Storage help

[Stumar]

Im building a new pc and im facing some storage dilemma. I have a 160GB HDD from my old Build, A 120GB SSD currently in my laptop, A 2TB HDD that im currently using to store tv shows. Im looking to spend 150$ on storage in my new build. so my options are buy a 2TB HDD and have my old storage and that in raid 0 with my old SSD as a boot drive and put a 250GB SSD in my laptop. second option is buy a 120GB SSD have that in raid 0 with my old SSD as a boot drive and have a 2TB HDD For mass storage and put the new 256gb SSD in my laptop. and in both cases the 160GB hdd can stay as a alternative os drive. lastly my motherboard as 2 sata 6gb and 2 sata 3gb ports so your thoughts?

[Arty]

fix your shit. + paragraphs 

[gazabi]

Im building a new pc and im facing some storage dilemma. I have a 160GB HDD from my old Build, A 120GB SSD currently in my laptop, A 2TB HDD that im currently using to store tv shows. Im looking to spend 150$ on storage in my new build. so my options are buy a 2TB HDD and have my old storage and that in raid 0 with my old SSD as a boot drive and put a 250GB SSD in my laptop. second option is buy a 120GB SSD have that in raid 0 with my old SSD as a boot drive and have a 2TB HDD For mass storage and put the new 256gb SSD in my laptop. and in both cases the 160GB hdd can stay as a alternative os drive. lastly my motherboard as 2 sata 6gb and 2 sata 3gb ports so your thoughts?t

Get a new ssd and raid it with the old one, doing raid with 2 harddrives isn't worth it imo. Just use the 2 sata 6 ports for the ssd raid and the remaining sata 3 ports for the harddrives.

[Vegarg]

I would buy this http://www.amazon.com/Black2-Dual-Drive-2-5-WD1001X06XDTL/dp/B00GSJ9X4Qfor your laptop and take the 120GB out of your laptop and slap it into your new build along with the 2TB.I find that 120GB is plenty for an OS drive. I also wouldn't raid 0 a drive used for the operating system. While SSDs are very reliable I wouldn't want to add any more points of failure than necessary. As for your SATA ports, Put everything on SATA 6 that you can, with priority going to the SSD. Anything left over goes to SATA 3.

[Captain_WD]

Im building a new pc and im facing some storage dilemma. I have a 160GB HDD from my old Build, A 120GB SSD currently in my laptop, A 2TB HDD that im currently using to store tv shows. Im looking to spend 150$ on storage in my new build. so my options are buy a 2TB HDD and have my old storage and that in raid 0 with my old SSD as a boot drive and put a 250GB SSD in my laptop. second option is buy a 120GB SSD have that in raid 0 with my old SSD as a boot drive and have a 2TB HDD For mass storage and put the new 256gb SSD in my laptop. and in both cases the 160GB hdd can stay as a alternative os drive. lastly my motherboard as 2 sata 6gb and 2 sata 3gb ports so your thoughts?

 

Hey Stumar,

 

I would be careful putting different drives in the same RAID array. I would suggest to puck a new SSD as a boot drive for your system, add the 2TB drive towards it and get another HDD if you need the space.

What @Vegarg suggested is also a good option. WD Black2 is a good drive that combines a 120SSD with a 1TB HDD which are treated and are accessible separately. Here's a link with more info: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=TTvSlH

 

Captain_WD.