Will adding this Hard Drive slow performance?

[sirpado]

I am about to build a 1.4 ghz system..I orderd a new 60 GB IBM Deskstar, but I have an old 6 GB Hard Drive (5200 RPM), that I wanted to use to store my MP3 collection. Would this be a bad/good idea? I didnt want it to like affect performance or anything.
Also, I will be using a CD-RW and dvd drive..I wonder what the best IDE set up would be...Im tempted to set this old hard drive as secondary slave. thanks!

 

[GremlinHater]

For IDE Setups, I've been told different things, and I think it's usually depends on what you want to do. I believe a rule of thumb is, don't but two ide drives you plan to use simultaneously on the same IDE controller as it's ineffecient in such management tasks. Anyone wanna back me up further?

 

[MulLa]

My logic tells me that it shouldn't have an effect on performance.

Then it comes down do what you do with your old drive. As you said for the purpose of storing MP3s and playback shouldn't effect performance as it's already fast enough to handle that task.

If you are saying "I constantly copy data back and forth between my old and new drive" then yes your old drive will place a limit on performance.

 

[gopunk]

actually i've been told that if you place two drives on the same controller, then it's going to go the speed of the slower drive. this i was told by the guy at my local computer parts store.... he was telling me to not put my dvd-rom on the same controller as my ata/100 harddrive.