One last question (I hope)

I have my parts list made up for a new machine. The case came in today and I
have to order the other parts this evening. The only thing I'm waffling on is a
HHD.

My plan was a 500Gb SSD for the C drive and a 3Tb HHD as a D, E and F drive. I
know, overkill but I tend to do things like that.

I've always liked Western Digital. They give me three basic choices:

Green drive: Available as 3Tb but slower speed as it's a power saver.

Blue drive: Good choice but only comes in a 1Tb model. Do I want three of them??

Black drive: Available as a 3Tb, but I've read a lot of reviews that say they're
noisy, and I do not want noise.

Then today I got another idea. Two 500Gb SSD drives as the C and D drives, then
a WD blue 1Tb drive split into the E and F drives.

This would give me twice the storage I have in my current machine which has a
1Tb HDD and after five years still isn't filled to capacity.

So, I guess my question is, and forgive me if it's a stupid one (I'm just not a
techno type) is it alright to install two SSD's in a system?

Thanks for all the help and replies to several posts the past week.

On 6/11/2015 4:28 PM, wrote:
I have my parts list made up for a new machine. The case came in today and I
have to order the other parts this evening. The only thing I'm waffling on is a
HHD.

My plan was a 500Gb SSD for the C drive and a 3Tb HHD as a D, E and F drive. I
know, overkill but I tend to do things like that.

I've always liked Western Digital. They give me three basic choices:

Green drive: Available as 3Tb but slower speed as it's a power saver.

Blue drive: Good choice but only comes in a 1Tb model. Do I want three of them??

Black drive: Available as a 3Tb, but I've read a lot of reviews that say they're
noisy, and I do not want noise.

Then today I got another idea. Two 500Gb SSD drives as the C and D drives, then
a WD blue 1Tb drive split into the E and F drives.

This would give me twice the storage I have in my current machine which has a
1Tb HDD and after five years still isn't filled to capacity.

So, I guess my question is, and forgive me if it's a stupid one (I'm just not a
techno type) is it alright to install two SSD's in a system?

Thanks for all the help and replies to several posts the past week.


You can install as many as would if they were HDDs. I have several
systems with multiple SSDs. I only use HDDs in external USB3 enclosures
plugging them in when I need them. If you have HDDs always fired up this
will cut short the life expectancy, cause heat and us more power.

On 6/11/15 2:28 PM, wrote:
I have my parts list made up for a new machine. The case came in today and I
have to order the other parts this evening. The only thing I'm waffling on is a
HHD.

My plan was a 500Gb SSD for the C drive and a 3Tb HHD as a D, E and F drive. I
know, overkill but I tend to do things like that.

I've always liked Western Digital. They give me three basic choices:

Green drive: Available as 3Tb but slower speed as it's a power saver.

Blue drive: Good choice but only comes in a 1Tb model. Do I want three of them??

Black drive: Available as a 3Tb, but I've read a lot of reviews that say they're
noisy, and I do not want noise.

Then today I got another idea. Two 500Gb SSD drives as the C and D drives, then
a WD blue 1Tb drive split into the E and F drives.

This would give me twice the storage I have in my current machine which has a
1Tb HDD and after five years still isn't filled to capacity.

So, I guess my question is, and forgive me if it's a stupid one (I'm just not a
techno type) is it alright to install two SSD's in a system?

Thanks for all the help and replies to several posts the past week.

I'm curious as to why such a large C:\ drive?


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Mac OS X 10.8.5
Firefox 36.0.4
Thunderbird 31.5
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"

On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 16:28:03 -0400, wrote:

I have my parts list made up for a new machine. The case came in today and I
have to order the other parts this evening. The only thing I'm waffling on is a
HHD.

My plan was a 500Gb SSD for the C drive and a 3Tb HHD as a D, E and F drive. I
know, overkill but I tend to do things like that.

I've always liked Western Digital. They give me three basic choices:

Green drive: Available as 3Tb but slower speed as it's a power saver.

Blue drive: Good choice but only comes in a 1Tb model. Do I want three of them??

Black drive: Available as a 3Tb, but I've read a lot of reviews that say they're
noisy, and I do not want noise.

Then today I got another idea. Two 500Gb SSD drives as the C and D drives, then
a WD blue 1Tb drive split into the E and F drives.

This would give me twice the storage I have in my current machine which has a
1Tb HDD and after five years still isn't filled to capacity.

So, I guess my question is, and forgive me if it's a stupid one (I'm just not a
techno type) is it alright to install two SSD's in a system?


Of course it's all right. And by the way, I recommend having multiple
smaller drives rather than one big one split into multiple partitions.
It's much safer.

En el artículo ,
escribió:

is it alright to install two SSD's in a system?

Yes, but what has this got to do with Windows 7?

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On Fri, 12 Jun 2015 00:03:13 +0100, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

En el artículo ,
escribió:

is it alright to install two SSD's in a system?

Yes, but what has this got to do with Windows 7?

Nothing. I just find a lot of knowledgable folks here willing to answer my
questions. And I think somewhere along th eline, it started out with a Windows
question. Too many posts to remember.

On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 16:28:03 -0400, wrote:

I have my parts list made up for a new machine. The case came in today and I
have to order the other parts this evening. The only thing I'm waffling on is a
HHD.

My plan was a 500Gb SSD for the C drive and a 3Tb HHD as a D, E and F drive. I
know, overkill but I tend to do things like that.

I've always liked Western Digital. They give me three basic choices:

Green drive: Available as 3Tb but slower speed as it's a power saver.

Blue drive: Good choice but only comes in a 1Tb model. Do I want three of them??

Black drive: Available as a 3Tb, but I've read a lot of reviews that say they're
noisy, and I do not want noise.

Then today I got another idea. Two 500Gb SSD drives as the C and D drives, then
a WD blue 1Tb drive split into the E and F drives.

This would give me twice the storage I have in my current machine which has a
1Tb HDD and after five years still isn't filled to capacity.

So, I guess my question is, and forgive me if it's a stupid one (I'm just not a
techno type) is it alright to install two SSD's in a system?

Thanks for all the help and replies to several posts the past week

My shopping is done. Thanks for all the help and ideas. For those that might be
interested, here's what I ended up buying:

Antec P-100 Mid tower ATX case
Asus X99-A USB 3.1 motherboard
Intel i7-5930 CPU
Asus R7250X 2Gb video card (I'm not a gamer)
16Gb DDR4 3200 memory
Noctua NH-U12S CPU fan and heat sink
2 Samsung EVO-850 500Gb SSD's
1 Western Digital Blue 1Tb HHD
Asus optical drive
Rosewill ARC M650 power supply
Windows 8.1 full version
Couple of extra case fans, 120mm for front, 140mm for top.

And now, knowing of all the videos on YouTube, I'm thinking I might build it
myself. How bad could I screw it up? (Sounds like famous last words...)

wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 16:28:03 -0400, wrote:

I have my parts list made up for a new machine. The case came in today and I
have to order the other parts this evening. The only thing I'm waffling on is a
HHD.

My plan was a 500Gb SSD for the C drive and a 3Tb HHD as a D, E and F drive. I
know, overkill but I tend to do things like that.

I've always liked Western Digital. They give me three basic choices:

Green drive: Available as 3Tb but slower speed as it's a power saver.

Blue drive: Good choice but only comes in a 1Tb model. Do I want three of them??

Black drive: Available as a 3Tb, but I've read a lot of reviews that say they're
noisy, and I do not want noise.

Then today I got another idea. Two 500Gb SSD drives as the C and D drives, then
a WD blue 1Tb drive split into the E and F drives.

This would give me twice the storage I have in my current machine which has a
1Tb HDD and after five years still isn't filled to capacity.

So, I guess my question is, and forgive me if it's a stupid one (I'm just not a
techno type) is it alright to install two SSD's in a system?

Thanks for all the help and replies to several posts the past week

My shopping is done. Thanks for all the help and ideas. For those that might be
interested, here's what I ended up buying:

Antec P-100 Mid tower ATX case
Asus X99-A USB 3.1 motherboard
Intel i7-5930 CPU
Asus R7250X 2Gb video card (I'm not a gamer)
16Gb DDR4 3200 memory
Noctua NH-U12S CPU fan and heat sink
2 Samsung EVO-850 500Gb SSD's
1 Western Digital Blue 1Tb HHD
Asus optical drive
Rosewill ARC M650 power supply
Windows 8.1 full version
Couple of extra case fans, 120mm for front, 140mm for top.

And now, knowing of all the videos on YouTube, I'm thinking I might build it
myself. How bad could I screw it up? (Sounds like famous last words...)

What's the part number of the RAM ?

Paul

On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 21:31:07 -0400, Paul wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 16:28:03 -0400, wrote:

I have my parts list made up for a new machine. The case came in today and I
have to order the other parts this evening. The only thing I'm waffling on is a
HHD.

My plan was a 500Gb SSD for the C drive and a 3Tb HHD as a D, E and F drive. I
know, overkill but I tend to do things like that.

I've always liked Western Digital. They give me three basic choices:

Green drive: Available as 3Tb but slower speed as it's a power saver.

Blue drive: Good choice but only comes in a 1Tb model. Do I want three of them??

Black drive: Available as a 3Tb, but I've read a lot of reviews that say they're
noisy, and I do not want noise.

Then today I got another idea. Two 500Gb SSD drives as the C and D drives, then
a WD blue 1Tb drive split into the E and F drives.

This would give me twice the storage I have in my current machine which has a
1Tb HDD and after five years still isn't filled to capacity.

So, I guess my question is, and forgive me if it's a stupid one (I'm just not a
techno type) is it alright to install two SSD's in a system?

Thanks for all the help and replies to several posts the past week

My shopping is done. Thanks for all the help and ideas. For those that might be
interested, here's what I ended up buying:

Antec P-100 Mid tower ATX case
Asus X99-A USB 3.1 motherboard
Intel i7-5930 CPU
Asus R7250X 2Gb video card (I'm not a gamer)
16Gb DDR4 3200 memory
Noctua NH-U12S CPU fan and heat sink
2 Samsung EVO-850 500Gb SSD's
1 Western Digital Blue 1Tb HHD
Asus optical drive
Rosewill ARC M650 power supply
Windows 8.1 full version
Couple of extra case fans, 120mm for front, 140mm for top.

And now, knowing of all the videos on YouTube, I'm thinking I might build it
myself. How bad could I screw it up? (Sounds like famous last words...)

What's the part number of the RAM ?

Paul

It's right off the Asus approved vendors list;

G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4-25600)
Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16Q-16GRK

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231803

wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 21:31:07 -0400, Paul wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 16:28:03 -0400, wrote:

I have my parts list made up for a new machine. The case came in today and I
have to order the other parts this evening. The only thing I'm waffling on is a
HHD.

My plan was a 500Gb SSD for the C drive and a 3Tb HHD as a D, E and F drive. I
know, overkill but I tend to do things like that.

I've always liked Western Digital. They give me three basic choices:

Green drive: Available as 3Tb but slower speed as it's a power saver.

Blue drive: Good choice but only comes in a 1Tb model. Do I want three of them??

Black drive: Available as a 3Tb, but I've read a lot of reviews that say they're
noisy, and I do not want noise.

Then today I got another idea. Two 500Gb SSD drives as the C and D drives, then
a WD blue 1Tb drive split into the E and F drives.

This would give me twice the storage I have in my current machine which has a
1Tb HDD and after five years still isn't filled to capacity.

So, I guess my question is, and forgive me if it's a stupid one (I'm just not a
techno type) is it alright to install two SSD's in a system?

Thanks for all the help and replies to several posts the past week
My shopping is done. Thanks for all the help and ideas. For those that might be
interested, here's what I ended up buying:

Antec P-100 Mid tower ATX case
Asus X99-A USB 3.1 motherboard
Intel i7-5930 CPU
Asus R7250X 2Gb video card (I'm not a gamer)
16Gb DDR4 3200 memory
Noctua NH-U12S CPU fan and heat sink
2 Samsung EVO-850 500Gb SSD's
1 Western Digital Blue 1Tb HHD
Asus optical drive
Rosewill ARC M650 power supply
Windows 8.1 full version
Couple of extra case fans, 120mm for front, 140mm for top.

And now, knowing of all the videos on YouTube, I'm thinking I might build it
myself. How bad could I screw it up? (Sounds like famous last words...)
What's the part number of the RAM ?

Paul

It's right off the Asus approved vendors list;

G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4-25600)
Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16Q-16GRK

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231803

Ready for liftoff, sir :-)

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/...r_web_only.pdf

http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f4-3200c16q-16grkd

Series Ripjaws 4
Memory Type DDR4
Capacity 16GB (4GBx4)
Multi-Channel Kit Quad Channel Kit
Tested Speed 3200MHz
Tested Latency 16-16-16-36-2N
Tested Voltage 1.35v
Type Unbuffered
Error Checking Non-ECC
SPD Speed 2133MHz
SPD Voltage 1.20v
Fan lncluded Yes
height 40 mm / 1.58 inch
Warranty Limited Lifetime
Features Intel XMP 2.0 (Extreme Memory Profile) Ready

You'll be using 4 of 8 slots. The motherboard has
an actual slide switch to select XMP.

Can't get much easier than that.

You've got a 40 lane CPU as far as I know,
so no artificial restrictions on PCI Express slots.

I assume it's 5930K CPU, which should support multiplier-only
overclocking. That's what the K stands for.

http://ark.intel.com/products/82931/.... 70%20GHz%29

Have fun (zoom...),
Paul

wrote:
I have my parts list made up for a new machine. The case came in today and I
have to order the other parts this evening. The only thing I'm waffling on is a
HHD.

My plan was a 500Gb SSD for the C drive and a 3Tb HHD as a D, E and F drive. I
know, overkill but I tend to do things like that.

I've always liked Western Digital. They give me three basic choices:

Green drive: Available as 3Tb but slower speed as it's a power saver.

Blue drive: Good choice but only comes in a 1Tb model. Do I want three of them??

Black drive: Available as a 3Tb, but I've read a lot of reviews that say they're
noisy, and I do not want noise.

Then today I got another idea. Two 500Gb SSD drives as the C and D drives, then
a WD blue 1Tb drive split into the E and F drives.

This would give me twice the storage I have in my current machine which has a
1Tb HDD and after five years still isn't filled to capacity.

So, I guess my question is, and forgive me if it's a stupid one (I'm just not a
techno type) is it alright to install two SSD's in a system?

Thanks for all the help and replies to several posts the past week.

Not sure what you plan on using all that storage capacity but if you
find it necessary no reason why it should not work.

My approach would be to install one SSD (256 or 500GB), one 1-2TB
Spinner internal and one 2-3TB external.
- The SSD would contains Windows and all application software.
- The internal spinner would contain in separate folders not partitions
- data, 3 party programs/applications, photos, music, etc. and a
separate Image folder for images of the main SSD.
- the external would be similar setup as the internal spinner - one
large disk as one single drive (no partitions)with folders (identical to
the internal spinner) as backup and a redundanct copy or the main drive
image.
- The exte

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En el artículo ,
escribió:

And now, knowing of all the videos on YouTube, I'm thinking I might build it
myself.

It's incredibly satisfying. (I've built maybe hundreds of PCs over the
years.) You need plenty of space, good light, use an antistatic wrist
strap and take your time.

How bad could I screw it up?

For your very first build, I'd suggest working with a friend who has
already built one. You do the work, just let them guide you as to the
procedure (what step to take next, etc.) and so they can spot if you're
about to make a boo-boo.

Good luck.

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On 6/11/2015 8:43 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 16:28:03 -0400, wrote:

I have my parts list made up for a new machine. The case came in today and I
have to order the other parts this evening. The only thing I'm waffling on is a
HHD.

My plan was a 500Gb SSD for the C drive and a 3Tb HHD as a D, E and F drive. I
know, overkill but I tend to do things like that.

I've always liked Western Digital. They give me three basic choices:

Green drive: Available as 3Tb but slower speed as it's a power saver.

Blue drive: Good choice but only comes in a 1Tb model. Do I want three of them??

Black drive: Available as a 3Tb, but I've read a lot of reviews that say they're
noisy, and I do not want noise.

Then today I got another idea. Two 500Gb SSD drives as the C and D drives, then
a WD blue 1Tb drive split into the E and F drives.

This would give me twice the storage I have in my current machine which has a
1Tb HDD and after five years still isn't filled to capacity.

So, I guess my question is, and forgive me if it's a stupid one (I'm just not a
techno type) is it alright to install two SSD's in a system?

Thanks for all the help and replies to several posts the past week

My shopping is done. Thanks for all the help and ideas. For those that might be
interested, here's what I ended up buying:

Antec P-100 Mid tower ATX case
Asus X99-A USB 3.1 motherboard
Intel i7-5930 CPU
Asus R7250X 2Gb video card (I'm not a gamer)
16Gb DDR4 3200 memory
Noctua NH-U12S CPU fan and heat sink
2 Samsung EVO-850 500Gb SSD's
1 Western Digital Blue 1Tb HHD
Asus optical drive
Rosewill ARC M650 power supply
Windows 8.1 full version
Couple of extra case fans, 120mm for front, 140mm for top.

And now, knowing of all the videos on YouTube, I'm thinking I might build it
myself. How bad could I screw it up? (Sounds like famous last words...)

I just took a good look at your parts and I can say I'm envious. I
don't think you'll have a hard time assembling and testing your new
system. I built my first one in 4 hours on a Saturday afternoon. I cut
much of the time by using a HDD from an old system with Windows XP
already in place. I was in so much of a hurry I figured I'd just see
what happened and after a repair install everything was fine. I had no
help from YouTube but had already replaced everything in a computer at
one time or another. I went to CompUSA to get some more RAM and was
informed it was old style so I grabbed a shopping and I was off to the
races.

Good luck.

Post back with your story and make sure you take some photos along the
way.



Al.

On 6/12/2015 4:42 PM, Al Drake wrote:
On 6/11/2015 8:43 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 16:28:03 -0400, wrote:

I have my parts list made up for a new machine. The case came in
today and I
have to order the other parts this evening. The only thing I'm
waffling on is a
HHD.

My plan was a 500Gb SSD for the C drive and a 3Tb HHD as a D, E and F
drive. I
know, overkill but I tend to do things like that.

I've always liked Western Digital. They give me three basic choices:

Green drive: Available as 3Tb but slower speed as it's a power saver.

Blue drive: Good choice but only comes in a 1Tb model. Do I want
three of them??

Black drive: Available as a 3Tb, but I've read a lot of reviews that
say they're
noisy, and I do not want noise.

Then today I got another idea. Two 500Gb SSD drives as the C and D
drives, then
a WD blue 1Tb drive split into the E and F drives.

This would give me twice the storage I have in my current machine
which has a
1Tb HDD and after five years still isn't filled to capacity.

So, I guess my question is, and forgive me if it's a stupid one (I'm
just not a
techno type) is it alright to install two SSD's in a system?

Thanks for all the help and replies to several posts the past week

My shopping is done. Thanks for all the help and ideas. For those that
might be
interested, here's what I ended up buying:

Antec P-100 Mid tower ATX case
Asus X99-A USB 3.1 motherboard
Intel i7-5930 CPU
Asus R7250X 2Gb video card (I'm not a gamer)
16Gb DDR4 3200 memory
Noctua NH-U12S CPU fan and heat sink
2 Samsung EVO-850 500Gb SSD's
1 Western Digital Blue 1Tb HHD
Asus optical drive
Rosewill ARC M650 power supply
Windows 8.1 full version
Couple of extra case fans, 120mm for front, 140mm for top.

And now, knowing of all the videos on YouTube, I'm thinking I might
build it
myself. How bad could I screw it up? (Sounds like famous last words...)

I just took a good look at your parts and I can say I'm envious. I
don't think you'll have a hard time assembling and testing your new
system. I built my first one in 4 hours on a Saturday afternoon. I cut
much of the time by using a HDD from an old system with Windows XP
already in place. I was in so much of a hurry I figured I'd just see
what happened and after a repair install everything was fine. I had no
help from YouTube but had already replaced everything in a computer at
one time or another. I went to CompUSA to get some more RAM and was
informed it was old style so I grabbed a shopping and I was off to the
races.

Good luck.

Post back with your story and make sure you take some photos along the
way.



Al.

you will need a bracket to mount the SSDs

On Fri, 12 Jun 2015 16:42:36 -0400, Al Drake wrote:

On 6/11/2015 8:43 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 16:28:03 -0400, wrote:

I have my parts list made up for a new machine. The case came in today and I
have to order the other parts this evening. The only thing I'm waffling on is a
HHD.

My plan was a 500Gb SSD for the C drive and a 3Tb HHD as a D, E and F drive. I
know, overkill but I tend to do things like that.

I've always liked Western Digital. They give me three basic choices:

Green drive: Available as 3Tb but slower speed as it's a power saver.

Blue drive: Good choice but only comes in a 1Tb model. Do I want three of them??

Black drive: Available as a 3Tb, but I've read a lot of reviews that say they're
noisy, and I do not want noise.

Then today I got another idea. Two 500Gb SSD drives as the C and D drives, then
a WD blue 1Tb drive split into the E and F drives.

This would give me twice the storage I have in my current machine which has a
1Tb HDD and after five years still isn't filled to capacity.

So, I guess my question is, and forgive me if it's a stupid one (I'm just not a
techno type) is it alright to install two SSD's in a system?

Thanks for all the help and replies to several posts the past week

My shopping is done. Thanks for all the help and ideas. For those that might be
interested, here's what I ended up buying:

Antec P-100 Mid tower ATX case
Asus X99-A USB 3.1 motherboard
Intel i7-5930 CPU
Asus R7250X 2Gb video card (I'm not a gamer)
16Gb DDR4 3200 memory
Noctua NH-U12S CPU fan and heat sink
2 Samsung EVO-850 500Gb SSD's
1 Western Digital Blue 1Tb HHD
Asus optical drive
Rosewill ARC M650 power supply
Windows 8.1 full version
Couple of extra case fans, 120mm for front, 140mm for top.

And now, knowing of all the videos on YouTube, I'm thinking I might build it
myself. How bad could I screw it up? (Sounds like famous last words...)

I just took a good look at your parts and I can say I'm envious. I
don't think you'll have a hard time assembling and testing your new
system. I built my first one in 4 hours on a Saturday afternoon. I cut
much of the time by using a HDD from an old system with Windows XP
already in place. I was in so much of a hurry I figured I'd just see
what happened and after a repair install everything was fine. I had no
help from YouTube but had already replaced everything in a computer at
one time or another. I went to CompUSA to get some more RAM and was
informed it was old style so I grabbed a shopping and I was off to the
races.

Good luck.

Post back with your story and make sure you take some photos along the
way.



Al.
Thanks, and will do.