I am building a simple gaming machine, I’ll add my current possible Specs before I ask Questions…
*Custom Case W/ 2 top, 2 front, 1 side and 1 rear fan
*AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Quad Core 3.4 GHZ
*8GB DDR3 1600 RAM (Corsair Dominator W/DHX Technology)
*Nvidia GTX 460 – 1GB – Palit Sonic Platinum Overclocked core 800Mhz
*Motherboard ( Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 — AMD 870 w/ 2x PCI-E 2.0 x16 )
*1000 Watt — Extreme Gaming Series PSU
* LG BLU-RAY Reader, DVD±R/±RW Burner Combo Drive – Black
* Killer 2100 Gaming Network Card
* Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-BIT
*Razer Lycosa Gaming Keyboard
* Razer Lachesis 4000dpi 3G Laser Gaming Mouse – Black
I am going to get dual 500 GB hard drive’s — 16M Cache, 7200 RPM, 3.0Gb/s.
My first question is about what RAID option should I do, 0 or 1? I understand that Raid 0 will utilize both drives so my space is actually both drives making it 1TB space, but I’ll lose all data if just 1 dies. All I can find out about Raid