Sijun Forums :: View topic - does it slow down the computer to have 4 harddrives?

Snorkles · Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2002 2:46 pm

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[Shizo] · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 3938

No it doesn't :0

Awetopsy · Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2002 3:39 pm

not that Im aware of.. in fact it makesd copying between two hard drives faster than if you were copying between two partitions of the same drive. Very Happy

Intuos · member Member # Joined: 29 Oct 2000 Posts: 182

Setup an IDE controller, or use a RAID configuration and it absolutely won't. Otherwise, yes it does - but only slightly.

Cuddly · Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2002 6:34 pm

Slow down? Not really (unless they're all massively fragmented).

But a couple of things to watch out for when using multiple hard disks:

1) Make sure your power supply is powerful enough to support that many hard disks. If you have a crappy/unstable power supply, that's a sure-fire way to accelerate hard disk failures and have your PC crap out on you. And even if your power supply is reliable, overload it with a lot of devices and it could give out.

2) Make sure your casing is well-ventilated. Hard disks generate heat and if you have a small, cramped casing, the heat could build up fast in there. That could potentially damage other hardware components as well.

Here I'm assuming you mean to use 4 internal hard disks.

Snorkles · Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2002 11:50 pm

thanks guys! oh, forgot to mention, actually I have 2 hardrives that are divided into 4, but that shouldn't make any difference right? It's just that Morrowind lagged like a bitch after I had installed the new harddrive. Got me worried a bit. Could just be temporarly problem though, I haven't tried restarting my computer yet (downloading stuff). Hm.. thats probably it.
Thanks.