Hello Hardwareans....
Im currently looking at upgrading my HDD and im looking for a recommendation as to what i should do.
I am an avid gamer, run an overclocked(4.2ghz) i7 875k cpu
on a Biostar t5xe CFX SLI motherboard.
Patriot Viper II Sector 5 2000mhz ddr3.
I have a Nvidia GTX 480 and hopefully plan on getting another soon
My problem at the moment is that i have 200gb per month download limit and i only have a 250gb HDD, and im seriously running out of room.
Boot times are not really a concern to me, but i would however like my upgraded storage solution to have at least 2TB. With this in mind i am wondering if i should continue to use my 250gb as a boot and application install drive, and use the 2tb as storage for my music, videos etc...Or if i should set up a 2tb RAID array as a boot.
I would like my games to load faster so i am leaning towards the RAID setup but i dont want to spend too much money. (IE raid controllers etc)
In regards to RAID i understand there are varying types of RAID setup, and i would also like your recommendation as to what would be best.
Does my Motherboard support RAID or will i need a RAID controller card, and if so would i need a pci or pcie one for my type of setup.
EDIT: OH! Also! MY MOBO only has one PCIE x1 slot which is directly under my 480, will having a pcie card in this slot severely impede airflow for my egg cooking graphics card?
And as a side note I am also looking at upgrading to a sound card, anyone have any recommendations for that as well, (pci vs pcie) keeping in mind the raid setup.
Thanks in advance.
Skorch
Im currently looking at upgrading my HDD and im looking for a recommendation as to what i should do.
I am an avid gamer, run an overclocked(4.2ghz) i7 875k cpu
on a Biostar t5xe CFX SLI motherboard.
Patriot Viper II Sector 5 2000mhz ddr3.
I have a Nvidia GTX 480 and hopefully plan on getting another soon
My problem at the moment is that i have 200gb per month download limit and i only have a 250gb HDD, and im seriously running out of room.
Boot times are not really a concern to me, but i would however like my upgraded storage solution to have at least 2TB. With this in mind i am wondering if i should continue to use my 250gb as a boot and application install drive, and use the 2tb as storage for my music, videos etc...Or if i should set up a 2tb RAID array as a boot.
I would like my games to load faster so i am leaning towards the RAID setup but i dont want to spend too much money. (IE raid controllers etc)
In regards to RAID i understand there are varying types of RAID setup, and i would also like your recommendation as to what would be best.
Does my Motherboard support RAID or will i need a RAID controller card, and if so would i need a pci or pcie one for my type of setup.
EDIT: OH! Also! MY MOBO only has one PCIE x1 slot which is directly under my 480, will having a pcie card in this slot severely impede airflow for my egg cooking graphics card?
And as a side note I am also looking at upgrading to a sound card, anyone have any recommendations for that as well, (pci vs pcie) keeping in mind the raid setup.
Thanks in advance.
Skorch