Need HDD advice, im in the middle of the build

[andrei3333]

Plans changed through out the build of my new main PC

basically i now have 2 hard drives that are identical (different manufacture dates and serial numbers, but they are the same model and share the same specs)

Question is: Whats the BEST performance solution (raid?) that i can do...( i do play games and download a lot and multitask)

so i can have

A) one drive for OS/Games and the second as an additional for download and +
B) combine the two in raid and have everything as "one" drive
C) do raid with the two drives i have now and buy the smallest cheapest drive for downloading
D) ? ? ?

Please help im right in the middle of the build and my living room is a huge mess with 3 computers taken apart and my fiance is going to kill me ....!!!!!

 

[VirtualLarry]

I vote A.

 

[disports]

I also vote for A

 

[Denithor]

A it is. And put your pagefile (windows virtual memory) on the second (non OS) drive. A minor performance boost that way.

 

[andrei3333]

ok thanks, i can always get another drive and reinstall, but the money savings sounds good to me right now anyways....is raid0 noticeably faster compared to using a single drive for games ? like how much gain is there - not 50% thats impossible right ?