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So, I'm planning on building my first gaming desktop in a couple months and I'm still up in the air about my storage setup. I'm looking to get a decent speed and reliability boost when compared with mechanical drives (I'm paranoid as hell when it comes to HD failure so RAID 0 is out of the question w/mechanical drives).
Note: Data = Music & Movies
Options:
1) Stick with both mechanical drives. WD Raptor for boot and games, Samsung 1 TB F3 for data
2) Small capacity SSD for boot only (maybe a game or two), Samsung 1 TB F3 for games and data
3) Large capacity SSD for boot and games, Samsung 1 TB F3 for data
For the sake of comparisons, let's say that price isn't a [major] factor (I'll still be taking it into account, but I really want my first gaming desktop to be much faster than my current gaming laptop).
I've been looking at:
Small SSD: Mushkin Enhanced Callisto Deluxe MKNSSDCL60GB-DX 2...
Large SSD: Mushkin Enhanced Callisto Deluxe MKNSSDCL240GB-DX ...
From the specs of each, I'd say they're both OCZ Vertex 2s in disguise, but they're also both cheaper than their Vertex 2 counterparts.
What does everyone think?
Note: Data = Music & Movies
Options:
1) Stick with both mechanical drives. WD Raptor for boot and games, Samsung 1 TB F3 for data
2) Small capacity SSD for boot only (maybe a game or two), Samsung 1 TB F3 for games and data
3) Large capacity SSD for boot and games, Samsung 1 TB F3 for data
For the sake of comparisons, let's say that price isn't a [major] factor (I'll still be taking it into account, but I really want my first gaming desktop to be much faster than my current gaming laptop).
I've been looking at:
Small SSD: Mushkin Enhanced Callisto Deluxe MKNSSDCL60GB-DX 2...
Large SSD: Mushkin Enhanced Callisto Deluxe MKNSSDCL240GB-DX ...
From the specs of each, I'd say they're both OCZ Vertex 2s in disguise, but they're also both cheaper than their Vertex 2 counterparts.
What does everyone think?