Often speculated very rarely considered. Look to the following and where
they are located onb your PC.
1. Operating System 'Program' Files
2. Swap File
3. Application 'Program' Files
4. Data
5. I/O Information [display, printer, comms etc] generated during the
operation of the PC.
Now consider where these particular files are located in your computer.
Are they on your:
IDE 1 - Primary Master Hard Drive [C Drive] or Primary Slave Hard Drive [D
Drive] or
IDE 2 Secondary Master Hard Drive [E Drive] or Secondary Slave Hard Drive
[E Drive]
Then also consider the performance of the specific drive: RPM, Seek Time,
Data Transfer, buffer etc.
What you need to do is balance the performance so that the CPU isn't waiting
for things to do: reading files off a DVD Video takes time it is slow,
comparative to a HDD and needs to go into Memory and then be processed.
Running a spreadsheet and multiplying a few rows of numbers is a quick
process comparatively where just a few bytes are transferred off the HDD or
in memory as you performa the maths.
Firing a weapon during a fight simulation, running a 3 D game with surround
sound: well that takes a lot more work, processing, memory and data movemnet.
So think about what you do and where you store the information.
Organise your PC better - for IDE only Devices I'd suggest:
IDE1 - Primary Master - C Drive - Windows: Programme Files
IDE1 - Primary Slave - E Drive - Optical Device - Burner
IDE2 - Secondary Master - D Drive - All Data Files and Swap File - Tempry
Storage for Optical Burner [CD or DVD Files]
IDE2 - Secondary Slave - Optical Device - Reader
