Hi, I'm retiring my overworked laptop for a ground-up dedicated DAW build. My question is should I use 2 drives or 3 if I am using SSDs.
Using 2 drives:
C (SSD 500 GB): OS, Cakewalk Program, VST folder, Content folder, Command Center
D (HDD 1TB): Projects
If I were to use 3 it would look like:
C (SSD 240 GB): OS and Cakewalk Program
D (SSD 240 GB): VST folder, Content folder, Command Center
E (HDD 1TB): Projects
My thinking is that during recording, the application, VSTs and Projects are most active. I know that the seek speed of SSDs are much faster than HDDs suggesting that 1 drive for everything except Projects might be enough. Are there other significant factors like throughput (too much info in the pipe) Would a 2nd SSD allow better throughput into the board? (Please forgive my lack of accurate language.)
Thanks