1 Hard Drive or 2?

[manintaps]

Hey everyone, I'm a serious (semi-professional) gamer, and I'm doing a full rig upgrade in the next few months. I'm in the market for a Raptor. I also have a lot of media (music and video, around 50 gigs and growing fast), and I'll need a place for that.

My question is this. I want the Raptor for the RPM, but I don't really need that RPM for my media files. So should I go for a smaller Raptor, such as:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136033

or even,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136054

for my OS and games, and throw in a standard 250 gig hard drive for my media, or should I just opt for the 150 gig raptor? I don't really need the extra 100 gigs or so that the double-drive option would provide -- 150 would be sufficient for my needs. But I've heard good things about having 2 drives, for reliability and backups and whatnot. It's looking like both options will cost me in the $200-$250 range, so I'm at a loss for what to do.

Thanks in advance for the feedback!

 

[guyinyourattic37]

the 74GB raptor and a 250GB hd. Don't think about the 36 they are older.

 

[JesterX]

I second that.
Get a raptor for the OS + Games
Then put your personal files on a second HD. You can also use the second HD to backup your Raptor HD.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148144

If you have the money, go for a 150GB Raptor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136012

 

[The_Prophecy]

One small change to jester's suggestion, in the form of this drive for the extra storage.

 

[JesterX]

One small change to jester's suggestion, in the form of this drive for the extra storage.

Yea, thats a great deal as well.