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Faster drive for boot or for games?

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CGR

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Upgrading to an Ultra-D soonish and am at odds on which drive config is better/faster for gaming.

I have a Seagate 120gb and a Raptor 74GB. Currently I have the Raptor partitioned as the System/Games drive and the Seagate as storage.

I have been thinking though that having only the games on the Raptor may give me better better game performance.

So which is better in your opinion?

Raptor as System/Games drive and Seagate as storage?

or

Seagate as System/storage and Raptor for games?

I realise I will have slower xp boots with the Seagate, but thats fine as long as games run better
 
Raptor for OS and games.

Seagate for music, movies, and other things you don't have to rush for.

The OS only takes up about 6-8GB or so, so you have plenty room leftover for games. Defrag it about once a week or so with Diskeeper.
 
Keep the OS on the Raptor. If you can fit 'em keep the games on there too.

The other crap doesn't need to be fast.
 
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