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Well said. I currently am running the 840 Evo SSD with the OS, recording software, and games installed as well as a (3) 1TB WD drives in...
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I would recommend a Samsung 840 Evo Solid State Drive to run your OS and applications and a 2nd drive for storage of all other files. This will give you quick response needed for editing and running plugins for audio as well as speed up you load times considerably.
 
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You won't see a noticeable difference.

If budget is an issue just go with Seagate as they are a much higher quality brandname.

If you have the money you would want an Intel 530 series solid state for any high performance operations.
Games on a solid state will increase data load times like new objects or map changes by a great noticeable amount.
I would only suggest it would fit a few games on it though as they are much more expensive for larger sizes.

You would probably want a RAID-5 for recordings and important data which would consist of at least 3 drives 500GB+ minimum recommended space.

 
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Well said. I currently am running the 840 Evo SSD with the OS, recording software, and games installed as well as a (3) 1TB WD drives in raid 5. All is hot swappable in a rack case I built for recording.

If money is available and you can support it this is the ideal way to go. If raid is not in the picture I would pick up 1 SSD drive for applications and 1 HDD for storage.

RAID is "redundant array of independent disks". Raid 5 spreads the data across multiple disks allowing any single drive to fail without data loss.
 
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Statically speaking, in my place of work I see a faulty WD drive every day of the week and Seagate drives not so much.

I'm talking about manufacturer defects.
Firmware issues, boards spontaneously shorting out, heads coming off platters etc.

Not physical damage or user wear.
 
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Please review:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

A RAID is a array of disks which are combined to be used for 1 means.

There are varying types of RAID's

The most common are:

RAID-0 - Faster but more dangerous. (Theoritically combines the speed and size of the 2 or more drives together cumulatively. If either drives die the RAID array is lost and all data potentially.)

RAID-1 - A mirrored RAID. (Both drives operate as one and have the exact same data on them. You gain no speed or size boost but an active backup system.)

and

RAID-5 - 3 or more drives with a redundant drive for losses with the speed of a RAID-0 (you gain 2/3 drives space and speed and one drive can fail at anytime with no risk of losing your data. Simply replace the faulty hard drive and the RAID will rebuild.)

There are more types of RAID's but I think you should avoid them til you are confident with one of these 3.

These explanations are subjective and may change based on your hardware and RAID BIOS.
 
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Samsung, Western Digital, and Seagate are all relatively equal as far as failures. I have 2 bricked Seagates right here. I know it is a matter of opinion, but which ever of those 2 drives you choose you will be happy with.
 
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It could be the retail price of WD hard drives is significantly lower in my area and everyone purchases them over Seagate.

Dating back to the 80's WD were pioneers in hard drives.

However,

There influence over the last 20 years compared to other brands has not been sufficient to pique my interest, I am not impressed and the sight causes me to cringe.
 
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