So this Summer I finally had enough cash saved up to put together a new gaming PC
Full Parts list here for those interested - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/y72jxr
However, when it came down to choosing a hard drive for storage alongside an SSD for my OS, I failed to do my research properly and chose a WD RED drive for my PC. I only recently found out that the RED drives are optimized for mass storage, some server setups, and NAS configurations.
So, will this cause me to have any noticeable performance problems, or did I just overpay for features that I really didn't need?
Full Parts list here for those interested - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/y72jxr
However, when it came down to choosing a hard drive for storage alongside an SSD for my OS, I failed to do my research properly and chose a WD RED drive for my PC. I only recently found out that the RED drives are optimized for mass storage, some server setups, and NAS configurations.
So, will this cause me to have any noticeable performance problems, or did I just overpay for features that I really didn't need?