical for me. I thought it best to have a drive dedicated to running stuff and another dedicated to storing them. The reason I asked 'is it better to have a smaller one' is because i've read about less smaller drives failing than the larger ones. If reviews are at all correct, I can't run raid setups with caviar greens anyways. I'm hoping the speed of the ssd will get me by without needing any extra performance boosts from raid.
So I guess when the sale hits, i'll get the ssd and the hd at the same time so they can be installed together.
So I guess when the sale hits, i'll get the ssd and the hd at the same time so they can be installed together.
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Aastii
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Caviar Greens can be put in any raid configuration, same as Caviar Blue, Black, or just about any other hard drive available.
The only reason I could think for larger drives failing faster is that more data = more read/write, but as, according to Intel figures of their drives, which are about as reliable as your other decent drives, SSD's should be fine for 5 years if you average 20GB written to the drive every day, 7 days a week 365 days a year, it shouldn't affect the amount transferred, but the possible maximum that can be on there at a time. Could also just be down to poor design I suppose.
Either way, 60GB or around that point seems like the perfect sized drive at the moment for your OS, few programs and a few games, with everything else on a storage drive