How should I use this jumble of hard drives in my HTPC?

[evilspoons]

Hi everyone,

I have a HTPC I built recently that is currently using an old 320 GB Seagate drive as a boot disk because it's what I had laying around. Files are currently pulled over the network, but I want them to be stored in the HTPC eventually.

I now have available:

1x 500 GB Seagate 2.5" laptop drive
1x Western Digital Caviar Green 1 TB
1x Seagate Barracuda LP 2 TB (brand new)

The 320 GB drive seems loud to me. Which of these three should I put Windows on? I plan on having the 2 TB in there in some fashion for storage, but I'm not sure if it should also have Windows on it or if I should maybe use the laptop drive since it'll be quiet (in theory).

 

[VirtualLarry]

I've got my HTPC on a WD Caviar Green 1TB myself. Seems quiet and unobtrusive.

 

[Binky]

Assuming that more space is good, the seagate is probably the fastest and best of those choices. An HTPC is much less sensitive to hd speed than a desktop (for me).