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Jared_1
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No, although if you're going AMD you could spare the ReactOS drive and create a 120GB partition on the mass storage HDD for it, so you could get Intel. Just a suggestion, don't kill me.

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120GB Sandisk SSD Plus - Boot Drive

1TB WD Blue - Mass Storage

1TB WD Blue - Virtual Machines (I have a lot)

120GB Sandisk SSD Plus - Dedicated ReactOS build drive

 

Any changes I should make or is this just crazy. :D My new mobo has 8 SATA ports so no problem. AMD FTW! ;)

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No, although if you're going AMD you could spare the ReactOS drive and create a 120GB partition on the mass storage HDD for it, so you could get Intel. Just a suggestion, don't kill me.

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No, although if you're going AMD you could spare the ReactOS drive and create a 120GB partition on the mass storage HDD for it, so you could get Intel. Just a suggestion, don't kill me.

Good idea! Does the dedicated drive for VM's sound good though?

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Good idea! Does the dedicated drive for VM's sound good though?

Sure. If you use them a lot, then why not?

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Hey there Jared_1,
 
The plan seems pretty good actually. :) WD Blue drives are great for simple everyday usage and storage. If it happens so that you need more performance from the drive for the VMs I could suggest checking out WD Black as a more performance-oriented alternative: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=9f41w1
Do consider a backup solution for your data (some level of redundancy or external backup storage) just to be on the safe side that you don't lose any important data in case a drive fails. :)
 
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Hey there Jared_1,
 
The plan seems pretty good actually. :) WD Blue drives are great for simple everyday usage and storage. If it happens so that you need more performance from the drive for the VMs I could suggest checking out WD Black as a more performance-oriented alternative: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=9f41w1
Do consider a backup solution for your data (some level of redundancy or external backup storage) just to be on the safe side that you don't lose any important data in case a drive fails. :)
 
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No. I did not think about backup. :)

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No. I did not think about backup. :)

 

I'd be a good thing if you are keeping important data that you wouldn't want to lose. :)

If this helped you, like and choose it as best answer - you might help someone else with the same issue. ^_^
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I'd be a good thing if you are keeping important data that you wouldn't want to lose. :)

I'm used to data lost. My hard drives are always failing/dying. :P

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