Paragon Posted December 14, 2000 Share Posted December 14, 2000 It depends on how much stuff you plan on putting on your c:/ drive.. is 16BG gonna be enough? I have a Maxtor 27.2 ATA66 drive as my c: and I am using 12GB at the mement.. of course I have 5.3GB on my d: drive (Maxtor 10.2GB ATA66) The SCSI RAID would be nice if that would be enough space. I would actually not bother to mirror your Maxtors.. of course this is just me. And if you don't I would probably not RAID-0 them either - something about a 60GB drive as storage.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPhys71 Posted December 14, 2000 Share Posted December 14, 2000 Well, if you RAID 0 the 4 GB's, that would be hella fast for boots. I guess if you use it only for the OS and system apps, that should be plenty of storage. Given my HD problems the last week, I like the idea of a complete HD backup. Hopefully, you'll never need it, tho . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBlair Posted December 14, 2000 Share Posted December 14, 2000 On the C:\ drive I plan on putting Windows ME/Windows 2000 in a dual boot config, plus Office 2000 Professional. The other apps I use are Dreamweaver, Fireworks, photoshop, Illustrator, 3D Studio Max, Maya, Bryce 4 etc. I think that 8GB will be enough for the OS and apps installs, with the 30GB drives for storing all the data files. I also have a pair of WD 14GB harddrives that I will use for .wav storage (MP3s suck imo) and just junk files. Con't wait to see how this baby performs. If I was to try putting the OS on the SCSI drives, then try it on the 30GB drives, what programs do you suggest to benchmark with? I have SandraSoft. c> ------------------ Who knows what evil lurks in the darkness of The Kave ? www.thekave.net Home of The Klipschmonster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPhys71 Posted December 14, 2000 Share Posted December 14, 2000 Sweet. That'll be a rockin' system when you put it together! Are you putting all those drives into a full tower? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb Posted December 14, 2000 Share Posted December 14, 2000 i have read on a lot of sites that winME was less stable than Win98SE... I'd wait a bit before installing WinME, until the OS has stabilized a bit more with patching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBlair Posted December 14, 2000 Share Posted December 14, 2000 Well, I already upgrade one of my PCs to WinME. Did that about a month ago. This machine is used for making harddrive images and burning backup CDs at work. Before, with 98SE, the computer would be frozen when I came to work in the morning. Now, with ME, it's been running great with no lockups. I left it on for an entire weekend just to see and it was fine when I came back Monday. So, I'm willing to try ME, but I'll revert back to SE if all does not go well. c> ------------------ Who knows what evil lurks in the darkness of The Kave ? www.thekave.net Home of The Klipschmonster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb Posted December 14, 2000 Share Posted December 14, 2000 oh yeah? interesting... i guess it depends on the rest of the configuration. i want to try WinME too, but I'm not willing to buy it (since I'm not sure whether it'll work) and I still haven't found anyone in my surroundings with a copy. /edit/ what are the most interesting improvements in WinME? I still haven't figured out exactly what's different from an upgraded, all patched-up version of Win98SE... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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