Need Advice on HD Setup

Genuinely · Post by **Genuinely** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:19 am

Hi im trying to upgrade my HD situation in my computer, here is my current set up

CPU: i7 920 Bloomfield

Mobo: EVGA X58 3x sli

Ram: G. Skill 6gb (3 x 2gb) ddr3 1600(PC3 12800) triple chan. kit

Video Card: 2x EVGA GTX 550TI

PSU: Antec EarthWatts 750W

Hard Drive: WD 1TB 7200RPM

OS: Windows 7 64bit

im trying to get a faster HD money isnt an issue my system is old but for the games i play it runs them perfectly fine just looking for a better HD set up possibly a good SSD or velociraptor

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:58 pm

SSD in raid-0 and have something make system images every week or so

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 8:31 pm

SSD if you can swing the price.
Love raptors myself too!
Having 2x separate drives even better IMO...and putting another pagefile.sys on the second spindle...nice performance boost.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:41 am

I wouldnt classify your system as old. lol

Genuinely · Post by **Genuinely** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:42 am

ok thanks ill have to read up on making a pagefile.sys never done anything like that before shouldnt be hard to figure out thanks much ill post updates

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 4:59 pm

I'm still running the 1st Gen Raptor from 2005 on my gaming rig - I just carried it over and over each time I rebuilt it and it runs fast but to be honest I think my 500Gig Seagate 7200 RPM drive runs just as fast since its a newer drive, newer parts etc you get the idea. If I had to make a choice now I'd go with a 120gig SSD and a 500Gig 32MB Cache 7200 RPM drive or something faster for storage.

Genuinely · Post by **Genuinely** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:39 am

Awesome thanks

SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820227706
HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822136795

those are the two i thought may be good, should i get 2 of the SSD and raid them ? trying to get my games to load a bit faster, is all was told better hard drive would do so.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:20 pm

Genuinely&#8482 wrote:Awesome thanks

SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820227706
HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822136795

those are the two i thought may be good, should i get 2 of the SSD and raid them ? trying to get my games to load a bit faster, is all was told better hard drive would do so.

I wouldn't fool with raid on a SSD..use it for loading the OS and some programs otherwise store the games on the other HDD till you need em and then move em back or whatever.

Genuinely · Post by **Genuinely** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:06 pm

ahh alright, so ill just load the OS and the game i want on the SSD and leave it as that thanks much for your opinion i appreciate it a lot