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Best setup of SSD/HDD on new build

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Hi all,

Been doing some reading and have come away with more questions than answers. My new parts should be here today, and I'm starting from scratch. Using a 3570 on an MSI z77ma-g45 board, planning to run win7 64. My question is this: I got a good package deal on a 1TB 7200rpm HDD and 30g Corsair SSD. I know that the SSD is a bit small, but given the price point I hopped on it. What is the best way to set these drives up with a FRESH install?

I will use the rig primarily for gaming, and it stays on approx 24/7. Games are usually WoW, with lesser preference to LoL and/or Steam; main priority is speed in WoW.

The 30g size means that I could either:

1) Install WoW entirely on the SSD, and have my OS and everything else on the mech drive.
2) Install the OS on the SSD, and WoW/everything else on ths mech.
3) Set up some kind of cache/SRT (if my mobo supports it, not sure on that)
4) Pick up another SSD in the near future and run the SSDs in RAID-0 and use the mech as backup.
5) Some other option that I didn't list, because I'm pretty novice at this.

Of the above, what would give me the best speed, reliability, drive longevity, etc? Is SRT something I should look into, instead of a dedicated "X goes on SSD, rest on HDD" approach?

Thanks.

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Since you have the 30gb SSD that size is perfect for the hard drive caching setup where the SSD is used as a cache for the larger mechanical hard drive. In gaming the SSD has only one benefit and that is that the maps will load faster. So putting a game only on the SSD will not impact the gameplay and putting the OS on a 30gb SSD with Win 64 is not good because you will be out of space in no time. Even a 64gb SSD is not good for the OS and I have done it so I do have experience there. The 64gb filled up in a very short time so getting another 30gb is mot a good idea.
So I would look inyo your option 3 and the hard drive/SSD caching.
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