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    2 hard drives 2 speeds

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Snowsurfer, Nov 29, 2007.

  1. Snowsurfer

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    I see them in desktops, is it possible to run a 7200rpm drive C, and a 5400rpm drive D? I have 2 120gb 5400s now, what will happen if I put a 200gb 7200rpm in drive C only?
     
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    Yes, you can very well do that. You will get a better performance if your OS is loaded in the faster RPM Drive....
    I am assuming that you mean to have only one partition for each of your drives....
     
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    Yes, and i was thinking a game say Unreal Tournament 3, along with my OS, will this be a way to boost game performance also? The other drive would be for general storage.
     
    Snowsurfer, Nov 30, 2007
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    I remember not so long ago the 'gamers' desktop configuration was a 7200rpm 75GB hard drive for games and OS and a 200GB 5400rpm for everything else. So x2.

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    No, for an improvement in the gaming performance, you have to upgrade your video card and Memory..., a faster HDD will not be able to help you.....
     
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    Well I do have a brand new Toshiba X205-SLi1, 2.0 cpu, 2 8600gt's in SLi 512 total.2x120's at 5400. I always thought 7200 was the way to go for gaming? I haven"t downloaded 3DMark06 yet, but It scored 21099 on 3DMark03, with the 169.09 driver.
     
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    How about a samsung SSD for OS and gaming for drive C, is that possible next to a regular old drive? If it is I"ll do it.
     
    Snowsurfer, Nov 30, 2007
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    Well, those are more important than the HD, but the HD can indeed improve loading/saving times.
     
    dragonrage, Nov 30, 2007
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    Fast hard drives will help in game load times, that's about it, the rest is GPU and CPU.

    Also, you probably can't or should not run the different speed drives in a RAID configuration.

    Otherwise no issues with running two different speed drives.
     
    count_schemula, Nov 30, 2007
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