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February 13, 2014 3:35:42 AM

Hi,

I am going to build a PC and i want it to have a total of 2TB of storage. I also want this storage to be fast, but i don't have the budget for a 2TB SSD solution.

What are my options?

Would a Raid 0 solution be a good ideia?

The motherboard i'm going to use is the AsRock Fm2a85x-itx.

Thanks

[EDIT]: Reliable storage is not a big issue, since i use online backup and have a fast connection, so i backup my whole drive.

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a b G Storage
February 13, 2014 3:46:57 AM

don't go RAID, it looks good on paper but there isn't a noticeable difference going for two 1TB HDD's in RAID 0. And sometimes it'll boot out of the array so that is annoying.

I'd just get a WD Black 2TB, decently fast for a HDD, and better then the Blue/Green ones you might come across, it;s more expensive but that's because of it's faster read/write speeds.
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February 13, 2014 3:48:11 AM

2x 1TB 2.5" internal HDD?
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a b G Storage
February 13, 2014 3:53:07 AM

2.5" no...get 3.5", don't go RAID 0 as my listed reasons prior, booting out of the array is the main one, that is very annoying as you'll only boot with one HDD.
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February 13, 2014 4:00:59 AM

unknownofprob said:
2.5" no...get 3.5", don't go RAID 0 as my listed reasons prior, booting out of the array is the main one, that is very annoying as you'll only boot with one HDD.


Sorry I meant 3.5".
Yes i like your choice. 2TB WD black
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February 13, 2014 4:10:11 AM

unknownofprob said:
don't go RAID, it looks good on paper but there isn't a noticeable difference going for two 1TB HDD's in RAID 0. And sometimes it'll boot out of the array so that is annoying.

I'd just get a WD Black 2TB, decently fast for a HDD, and better then the Blue/Green ones you might come across, it;s more expensive but that's because of it's faster read/write speeds.


I think that i will get the WD Black since its just a little more expensive than 2 1TB HDDs.

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