Hard Drives

[McNeo 3]

McNeo, the lead of the xG Help Desk, needs your help with a computer question!

 

Currently I have a single 250GB HDD in my computer which has my OS and all my programs (I have two 1TB externals for storage). The 250 is a SATA II 3.0 GB/s.

 

I want to add a second HDD, a 500GB SATA III 6.0 GB/s HDD.

 

Obv SATA III is twice as fast as SATA II. I also know that running two seperate drives can increase performance. But, here's my question...

 

OS on SATA II drive and programs/storage on SATA III drive? or

OS on SATA III drive and programs/storage on SATA II drive?

 

Discuss.

[Rhododendron 994]

Keep OS on old. Use SATA III for stuff like your games and illegal stuffz.

[McNeo 3]

illegal stuffz

 

That goes on the USB3 external so it can dash away and hide if I need it to.

[Angrehorse 3]

Just have the one with the most memory on the Sata III

[McNeo 3]

Well, the new 500 GB HDD arrived yesterday.

 

But, my existing 250 GB HDD just failed a test and has some bad sectors.

 

So, now the plan is to just reinstall on the 500 and shit can 250. Or... should I get another new second HDD? I don't really need the space, but would two SATAIII HDD's give a significant performance increase?

[Duplolas 1]

Buy a floppy. Those things can hold some major 8-bit porn on them.

[MineCrack 62]

Put it this way. My normal stash is on my usb. My CP is in my vm.

Forgot to mention this has nothing to do with the thread.