Help setting up disk drives

[Name4Game]

Ok so I have a 1 Tb SSD and a 500gb HDD, I would like to get the best I can get everything and Im in the middle of trying to figure out how to set up these drives. Im new to pc building and am a little lost when it comes to SATA and RAID and so on... any pro tips. I have a gigabyte z170x Gaming 7 MoBo

 

[iXeon]

i would use one M.2 drive instead of two raid HDDs while the motherboard support 32Gbps speeds on M.2 slot, that no normal HDD could even get close.
but anyway here how you can make drives in RAID configuration in your motherboard: go to page 67
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1151/B150M-K/E10949_B150M-K_UM_web_only.pdf?_ga=1.11008692.1474362318.1466271041

 

[madmatt30]

1tb ssd as c drive (os drive)
500gb HDD as d drive (media storage/ backup)

Youre the opposite way round with drive space to most people , most people have a smaller ssd & a larger platter drive but really you have little to worry about.

If you've not built yet , make sure to set sata to ahci mode in bios , & only connect the ssd for the windows install.

Connect the 500gb hard drive only after you're up & running & partition / format from within windows.

 

[Name4Game]

Awesome info! This helps clear things up for me a little and help me see how to set this. I happened to have a 500gb HDD lying around and just decided to use it and upgrade whenever I feel the time might be right.