Using 10TB Internal Hard Drive as Main Boot and Main Hard Drive

[maxine24]

I am going to buy 10TB Internal Hard Drive. I don't need SSD, 7200rpm is more than enough for me. and i need very large capacity hdd, and i am going to buy SEAGATE BARRACUDA PRO 10TB for my Internal Hard Drive PC. i am going to split it into 2 partition = C: 3TB and D: 7TB. my PC is only for GAMING. and i like to save/play many games.. my question is, will it just going fine? i need some suggestion, but i can't change my mind, i will only buy that seagate 10TB.

part: i3 6100 - h110m - gtx1050ti - 16gb ram - 450w psu

i know well how to use it as main boot and main hard drive (gpt,uefi bios, etc). just need suggestion/opinion. thanks..

 

[velocityg4]

If you are going to split the partitions like that. Why not buy a separate 3TB and 8TB? It will be a little cheaper. More importantly it will be faster if your boot drive and data/game/whatever drive are separate. Plus you will have an extra 1TB of space.

 

[ArtPog]

If you want a 10 TB HDD, then get a 10 TB HDD. You've made up your mind so that's that.

The only suggestion I would make is to substantially reduce your C: partition of 3 TB to something about 500 GB. That would be sufficient to contain your OS + a few of your programs/data that you frequently use. The remainder of the 10 TB HDD would encompass the remainder of the drive's disk-space capacity.

The reason for my suggestion is that from time-to-time you may (actually, should!) clone the contents of the partition containing your OS so at the least you would have a comprehensive backup of your OS in the event the system becomes corrupt because of malware or some other awful event. Capiche?

So you could purchase a small-sized HDD of about 500 GB and use that drive to contain the cloned contents of your OS partition. And who knows? Maybe one of these days the light will come on and you'll wonder "Maybe I should get a SSD and use that drive for booting my system?" And if that happens, voila! - you would have only a 500 GB partition (or perhaps even smaller) to consider and not need a substantial $ investment to purchase a large-capacity SSD.