I wish to add a hard drive to each desktop computer so I have back-up or mirror capabilities on each computer. Wouldn’t mind currently my two desktops have only one HD each. We’ve outgrown our external HD Backup.
My most basic question is: Can I mix and match HD manufacturers? Computer 1 has an ASUS P5N-E SLI MB and has RAID capability (software is loaded). It is custom built, not a branded desktop (32 bit with Windows XP Pro). It currently has a WD SCSI 160 GB drive. Computer 2 is a Velocity branded machine (64 bit with Windows 7) with an Intel DX580 MB and a Hitachi 500 GB HD.
In an ideal world (which I can do) I’d like to just get 4 drives (WD Caviar Green 1T) and throw those in the two machines this summer. Then I’d know the configs. for each w/o any cross learning. But I don’t want to be a jerk just throwing away good money. I have looked for the pair for each drive and wind up only being dumped into new drives to buy. So I’m confused as to how to get the same drives for each computer. I was looking at Amazon and my head gets spinning with the choices. Thanks for help!
