New Sys Config Advice

teflemingtefleming
edited January 2005 in Hardware
My new system specs:

ASUS A8V Deluxe (v2)
AMD Athlon64 3000+ 90mm
1 GB (2 X 512) BH5 PC2700
Antec NeoPower 480w PSU
Sapphire Radeon 9000
Rosewill 16X Dual Layer DVD+-R/W
LiteOn 16X DVD-ROM
Samsung 191t+
WD1200jb 120GB, 8MB, 7200rpm
Maxtor DiamondMax10 200GB, 8MB, 7200rpm


I'm trying to figure out what my best bet is for HDD usage. Which should I install Windows on? Which should I install my progs on? Which should I page off? etc. This will be my first system with multiple HDDs.

Any other unsolicited tips?

Comments

  • VolvoVolvo Eureka, Ca on the Pacific
    edited January 2005
    I'm not the most qualified on your drives.
    But on my System I partitioned the fastest and newest of my 10,000 RPM Scsi LVD 160s and put my OS and programs on the boot partition. I put my data and a 1 gig swap on the other chunk of that drive. On the second drive I run a software mirror (Diskeeper from Power Quest) of my data files and I keep several Images of my boot drive on that drive as well.
    Then if I get bit by a crash, bug or nasty malware. It's 20 minutes and my boot drive is restored.
    If you image your boot drive you can always move things around later.
    My Best to you,
    -=Volvo=-
    Fold on 24/7
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    If I recall correctly, the DiamondMax is the fastest drive.

    I'd set the diamondmax as your primary and give windows a 5GB partition.. Take the rest of the drive and order it however you want. This'll permit you to install everything you really want to keep onto other partitions, and wipe windows with only minimal (Registry info) loss -- just back up your address book if you have one, your my documents folder, and your favorites. No problem. Also, keeping the partition small means it's easier to carry around as a Ghost image -- you don't have a fat-ass partition, that's mostly empty, being made into an image when you go to image your C:\.

    The 1200JB should be the slave, and the first partition you should create on it should be a 1GB swap partition. Move Windows' swap file off of C:\ and onto the 1GB partition via the system properties -> advanced -> performance options when you right click on my computer. The rest of the drive you can order as you see fit.

    This will give you data longevity, a lightly-cluttered windows install, and fast swapping.
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