dual hard drive noob questionS

[budazz]

im kinda clueless on exactly how 2 HDD work
i know big one is storage and other is for apps and OS
guess i dont know what apps really means
do i put the .exe file fomr games on small one and rest the game files on big one?
do they "talk" to each other to get the "job" done?
can i install OS and my drivers from video cards sound cards etc etc on small and never have to reinstall them again? and when i reformat only do the big one?
\any detailed guide link to what can and cant be done?

 

[br3nd064]

How big is each of the drives?

 

[vibe]

what brand/modle HDs are we talking about here?

 

[budazz]

was thinking about 74g or 150g raptor
and another 500g
but not until i understand what i can do with them

 

[br3nd064]

Don't get the older 74gb raptor. The newer 150gb velociraptors are nice. If you decide on that config, install the OS, apps, and games on the raptor, and put everything else (movies, pictures, backups) on the storage drive.

 

[vibe]

Brend is a more exp poster then I am but as I had it the old raptors are not as good as modern 7200 drives for exaple the spinpoint F1 or 7200.11 drives are better cheaper and bigger then old raptors. New velocor raptors however have the edge over these - but you pay for it

 

[br3nd064]

Brend is a more exp poster then I am but as I had it the old raptors are not as good as modern 7200 drives for exaple the spinpoint F1 or 7200.11 drives are better cheaper and bigger then old raptors. New velocor raptors however have the edge over these - but you pay for it

You're right. Most modern 7200 rpm drives will out-perform the older 74gb raptors. Velociraptors are the best drives out there right now (outside 15000 rpm and most SSD's).

 

[nick2253]

That all depends on what you define as performance. As far as sustained data transfer times are concerned, then yes, the old Raptors are beaten by the new 7200 drives. However, as far as I/O performance and random read/writes are concerned, even the old raptors are much better than any 7200rpm drive on the market. Remember that normal OS operation and application performance are usually more dependent on random read/write than sustained.

Nick