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18th Jul 2009, 14:40
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Hello,
I am building a computer with the following specs: Antec p182 4GB Corsair Memory (PC 6400) E8400 Asus P5Q-E 750W Corsair PSU 1TB Samsung Spinpoint (for media) Radeon4850 Graphics Card I need a hard drive for my OS and Programmes and would like to avoid the expensive SSD and Raptor hard drives. I have looked around and it seems the best alternative would be a second 1TB Samsung Spinpoint (though Western Digital Caviar Black has been suggested as an alternative). Do you think that 1. It would be a waste of money to buy a 1TB hard drive just for the Operating System and Programmes - I don't really play games, so much of the space is never really going to be used 2. I have heard that placing the Operating System on such a large hard drive is actually a bad idea (though am not sure why) - is this true? If so should I partition, to say leave just 100GB free for the OS and the rest for programmes? Would be really grateful for your comments and suggestions for any alternatives. |
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18th Jul 2009, 15:23
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1TB is overkill for just an OS drive, simple answer is why waste the money if you don't intend to use it.
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18th Jul 2009, 16:06
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My problem is that all the most economic/quiet/speedy hard drives seem to be the biggest in terms of size. If I drop down in size, there seems to be a drop in terms of speed and how loud they are.
Had a look on the internet and the Caviar Black is supposedly the choice for OS/Programmes but only very marginally better than the 1TB Spinpoint, but then the Spinpoint for only £9 more is giving me an extra 320 GB, though as you say, much of the drive space will probably go unused. Bit of a dillema. Perhaps, as long as it is not going to cause the hard drive grief trying to find system files on such a large disk I should just get the Spinpoint. Alternatively, I could keep looking around for a much smaller drive with specs that match the two above hard drives but with a price tag that is low enough to justify getting it instead. I suppose the problem is that the Spinpoint is such a good deal at the moment that it seems tempting to buy, even if much of the space never gets used. |
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19th Jul 2009, 00:14
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Replied in your other thread.
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