I'm going to be building a new computer and I will be using both a [URL="http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7te250bw"]SDD[/URL] and a [URL="http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st2000dm001"]HDD[/URL]. I have done some reading on what to install on each drive, but I've gotten lukewarm advice so far. It seems to me that the OS should be installed on the SDD because that will increase loading times, while other things should be put on the HDD. I've heard that installing certain applications or games on an SDD can also improve their load times, but that the more that is loaded on a SDD, the slower it will run. I'm wondering what exactly should be put on each.
Newer AAA games benefit from an SSD, while older or indie games not so much. Just throw a couple games that you're actively playing on the SSD, and use the HDD as storage for everything else.
[QUOTE=Explosions;44131441]but that the more that is loaded on a SDD, the slower it will run.[/QUOTE]
This isn't really true any more, especially for the 840 EVO.
[QUOTE=IpHa;44131980]This isn't really true any more, especially for the 840 EVO.[/QUOTE]
I've had some odd speed drops now and then trying to index large folders, but that's about it.
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What junk I have installed (or uninstalling...)
C:\> is SSD.
D:\> is HDD.
240GB SSD has about 20GB left. HDD is mostly used for larger files (movies, music, photos, etc).
Program like Chrome should be installed on an SSD. I also installed Steam on mine, but the bulk of my games are on my HDD.
You should migrate the entire OS to your SSD to be honest.
From the research I've done, planning on my own SSD upgrade, I'd put everything except data files, including things like documents, on the SSD.
So you'd want itunes on the SSD, but your music library can be on the HD. You'd want Office on the SSD but your documents on the HD. VLC/Media player/Photoshop on the SSD, pictures and video files on the hard drive. Your PDF reader on the SSD, the pdf files themselves on the HD, and so on.
I think the amount of free space you keep on the SSD is determined by how you use it. If you are going to be doing a lot of installing/uninstalling, you'll want to keep a good percentage of the SSD as free space. This will allow for data to be saved in different areas of the SSD memory rather than the same parts over and over.
Pretty accurate. I have Planet Side 2 and Guild Wars 2 on my SSD because loading times are a very big deal in both games, but everything else game wise goes on my mechanical.
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