Hi !
I normally never bothered to partition,
But now with a Workstation
I want to be able to Gain has much performance i can out of those Crappy HDD
Basically here is the HDD
Keep in mind my motherboard caps at 3gbs speed if even though the 1tb has 6gbs i could only use 3
Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache
Other one is
Hitachi GST Ultrastar A7K1000 HUA721050KLA330 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache
Does Windows Really benefit from 64m Cache?
If not i would definatly use the 32m cache for windows and keep 64m one for games and softwares
my laptop runs a i5 5th gen with 8mb and is quick has hell so i dont see how it would really matters..
Here is the setup i was Thinking
Use the 500g 32m Cache Has Main Boot Device
Partition #1 100gb for windows / system
Partition #2 357gb Left for All documents raw material music/video/pics The Whole Library etc
Use the 1TB 64m cache has secondary
With either 2x 500gb Partitions One for gaming and the rest for all my 3d programs and more file hoarding Or
i make 4X 200gb Partitions For Steam Games
and use the 140g left to install my 3d programs And Adobe Master Suit..
the games and my creations would gain from the 64m cache
Partition #1 200g will have Steam / Gta5+Any FPS/TPS Games
Partition #2 200g will have Steam League+Hots +Indies+ Novels
Partition #3 200g Will have all external install games & origin games if i ever get it back i should for bf4 and Me3
Partition #4 200g Extra Storage Either Output folder for my 3D files or Xsplit Recordings
Partition #5 The Rest of it 150G for all my 3d softwares and adobe master suit collection installations
Smaller partitions prevent the lower peak # from droping too much i know that much which is why i am trying to go Loco on the amounts
But i also know that switching reading in between disk partitions could hinder/slow the second partitions rendering the whole thing useless
But with this setup windows runs on the Hitachi while Games or my 3d software runs on the Seagate
But Now here is what confuses me
If i have the output folder for either all my 3d/editing/recording software on a drive
Example
Running gta5 on partition #1 but then Xsplit is running on partition #5 on the same drive
and saving output folder on partition #4 on the same drive again
OR it would be Outputted into Partition #2 on the Hitachi Drive
Because if all those partitions end up bottlenecking each others then id simply do
Use the 500g 32m Cache Has Main Boot Device
Partition #1 200gb for windows / system But then id install things like Xsplit Hwmonitor etc etc here
Partition #2 257gb Left for All documents raw material music/video/pics The Whole Library etc
Use the 1TB 64m cache has secondary
Partition #1 600g will have All Games
Partition #2 the rest 330g All my 3d Softwares and files
OR
Should i not even bother
And use The most simple of course..
Use 500g 32m Cache Has Main Boot Device
No Partitions, Install Windows on it and leave all vids and normal programs installed on it
Use the 1TB 64m cache has secondary
No Partitions, All Games and 3d Softwares/editing and 3d Files and output folders in here
I doubt the workstation spec would matter but in case it does heres the specs
(2X) Intel Xeon E5620 Quadcore 2.6ghz
16g DIMM 1066 Rams
Nvidia GTX760
965w psu, the 2 hdd's
And ya i need to do it soon because i poped in my HDD from last machine and now my windows and bios is not working properly hwmonitor is not picking up the 16 threads and ya some stuff going on
So i want to format has quickly has i can to start the work =)
Hope anyway can finally make me stop banging my head on the walls =)
Thanks !
I normally never bothered to partition,
But now with a Workstation
I want to be able to Gain has much performance i can out of those Crappy HDD
Basically here is the HDD
Keep in mind my motherboard caps at 3gbs speed if even though the 1tb has 6gbs i could only use 3
Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache
Other one is
Hitachi GST Ultrastar A7K1000 HUA721050KLA330 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache
Does Windows Really benefit from 64m Cache?
If not i would definatly use the 32m cache for windows and keep 64m one for games and softwares
my laptop runs a i5 5th gen with 8mb and is quick has hell so i dont see how it would really matters..
Here is the setup i was Thinking
Use the 500g 32m Cache Has Main Boot Device
Partition #1 100gb for windows / system
Partition #2 357gb Left for All documents raw material music/video/pics The Whole Library etc
Use the 1TB 64m cache has secondary
With either 2x 500gb Partitions One for gaming and the rest for all my 3d programs and more file hoarding Or
i make 4X 200gb Partitions For Steam Games
and use the 140g left to install my 3d programs And Adobe Master Suit..
the games and my creations would gain from the 64m cache
Partition #1 200g will have Steam / Gta5+Any FPS/TPS Games
Partition #2 200g will have Steam League+Hots +Indies+ Novels
Partition #3 200g Will have all external install games & origin games if i ever get it back i should for bf4 and Me3
Partition #4 200g Extra Storage Either Output folder for my 3D files or Xsplit Recordings
Partition #5 The Rest of it 150G for all my 3d softwares and adobe master suit collection installations
Smaller partitions prevent the lower peak # from droping too much i know that much which is why i am trying to go Loco on the amounts
But i also know that switching reading in between disk partitions could hinder/slow the second partitions rendering the whole thing useless
But with this setup windows runs on the Hitachi while Games or my 3d software runs on the Seagate
But Now here is what confuses me
If i have the output folder for either all my 3d/editing/recording software on a drive
Example
Running gta5 on partition #1 but then Xsplit is running on partition #5 on the same drive
and saving output folder on partition #4 on the same drive again
OR it would be Outputted into Partition #2 on the Hitachi Drive
Because if all those partitions end up bottlenecking each others then id simply do
Use the 500g 32m Cache Has Main Boot Device
Partition #1 200gb for windows / system But then id install things like Xsplit Hwmonitor etc etc here
Partition #2 257gb Left for All documents raw material music/video/pics The Whole Library etc
Use the 1TB 64m cache has secondary
Partition #1 600g will have All Games
Partition #2 the rest 330g All my 3d Softwares and files
OR
Should i not even bother
And use The most simple of course..
Use 500g 32m Cache Has Main Boot Device
No Partitions, Install Windows on it and leave all vids and normal programs installed on it
Use the 1TB 64m cache has secondary
No Partitions, All Games and 3d Softwares/editing and 3d Files and output folders in here
I doubt the workstation spec would matter but in case it does heres the specs
(2X) Intel Xeon E5620 Quadcore 2.6ghz
16g DIMM 1066 Rams
Nvidia GTX760
965w psu, the 2 hdd's
And ya i need to do it soon because i poped in my HDD from last machine and now my windows and bios is not working properly hwmonitor is not picking up the 16 threads and ya some stuff going on
So i want to format has quickly has i can to start the work =)
Hope anyway can finally make me stop banging my head on the walls =)
Thanks !