How should I set this up? New stuff!

canton_kid · Post by **canton_kid** » Wed May 21, 2003 3:01 pm

Ok,
I am gutting my system for the last time

(I hope)

I want the CD burner and DVD burner and 2 hard drives. Here's what I got

Iwill XP333 system board. 60gig maxtor, 80 gig WD, 120gig Maxtor (got it today), Corsair 512drr and a 256drr. ATI 7500 Radeon AIW, liteon 52x24x52, toshiba DVDV-r burner.

I plan to use this system for capturing and editing videos. Rendering animation also if I ever get started back into it

WHat's the sugestions for best performance? Use the 60gig as Fat32, and the 120 as ntfs (files over 4gig).
Should I put both hardrives on the first cable and both burners in the secondary. Or should I put one each on each cable? I will be tranfering files from drive to drive often and also copying disks alot. (Got some people wanting home movies on VCD, after the first master I have to make lots of copies later)

I normally use the whole hardrive as one partition. I been reading what everyones saying about a smaller O/s partion and think I'll do that. How big should an O/s partion be? About 6-8 gigs? I plan to keep it well ghosted

I'll be running 2k on it.

Also on the 120gig drive, I am thinking of 2 partitions both 60gigs. One for capturing and editing that I can erase often and the other partition to store the completed videos. If I just delete everything form the working partition when I get done with a project I shouldn't have to defrag it. And the storage partition should hold about 12 or more full videos. That sound about right?

Any sugestions?
And for now I am still running a XP1700 cpu.

Also, I plan to upgrade the system board and cpu to a 333fsb in a few months. Last I saw a 2500 333fsb was going for about $125. I am waiting till it drops to the $99 range. Haven't decided which mainboard I will buy then.

Sean · Post by **Sean** » Wed May 21, 2003 5:40 pm

I say this:

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Primary Master          Main HDD
Primary Slave            Secondary CD
Secondary Master     Main CD              <-\
Secondary Slave       Secondary HDD   <--Can switch these two around, whatever runs best. :)

Why?

That way you can copy from your Main CD to your Main HDD fastest. And, burn from the Sec. CD to the other. AND so you can copy from hard drive to hard drive faster.

Also, I'd suggest making maybe two partitions. Maybe easier to manage? However, you might be able to fit movies better on one big drive.

smb · Post by **smb** » Fri May 23, 2003 10:46 pm

Invest in a Promise ATA card, and put all your drives as masters.