Hi all, I am thinking about getting a gaming barebones pc. http://www.icubes.co.uk/add/configurator2.asp?m=88&r=1&c=303309&x=48&y=9
i need to know, are there any significant disadvantages to not setting up raid 1 on 2 hard drives?
i want to get
1. for xp pro, the pagefile updates drivers etc, and all my applications ( i have about 6 heavy graphics ones)
2. for just my files (mp3s films etc etc etc
i wanted to get simply a 250 sata2 seagate for the os ect, and a 450 sata2 for the files
I have been researching the different raid options and after reading for about 4 hours i realise that i dont know the 1st thing about it so i should probably leave it alone. raid1 may be safe and reassuring, but really, i just want to back up externally on an external hdd.
should i just get the 2 hard drives and ignore raid altogether? or should i raid1 them and mirror the os etc (which is complete greek to me.....)
thanks to anyone who can explain any of this or just reassure me that just doing the simple option is ok
(i expect someone to probably say just get one big hard drive and forget the rest)
i need to know, are there any significant disadvantages to not setting up raid 1 on 2 hard drives?
i want to get
1. for xp pro, the pagefile updates drivers etc, and all my applications ( i have about 6 heavy graphics ones)
2. for just my files (mp3s films etc etc etc
i wanted to get simply a 250 sata2 seagate for the os ect, and a 450 sata2 for the files
I have been researching the different raid options and after reading for about 4 hours i realise that i dont know the 1st thing about it so i should probably leave it alone. raid1 may be safe and reassuring, but really, i just want to back up externally on an external hdd.
should i just get the 2 hard drives and ignore raid altogether? or should i raid1 them and mirror the os etc (which is complete greek to me.....)
thanks to anyone who can explain any of this or just reassure me that just doing the simple option is ok
(i expect someone to probably say just get one big hard drive and forget the rest)