garbagemule
Limp Gawd
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Hello!
I've been a lurker on these forums for a long time, but I've finally come to a point where I feel my question isn't answered entirely in pre-existing threads.
I currently have two harddrives; a 1TB Samsung SpinPoint F1 (HD103UJ), and a 500GB WD5000AAKS (00TMA0 - I'm guessing it's not one of the newer Caviar Blue-drives, but I'm not sure; it's pretty old, though).
While I don't think more disk space is really needed at this point in time (only for backing up existing data), I'm growing increasingly tired of the drop in system performance when doing harddrive intensive tasks. The reason for this, I'm guessing, is that I have my SpinPoint disk formatted into a 100GB system partition (with Windows, applications and games installed), and an 833GB "secondary" partition containing pretty much all my application and game installers/ISOs, drivers, TV-shows, and documents/projects. To my understanding, the reason things slow down is that the harddisk head has to be in several positions at the same time.
So what I'm after is a harddisk dedicated solely to my "system" (Windows, installed games and applications). I understand that drives like the VelociRaptor models are supposedly very fast, but also make a lot of noise. I'm very easily agitated by computer noise, so I don't think they'll be anything for me.
My requirements shouldn't be too uncommon; I need a fairly quiet and fast drive, and I'm on a fairly low budget. I use my PC primarily as a workstation, and I use Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere and Flash, as well as Autodesk Maya.
I've seen the new Caviar Black/Blue drives recommended, but 640GB seems like complete overkill for just a system disk. I mean, my current Windows XP installation uses a bit over 50GB. I suppose dual booting would become more easy, but it's still a lot of space I wouldn't know what to make of.
I don't really mind the extra space, it's just that if there's a harddisk that's just as fast at only 100-150GB and a lot cheaper, that's probably where I'd be heading.
Suggestions, recommendations, face-slaps?
// garbagemule
Edit: Just in case you'll need them, here are some relevant (I hope) specifications of my PC:
ASUS P5Q-E
Intel Q9450
4GB Mushkin PC-6400 CL4 RAM
ASUS EAH4850 512MB
I've been a lurker on these forums for a long time, but I've finally come to a point where I feel my question isn't answered entirely in pre-existing threads.
I currently have two harddrives; a 1TB Samsung SpinPoint F1 (HD103UJ), and a 500GB WD5000AAKS (00TMA0 - I'm guessing it's not one of the newer Caviar Blue-drives, but I'm not sure; it's pretty old, though).
While I don't think more disk space is really needed at this point in time (only for backing up existing data), I'm growing increasingly tired of the drop in system performance when doing harddrive intensive tasks. The reason for this, I'm guessing, is that I have my SpinPoint disk formatted into a 100GB system partition (with Windows, applications and games installed), and an 833GB "secondary" partition containing pretty much all my application and game installers/ISOs, drivers, TV-shows, and documents/projects. To my understanding, the reason things slow down is that the harddisk head has to be in several positions at the same time.
So what I'm after is a harddisk dedicated solely to my "system" (Windows, installed games and applications). I understand that drives like the VelociRaptor models are supposedly very fast, but also make a lot of noise. I'm very easily agitated by computer noise, so I don't think they'll be anything for me.
My requirements shouldn't be too uncommon; I need a fairly quiet and fast drive, and I'm on a fairly low budget. I use my PC primarily as a workstation, and I use Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere and Flash, as well as Autodesk Maya.
I've seen the new Caviar Black/Blue drives recommended, but 640GB seems like complete overkill for just a system disk. I mean, my current Windows XP installation uses a bit over 50GB. I suppose dual booting would become more easy, but it's still a lot of space I wouldn't know what to make of.
I don't really mind the extra space, it's just that if there's a harddisk that's just as fast at only 100-150GB and a lot cheaper, that's probably where I'd be heading.
Suggestions, recommendations, face-slaps?
// garbagemule
Edit: Just in case you'll need them, here are some relevant (I hope) specifications of my PC:
ASUS P5Q-E
Intel Q9450
4GB Mushkin PC-6400 CL4 RAM
ASUS EAH4850 512MB
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