I have been reading through the forums trying to find an answer to this question but have not had any success, so I figured that I would start a new post. I am getting ready to build a new home system that I will be using primarily for gaming, but also will need to keep some files backed up. I am planning on using a 780i motherboard and then using 2- 160gb hard drives and 2- 500gb hard drives. The 160gb drives will be for install and the 500gb for storage of course. I wanted to put the 160gb in RAID 0 for gaming, and was thinking of RAID 5 for the 500gb drives for storage. After reading through the forums it seems more like I will probably go more for a RAID 0+1 or RAID 1+0.
My question is
1) Which one would be better for what I am wanting to accomplish? (increased gaming and dependable storage)
2) What, if anything, will I need besides the drives to make this work?
3) I was trying to get 1TB of storage out of the 2-500gb drives, what I have read though in RAID 1 or 5 you will only have half of your storage (ex. only 500gb for 2-500gb drives). So is there a way to keep the full 1TB of storage?
I am trying to keep this within a budget and the 4 drives seemed like they would be the best for what I was looking for. Does anyone see any problems with this or have any suggestions?
My question is
1) Which one would be better for what I am wanting to accomplish? (increased gaming and dependable storage)
2) What, if anything, will I need besides the drives to make this work?
3) I was trying to get 1TB of storage out of the 2-500gb drives, what I have read though in RAID 1 or 5 you will only have half of your storage (ex. only 500gb for 2-500gb drives). So is there a way to keep the full 1TB of storage?
I am trying to keep this within a budget and the 4 drives seemed like they would be the best for what I was looking for. Does anyone see any problems with this or have any suggestions?