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from a true gamers perspective, it is my humble opinion that one drive is best. like a chain, a computer is only as fast as its slowest part. and rarely do I feel that the hardrive access time is the "bottleneck". if you have a slow video card then you will see it in the games...does having two harddrives make games run faster? possibly yes. but the difference is not huge. load times will tighten I suppose and if your dead set on extreme gaming performance then you may want a "RAID array hardware setup. which for the most part is TWO harddrives working together. it is faster, more advanced, more complicated and more expensive than just one hardrive. however if your just looking for a solid machine for games. money is better spent on a midrange hardrive and high quality videocard or processor perhaps.
so the short answer: two hardives can be setup to be faster than one and (money aside) will inevitably aid most tasks done by your computer including gaming.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoyes, two hdds are better than one for the following reasons:
1. you get more capacity
2. in case of a crash, you wouldn't lose all your data
3. you have the option of installing your OS on one hdd and your games, applications etc on the other. this speeds up the system
4. you can set up a RAID config
the negative points would be that it would cost you more, power consumption will be double, but these are very minor problems
in a nutshell, yes, two hdds are definitely better than one
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