The dilemma of how many internal Hardrives

Chris Kalfopoulos

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How many internal Hardrives is enough?
I AM currently building my computer, I will be using it for a little gaming but more for HD video editing, how many hardrives should I install? 2? 3?

UPDATE: I have been reading all the comments and I appreciate all your help guys.
So what do we agree all on?
 
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1 SSD for your OS and important programs
2 HDD's. One to hold your raw footage and mass storage, other to render too,have your project files and store your remaining programs/games.

Ideally you would have another HDD, where the mass storage and remaining programs/games

JPNpower

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Ideally you want a different drive for the project/programs/OS/scratch in video editing.
Having OS/programs on the same drive doesn't have a huge consequence.
If you use a SSD, you can get away with having the project and scratch on the same drive.
So the best price/performance is to have 3 drives. SSD for programs/OS, another SSD for project/scratch, a mechanical HDD for bulk etc data/video for future projects.

Cheap solution is 2 drives. SSD for OS/Programs/Scratch. HDD for bulk data/project.
 
1 SSD for your OS and important programs
2 HDD's. One to hold your raw footage and mass storage, other to render too,have your project files and store your remaining programs/games.

Ideally you would have another HDD, where the mass storage and remaining programs/games
 
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JPNpower

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OK, this is just overkill, and probably sinks way too much money for negligible returns, along with an extremely high chance of failure. I don't think that RAID 0 is needed for the OS/programs at least.
 

popatim

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by your argument then neither is an SSD.

Really thought its up to the OP and what he wants to accomplish and at what cost. I consider myself just a casual editior and I have 4 raids 0's in my rig, one of them being dual samsung 830/128gb's. Why? Because I can afford it and I would rather not sit waiting while my cpu wasn't even fully stressed.
 

JPNpower

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True, but I would think that a good SSD housing the OS/Programs/Scratch, and another housing the input/output would be faster, more reliable, AND cheaper than the RAID option.

But that is comparing expensive to more expensive. Neither is what you call affordable.