Wanting a second Hard Drive - advice please

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Mattbourne64

Active member
Hi guys,

I want to add in another hard drive or SSD, but not sure what to go for. The reason for this is that I would like to record some gaming footage whilst playing, and I have heard that you need two ideally, so that the footage records to one and the game to the other.

Any suggestions?

I wondered if I should get an SSD and put my OS and couple of games on that, whilst using my hard drive for recording?

Thanks in advance.

Spec:

Case
InWin CENTINAL BUC BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500 Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Speakers
LOGITECH S120 2.0 BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£9)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
 
keynes

keynes

Multiverse Poster
I'd go for an SSD as a primary drive and as you mentioned the caviar black for storage.
 
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Mattbourne64

Active member
rubensolo said:
I'd go for an SSD as a primary drive and as you mentioned the caviar black for storage.
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Thanks that's what I was thinking. I am not any sort of PC wiz, so can you tell me if an SSD will fit into my spec? And if I can easily fit one myself without having to send it into PC specialist?

Thanks.
 
keynes

keynes

Multiverse Poster
Yes it will, you just need to put the SSD as the main drive and the caviar black as a secondary drive when you are doing your spec.
 
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Mattbourne64

Active member
rubensolo said:
Yes it will, you just need to put the SSD as the main drive and the caviar black as a secondary drive when you are doing your spec.
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Sorry I didn't make myself clear, I have already got the spec at home with the caviar black HD. What I need is a couple of suggestions for good SSD's. And also to know how easy it is to fit one myself.

Thanks.
 
Corfate

Corfate

Author Level
The Corsair Force series SSD's are good :) On Scan for about £63 (i won't post a link, Rakk might hit me!)

on the fitting side, jsut screw it into a drive bay, connect a SATA cable and power cable, you're golden :)
 
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Mattbourne64

Active member
Corfate said:
The Corsair Force series SSD's are good :) On Scan for about £63 (i won't post a link, Rakk might hit me!)

on the fitting side, jsut screw it into a drive bay, connect a SATA cable and power cable, you're golden :)
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Thanks, do these drives come with the above cables mentioned?
 
Buzz

Buzz

Master
I love OCZ vertex 3/4 SSD myself. All just preference I suppose. I would suggest though, when installing the SSD, remove all other drives power while installing windows, and after windows is installed on the SSD then return the power to the other HDD. It seems to be the best way to do it imo. It will also set BIOS boot device as the correct one without any messing about.
 
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Mattbourne64

Active member
Ok guys so I have gone ahead and purchased this SSD: Corsair 120GB Force 3 SSD CSSD-F120GB3-BK. Can you please tell me what power cables I will need for it?

Thanks.
 
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