- Oct 27, 2013
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Hai there!
Currently, I have two HDDs in my PC;
The first is the main drive, a 500GB laptop HDD that boots Windows 7 (everyday gaming, schoolwork, video and photo editing etc.).
The second, a few years (at least 5-6) old HDD wiith only 160GB capacity running Ubuntu (I don't need more on Ubuntu)(used solely for the purpose of compiling Android kernels (note here that this creates TONS of disk reads, and this drive isn't good at reads)).
After much examination, I've concluded that, to improve my system without any major tweaks or OS re-installs (and save as much money and time), I'm best off buying two 120GB SSDs (quite cheap here; starting at 80€).
One of those would serve as a cache drive to Windows 7 (Intel's SRT or whatever that's called)(I know, I can use 60GB at max, but 120GB drives are cheaper for me and offer better price/GB ratio), and the other I'd hook up into a RAID1 array with the old, 160GB drive (don't know which of the two will fail sooner, so RAID1 is good here)(don't even need 100GB, but I do need the speed).
What I don't know is whether this is a good idea at all.
First there's caching, which many people don't like (though I think I'd get a big performance boost).
And then there's the RAID1 with a speedy SSD and a slow-as-[bad word] HDD (weirdest RAID setup ever, that'd be) just because I don't trust either of the two drives...
What do you guys recommend based on my needs? Is caching good and would such a RAID system work for what I'm doing?
My mobo does support RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10, I have enough cooling, ports on my mobo, PSU overhead and spaces in my case to house all this.
Specs:
i5-4440 CPU (stock cooling)
GA-H87m-D3H Mobo
Zalman Z3 Plus case
CX500M PSU
random Hitachi Laptop 500GB drive (7200RPM, 32MB cache)
random prehistoric (but still SATA) 160GB HDD (no other info on the label), Seagate (I think it's SATA 1, not sure though)
GTX660 GPU
If there's any more info you need me to share for a good answer just say so and I'll post.
Thanks all!
Currently, I have two HDDs in my PC;
The first is the main drive, a 500GB laptop HDD that boots Windows 7 (everyday gaming, schoolwork, video and photo editing etc.).
The second, a few years (at least 5-6) old HDD wiith only 160GB capacity running Ubuntu (I don't need more on Ubuntu)(used solely for the purpose of compiling Android kernels (note here that this creates TONS of disk reads, and this drive isn't good at reads)).
After much examination, I've concluded that, to improve my system without any major tweaks or OS re-installs (and save as much money and time), I'm best off buying two 120GB SSDs (quite cheap here; starting at 80€).
One of those would serve as a cache drive to Windows 7 (Intel's SRT or whatever that's called)(I know, I can use 60GB at max, but 120GB drives are cheaper for me and offer better price/GB ratio), and the other I'd hook up into a RAID1 array with the old, 160GB drive (don't know which of the two will fail sooner, so RAID1 is good here)(don't even need 100GB, but I do need the speed).
What I don't know is whether this is a good idea at all.
First there's caching, which many people don't like (though I think I'd get a big performance boost).
And then there's the RAID1 with a speedy SSD and a slow-as-[bad word] HDD (weirdest RAID setup ever, that'd be) just because I don't trust either of the two drives...
What do you guys recommend based on my needs? Is caching good and would such a RAID system work for what I'm doing?
My mobo does support RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10, I have enough cooling, ports on my mobo, PSU overhead and spaces in my case to house all this.
Specs:
i5-4440 CPU (stock cooling)
GA-H87m-D3H Mobo
Zalman Z3 Plus case
CX500M PSU
random Hitachi Laptop 500GB drive (7200RPM, 32MB cache)
random prehistoric (but still SATA) 160GB HDD (no other info on the label), Seagate (I think it's SATA 1, not sure though)
GTX660 GPU
If there's any more info you need me to share for a good answer just say so and I'll post.
Thanks all!
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