Would there be any benefit to doing this?

[darkswordsman17]

Would there be any benefit to say installing an OS on a system and then using it only for playing games. By this I mean, have the OS and then install the games on that drive, but nothing else. Then have another hard drive with the other programs and files for like surfing and whatnot.

 

[high]

i have that setup on this whole computer....gaming ONLY...but yeah why not but obviously you're not using linux/osx for gaming..? so what os do u plan to dual boot? I find xp the most stable / best for gaming.

 

[Corporate Thug]

i dont see how that would help in anyway unless you want to just dedicate a raptor to gaming

 

[darkswordsman17]

Yeah, Win XP.

The reasons I was thinking about this is because I was going to get a Raptor and didn't want to have to do another reinstall over what my system is now (I just did this about 3 weeks ago). Also, I figure if I'm not jumbling the drive up with a ton of other programs then it should stay nice and quick. I use Alcohol 120% to rip the games to my hard drive and figure that by dedicating the drive to games will help me keep the space low so I can load more games on there.

 

[SilentZero]

I dedicate a 74gb raptor to gaming and the only improvement I see is the faster load times. Is it worth it? Probably not.