Hi, I have three hard drives and I was wondering how best to utilise them for best performance. I currently have my operating system on my WD 10,000 rpm drive (It's one of the very unreliable 74gb models, so I don't like to put stuff I'm working on on it). My other programs are mostly on a 7,200rpm drive, and I bought a spare 7,200 rpm drive when I thought the WD had finally died. I'm thinking of using this purely for data I'm writing like for rendering video and CG scenes onto. Is this the optimal use of these three drives? Where is the best place to store the raw video files I'm working on? I'm thinking: 1st drive: Windows only. 2nd drive: Other programs and raw video files and any files used in projects. 3rd drive: for writing final data. IE rendered video/CG scenes.
Or would it be better to use the spare third drive for the raw data AND for final output and save the second just for programs?
I'm sure the MOBO and processor limit the maximum speed, but motherboards and processors have been getting faster at an alarming rate. Mechanical drives don't seem to be.
Or would it be better to use the spare third drive for the raw data AND for final output and save the second just for programs?
I'm sure the MOBO and processor limit the maximum speed, but motherboards and processors have been getting faster at an alarming rate. Mechanical drives don't seem to be.