All,
I am looking to obtain additional storage, more specifically for gaming. My current setup as is as such:
Mobo: Crosshair IV
Boot HDD: G.SKILL Phoenix Pro Series FM-25S2S-120GBP2 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC SSD
Secondary HDD: Some old 7200 maxtor drive
I keep filling up my primary HDD with game installs (steam) and want to move them to a new drive. However, that Maxtor drive is less than 300gb and not the best of drives. I can keep it for a small backup drive.
So, I was debating the WD Black Caviar drive, but had a couple questions. Is the Sata 3.0 vs. 6.0 really that much better? I ask because they have a 1.5tb 3.0 drive for $120 and a 1tb 6.0 drive for $90. Truth be told, 1tb should be plenty ... more than plenty for quite awhile, so I'd rather go for performance, which says I should go with the 6.0 yeah? This is what I'm looking at: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533&cm_re=Western_Digital_Caviar_black-_-22-136-533-_-Product
Edit: The more I think about this, the more I want to turn this into a RAID 5 with 3 drives for now ... I think my case can handle up to another 5, but gonna call it a day at 3. So now I need to decide If I go with the 1tb or 1.5tb drives ...
Thanks
I am looking to obtain additional storage, more specifically for gaming. My current setup as is as such:
Mobo: Crosshair IV
Boot HDD: G.SKILL Phoenix Pro Series FM-25S2S-120GBP2 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC SSD
Secondary HDD: Some old 7200 maxtor drive
I keep filling up my primary HDD with game installs (steam) and want to move them to a new drive. However, that Maxtor drive is less than 300gb and not the best of drives. I can keep it for a small backup drive.
So, I was debating the WD Black Caviar drive, but had a couple questions. Is the Sata 3.0 vs. 6.0 really that much better? I ask because they have a 1.5tb 3.0 drive for $120 and a 1tb 6.0 drive for $90. Truth be told, 1tb should be plenty ... more than plenty for quite awhile, so I'd rather go for performance, which says I should go with the 6.0 yeah? This is what I'm looking at: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533&cm_re=Western_Digital_Caviar_black-_-22-136-533-_-Product
Edit: The more I think about this, the more I want to turn this into a RAID 5 with 3 drives for now ... I think my case can handle up to another 5, but gonna call it a day at 3. So now I need to decide If I go with the 1tb or 1.5tb drives ...
Thanks