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    Raid 0,1 with the 2 default barebone HDD?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by YPH, Feb 21, 2012.

  1. YPH

    YPH Notebook Enthusiast

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    Guys,

    I am about to order the barebone FORCE 16F2-012 / MSI 16F2. I noticed that you could actually get a another of the default drive for only 39$ more from XoticPC, or in similar range from other suppliers.

    It is the "640GB 5400RPM 8MB Cache Buffer (Serial-ATA II 3GB/s)" .. it doesn't look like a performer, but maybe individually?

    I am wondering if it's a good idea to get 2 of these from the supplier and have them installed Raid 1 or 0. Are they reliable drives?

    Thanks!
     
    YPH, Feb 21, 2012
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    Never rely on internal backup, always buy a faster single hdd if space is not critical.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 21, 2012
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    not really backing up stuff, just thinking that 640gb on raid 1 seems pretty reliable, I would think?
     
    YPH, Feb 21, 2012
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    Not really worth it since you pay extra for no extra space.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 22, 2012
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    Best combination is a single SSD for the OS and applications, traditional hard drive for data/game/media storage, external hard drive (plus DVDs and/or cloud storage) for backup.
     
    saturnotaku, Feb 22, 2012
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    sounds good! I guess I would have to pony up for a ssd. Thanks,
     
    YPH, Feb 22, 2012
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