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I've recently built a PC, and I was watching a few video's on bios. Some of them said if I want to use raid to start using it ASAP.

I have no idea what they're talking about.

I have a 1TB SSD and a 2TB Hard drive.

I could also use some help with where to store what, and how to move applications from one drive to the other.

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Never user onboard RAID unless you have a very specific reason for doing so. AHCI is what you want to use in 2018.

 

As for where to store what, make the 1TB SSD your C drive (OS drive) and make your 2TB HDD your storage drive (usually D drive). You can do this by selecting the 1TB SSD when you go to perform the OS install and then once your OS is installed go to Disk Management and configure your 2TB HDD as a new drive. Now to move applications between the two, you'll need to do this when you're installing the app. Just select the correct drive on install.

-KuJoe

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RAID is combining like-storage for better performance. Since you have an SSD and an HDD, this feature is worthless to you. So leave it on AHCI.

 

As far as what to put on the drives:

  • SSD: OS and frequently used apps
  • HDD: Documents, pictures, music, and video files. Lesser used applications can also live here.

I have a blog! And a list of guides I've posted

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Thank to everyone for the help!

 

'My mango is to blo up, den akt lik i don no nobudy HAERHAERHA'

If I'm on this forum, I'm prob in school with my mac messing around with @RFK . Otherwise I'm playing on my beefy PC my dad bought me...                                                                                             2080ti PC GIVEAWAY

UPGRADED FROM THIS SHIT,  TO ----------------------------->THIS<-------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

/|https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/qfyvNQ|\    |MY FIRST BUILD|

\|/ SPECS \|/

 

|-| CPU - Intel Core i9 7980XE |-| COOLER - Corsair H115i PRO |-| MOTHERBOARD - Asus ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME |-| RAM - G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB (4x8GB) |-| STORAGE - Samsung 970 Pro 1TB +  Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM Hard Drive |-| GPU - Asus  Geforce RTX 2080ti ROG Strix OC |-| CHASSIS - Thermaltake View 71 Full Tower |-| PSU - Corsair HX1000i 80+ Platinum |-| O.S. - Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-bit |-|\

 

ACCESSORIES

MONITOR - Alienware AW3418DW                  It's 34 inches (if you know what I'm talking about...)

MOUSE - Razer DEATH-ADDER ELITE

KEYBOARD - Razer ORNATA CHROMA

HEADSET - Logitech G933 Artemis Spectrum

SPEAKERS - Logitech Z506 5.1 Surround Sound

FREE V BUCKS KIDZ

 

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12 minutes ago, KuJoe said:

Never user onboard RAID unless you have a very specific reason for doing so. AHCI is what you want to use in 2018.

 

As for where to store what, make the 1TB SSD your C drive (OS drive) and make your 2TB HDD your storage drive (usually D drive). You can do this by selecting the 1TB SSD when you go to perform the OS install and then once your OS is installed go to Disk Management and configure your 2TB HDD as a new drive. Now to move applications between the two, you'll need to do this when you're installing the app. Just select the correct drive on install.

Thanks very much!

'My mango is to blo up, den akt lik i don no nobudy HAERHAERHA'

If I'm on this forum, I'm prob in school with my mac messing around with @RFK . Otherwise I'm playing on my beefy PC my dad bought me...                                                                                             2080ti PC GIVEAWAY

UPGRADED FROM THIS SHIT,  TO ----------------------------->THIS<-------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

/|https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/qfyvNQ|\    |MY FIRST BUILD|

\|/ SPECS \|/

 

|-| CPU - Intel Core i9 7980XE |-| COOLER - Corsair H115i PRO |-| MOTHERBOARD - Asus ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME |-| RAM - G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB (4x8GB) |-| STORAGE - Samsung 970 Pro 1TB +  Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM Hard Drive |-| GPU - Asus  Geforce RTX 2080ti ROG Strix OC |-| CHASSIS - Thermaltake View 71 Full Tower |-| PSU - Corsair HX1000i 80+ Platinum |-| O.S. - Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-bit |-|\

 

ACCESSORIES

MONITOR - Alienware AW3418DW                  It's 34 inches (if you know what I'm talking about...)

MOUSE - Razer DEATH-ADDER ELITE

KEYBOARD - Razer ORNATA CHROMA

HEADSET - Logitech G933 Artemis Spectrum

SPEAKERS - Logitech Z506 5.1 Surround Sound

FREE V BUCKS KIDZ

 

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12 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

RAID is combining like-storage for better performance. Since you have an SSD and an HDD, this feature is worthless to you. So leave it on AHCI.

 

As far as what to put on the drives:

  • SSD: OS and frequently used apps
  • HDD: Documents, pictures, music, and video files. Lesser used applications can also live here.

Thanks for the help! I appreciate it!

'My mango is to blo up, den akt lik i don no nobudy HAERHAERHA'

If I'm on this forum, I'm prob in school with my mac messing around with @RFK . Otherwise I'm playing on my beefy PC my dad bought me...                                                                                             2080ti PC GIVEAWAY

UPGRADED FROM THIS SHIT,  TO ----------------------------->THIS<-------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

/|https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/qfyvNQ|\    |MY FIRST BUILD|

\|/ SPECS \|/

 

|-| CPU - Intel Core i9 7980XE |-| COOLER - Corsair H115i PRO |-| MOTHERBOARD - Asus ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME |-| RAM - G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB (4x8GB) |-| STORAGE - Samsung 970 Pro 1TB +  Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM Hard Drive |-| GPU - Asus  Geforce RTX 2080ti ROG Strix OC |-| CHASSIS - Thermaltake View 71 Full Tower |-| PSU - Corsair HX1000i 80+ Platinum |-| O.S. - Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-bit |-|\

 

ACCESSORIES

MONITOR - Alienware AW3418DW                  It's 34 inches (if you know what I'm talking about...)

MOUSE - Razer DEATH-ADDER ELITE

KEYBOARD - Razer ORNATA CHROMA

HEADSET - Logitech G933 Artemis Spectrum

SPEAKERS - Logitech Z506 5.1 Surround Sound

FREE V BUCKS KIDZ

 

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