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I just purchased a 120GB SSD 6GB/s for my desktop PC. I already own a Seagate 1TB @ 7400RPM, and a Seagate 3TB @ 7400RPM Both of these drives are empty, but are formatted.
AMD (AM3+)6-Core @ 2700MHz, 8GB DDR3 RAM. Asus Motherboard w/ SATA 3GB/s (4 ports). Asus DVD Writer Hi-Speed, SATA. On which drive should I install Windows 8.1 considering that I use somewhat large DVD Rendering and other extensive mutimedia software like Adobe Premier and SONY Acid Pro. And furthermore, which is the best configuration for connecting these devices to motherboard? Which should be my boot drive? Keep in mind both Seagate drives I have run at 7400rpm, so they are not that slow.

 
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Here's some testing I did a while back:

Boot Time Seagate HD = 21.2 seconds
Boot Time Seagate SSHD = 16.5 seconds
Boot Time Samsung Pro = 15.6 seconds

Don't know what Seagates you have but you can possibly see how they stack up to one another here.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/hdd-charts-2013/-13-PCMark-7-Video-editing-using-Windows-Movie-Maker,2911.html

Typical wisdom would suggest:

SSD - OS and Programs that need speed on lowest numbered Intel SATA port
1 TB HD - Remaining Programs on 2nd lowest numbered Intel SATA port
3 TB HD - Data on 3rd lowest numbered Intel SATA port

But the question must be asked what do you spend most of your time doing ? Booting windows or Rendering ..... having your "scratch" drive on the...
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what he said. The SSD will boot the OS and any programs that are install on it faster then the regular drive.
 
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Here's some testing I did a while back:

Boot Time Seagate HD = 21.2 seconds
Boot Time Seagate SSHD = 16.5 seconds
Boot Time Samsung Pro = 15.6 seconds

Don't know what Seagates you have but you can possibly see how they stack up to one another here.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/hdd-charts-2013/-13-PCMark-7-Video-editing-using-Windows-Movie-Maker,2911.html

Typical wisdom would suggest:

SSD - OS and Programs that need speed on lowest numbered Intel SATA port
1 TB HD - Remaining Programs on 2nd lowest numbered Intel SATA port
3 TB HD - Data on 3rd lowest numbered Intel SATA port

But the question must be asked what do you spend most of your time doing ? Booting windows or Rendering ..... having your "scratch" drive on the slower medium could be counterproductive. Ultimate storage of the rendered files makes sense to put on the larger / slower drive but while rendering how much space do you need with those programs for the data swapping as the scenes are being rendered ?

 
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