Best bang for my buck? Some help? (SSD's and Additional HDD sizes)

[canadianvice]

So, I'm having a lot of trouble deciding between my two options.
Before I give them, here are the facts:
- 1TB HDD (User files/partition), 120GB SSD (Windows), 240GB SSD (Games)
- I need a separate 2.5", speedy drive for Linux (I'm a compsci student) though if there's a way to have my system boot Windows QUICKLY (aka, not render the SSD moot) with that combined bootloader, that's an option too.
- My games, in their entirely, are 470GB. I only use less than half of those regularly.

Now that you have the facts:
I'm deciding on what size SSD to buy. My two current plans of attack (though advise if you have a better idea) are either:
1. Buy another 120GB and use it for compsci. Keep the others as is.
2. Buy a 480GB, and shift everything up. (120GB for Compsci, then 240GB for Windows, 480GB for games)

Naturally, I would use partitions for slower content on my 1TB HDD (program files hdd, games hdd, user files).

Any suggestions of which direction is the most pragmatic?

 

[sirstinky]

You have the basic structure right: a big mechanical disk for your files and a smaller SSD for your most-accessed files (Windows, games). You are looking for the best solution. I'd keep the big 1 TB disk as a storage device for files you don't use much, and keep the faster drive(s) for the most-accessed files (Windows, your Linux, games). I say you add another 120 GB SSD or you could do a dual-boot from a single large SSD (like 500 GB) that has Windows and Linux on it, keep the 1 TB disk for games. Games don't need an SSD to run quickly. They are more dependent on the other systems (PCI express and memory subsystems). That's my suggestion.