[Ryan Taylor]

Thanks for the responses and detailed replies. I think what I’ll do is…

C (SATA 350gb/8mb): OS/Applications
G (SATA 1tb/64mb): Video Capture, Stock Photos/Music/Footage for Projects
H (SATA 1tb/64mb): Output Files, Renders, Page File/Temp/Scratch Disk Location
I: (Old PATA HD) I’ll use for personal, less frequently used files: music, picutes, documents

Finally, Drive J for Backup (Sata 750gb/32mb)

All drives are 7,200 RPM

Does this setup look alright? I’m guessing the old PATA drive shouldn’t effect performance, but I could be totally wrong – that’s just the assumption I’m making since they’re not files that require much resources and (being on a separate drive) shouldn’t interfere with video production/rendering.

Also, I’m just using the 8mb cache SATA for the OS/Apps assuming that it doesn’t really need anything more (sine the other drives are the ones really doing the work). Am I on track here?

Thanks again!

[Ryan Taylor]

Thanks for the detailed reply. That helps a lot!

[Ryan Taylor]

Thank you very much to both of you. This is incredibly helpful!

I really like the idea of the dedicated HD for each project. My PC has eSata support, so that will work out nicely.

I’m guessing on the second drive (drive G in your case), this would be the best place to put other files, such as mp3s, pdfs and Word documents? Or maybe that really doesn’t that matter too much.

I’m not sure if programs use a scratch disk too much any more, but if so is there an optimal drive to set the scratch disk, temp files and cache?

Thank you again.

Ryan