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So, I recently got a 3TB hard drive its a 7200RPM drive, I wasnt considering using as a OS drive up till now.

But, my 500GB OS drive is quite slow on boot up due to the 5400RPM spindle rate.

Should I split my 3TB in half and have 2x1.5TB and use one half for OS or will 7200rpm not be a big difference in OS boot up time compared to the 5400 drive?


Please dont advise me to buy a SSD, im totally against them.

Thanks.
 
Just partition 150-200GB or so on the 3TB drive for your O/S
It'll make a big difference to the 5400RPM disk

A 1.5TB O/S partition will make reloads a pain in the ass
 
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nivek said:
Just partition 150-200GB or so on the 3TB drive for your O/S
It'll make a big difference to the 5400RPM disk

A 1.5TB O/S partition will make reloads a pain in the ass
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So must I change the partition MBR from GPT?
 
nivek said:
Just partition 150-200GB or so on the 3TB drive for your O/S
It'll make a big difference to the 5400RPM disk

A 1.5TB O/S partition will make reloads a pain in the ass
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+1, then buy a external hard drive case for your 500GB...depending on what you want to do of course. Are you planning on a lot of multi tasking? You may find a bottle neck with one hard drive if you are doing 2 write/ read operations at the same time.



Rickster said:
Please dont advise me to buy a SSD, im totally against them.

Thanks.
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Why? out of curiosity.
 
ave said:
Why? out of curiosity.
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I find that the Price to storage ratio is very bad....I mean im not so impatient that games must load super quick and stuff like that, also i cant stand it when people install programs/games on there non-OS drive...it doesnt feel right.
 
You will probably have some issues installing Windows 7 on the 3TB drive. It doesn't like it very much and it might only show 2TB available. Hopefully you will be able to access the remaining 1TB from within Windows.
 
I personally wont use a 3TB drive for the OS, also, you need to confirm if that drive can boot with whatever OS you are using. with vista you might need a HBA adapter, and even with windows 7 you will need 64bit...
 
Rickster said:
I find that the Price to storage ratio is very bad....I mean im not so impatient that games must load super quick and stuff like that, also i cant stand it when people install programs/games on there non-OS drive...it doesnt feel right.
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I understand your reasoning but trust me, you are missing out on the biggest upgrade to your system you can make.
 
Rickster said:
Please dont advise me to buy a SSD, im totally against them.

Thanks.
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If you want a really sweet OS drive then a 60GB SSD is the way to go (if you can afford it), mine has 33GB left over from the Windows, I've installed 99% of my programs on a spinner.

The RPM does make a noticeable difference, (from my experience with laptops)

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/musi...pro-hd-speed-question-5400-7200-os-drive.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/248997-32-5400-rpms-7200-rpms

If I was you I would split the 3TB like you said.
 
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Rickster said:
So, I recently got a 3TB hard drive its a 7200RPM drive, I wasnt considering using as a OS drive up till now.

But, my 500GB OS drive is quite slow on boot up due to the 5400RPM spindle rate.

Should I split my 3TB in half and have 2x1.5TB and use one half for OS or will 7200rpm not be a big difference in OS boot up time compared to the 5400 drive?


Please dont advise me to buy a SSD, im totally against them.

Thanks.
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You comp[lain your OS drive is slow then refuse to get a fast drive? LOL.

You can get a decent 240GB SSD for like 2grand now. They aren't expensive anymore.
 
Qwikslver said:
You comp[lain your OS drive is slow then refuse to get a fast drive? LOL.

You can get a decent 240GB SSD for like 2grand now. They aren't expensive anymore.
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Some people just don't see the light. And when you shine it in their eyes, they close them.
 
Shiboink said:
SSD is definitely the way to go for a OS drive, I have the OCZ agility 3 120GB (http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=14&products_id=4976), the thing is excellent for the price... I wouldn't settle for anything less than a 120 GB, with windows installed and a few games on, it gets full quickly.. I wanna up to a 240 or so, that would satisfy my needs completely
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I would only recommend 60GB if you are only going to install your Windows and a few programs on it, otherwise 120GB is the "standard" these days.

Like I said I have 33GB left over on my SSD and I only have the Windows installed on it.
 
NomNom said:
I would only recommend 60GB if you are only going to install your Windows and a few programs on it, otherwise 120GB is the "standard" these days.

Like I said I have 33GB left over on my SSD and I only have the Windows installed on it.
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yeah, but install games, the latest hitman used 24 GB of my SSD's space, so add that to a win 7 64bit ultimate install, and office, you are pretty much out of space a 60GB, also how much of the 60 GB can you use? 52GB?
 
Shiboink said:
Are you issuing these Links with regard to the SSD discussion?
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NO. Partitioning a 3TB spinner for an optimum OS partition. Would have thought it would be clear from the content of the links which says nothing about SSDs.
 
ponder said:
NO. Partitioning a 3TB spinner for an optimum OS partition. Would have thought it would be clear from the content of the links which says nothing about SSDs.
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exactly what I'm clearing up, didn't read the article, I have had a few guys before that thought a SSD spin very fast.
 
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