Question about Bootcamp/Hackintosh storage solution

[Aereldor]

Greetings,

I've been planning two upgrades/changes to my system for some time now. The first was to install OSX on the machine, dual-booting with Windows, and the second was to have an SSD for the operating system(s). However, I wasn't entirely sure how to proceed with this, as I'll require mass storage space for games on Windows as well as video/audio production work on OSX.

As of now, I'm running Windows 8 on a WD Caviar Blue 1TB HDD.

Which of the following should I do?

• Purchase a single, high-capacity SSD, partition it, and partition the storage drive as well for both Mac and WIndows? (Not yet aware if this works).
   
• Purchase a single high-capacity SSD exclusively for Mac OSX (boot and storage), and use Windows purely for gaming with the existing Caviar Blue drive?
   
• Purchase two low-capacity SSDs (one for each OS) and an additional storage drive for OSX?
   

Also, please refrain from suggesting alternative audio and video production tools to those available on Mac OSX. If I didn't want to use mac-exclusive software on my computer, I wouldn't have made this post to begin with.

Regards,
Aereldor.

[Helix2020]

I would buy a medium sized SSD and install both operating systems on that. This will work, I had windows 8.1 and mavericks booting from a single WD black when I first built my system. You are going to want to install windows first or the windows install will erase your UEFI if you install after OS X. For your storage you can just split your caviar blue and if you need more space in the future just get another drive.