Hello Hardware and Software users, I usually just lurk around here but I had something that I wanted to get a few opinions about.
So I currently have a HDD that has 1TB of space, and it's worked well for what I got it for, but I'm starting to feel the speed difference that I would have if I got an SSD. I plan on getting one, but something I wanted to see is what your guys' thoughts are about using an SSD just for an OS, and then another SSD for whatever else (games, software, etc.)
I'm currently stuck between deciding on getting an SSD that has 1TB of space and using it for everything, versus getting a 250GB SSD for my OS, and then something like a 500GB SSD for everything else.
Any opinions are welcome, and in the end I'm getting an SSD regardless.
You may as well just get the 1 tb total. I can't think of a real reason to separate them for these purposes.
I'm trying to think of scenarios, but they don't matter with new SSDs, or just SSDs in general.
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;50650070]You may as well just get the 1 tb total. I can't think of a real reason to separate them for these purposes.
I'm trying to think of scenarios, but they don't matter with new SSDs, or just SSDs in general.[/QUOTE]
That's what I was thinking about, I couldn't come up with any real benefit other than just keeping them separate.
The larger SSDs are usually a bit faster. If you want to keep things separate you could create multiple partitions.
Only reason I can see to split it is if you wanted to get a smaller PCI-E SSD (2 GB/s read speeds oh yes) and a larger SATA one.
[QUOTE=IpHa;50650092]The larger SSDs are usually a bit faster. If you want to keep things separate you could create multiple partitions.[/QUOTE]
Never heard of partitions before this, do they have any uses on SSDs other than space management?
[QUOTE=Nookyava;50650152]Never heard of partitions before this, do they have any uses on SSDs other than space management?[/QUOTE]
No real use other than file organization. You could have windows on its own partition, then the rest for games/programs/etc.
The downside here is once they're full of data you can't really change the allotment.
[QUOTE=IpHa;50650166]No real use other than file organization. You could have windows on its own partition, then the rest for games/programs/etc.
The downside here is once they're full of data you can't really change the allotment.[/QUOTE]
I was reading that, and it sounds like it's a pain to deal with.
I may just stick with the 1TB SSD, and use it as normal. From what it sounds like there's no real benefit to separating them, and no need to spend the extra money/deal with the extra hassle if I don't need to.
It was more useful in the past when windows need to be reinstalled regularly to keep it running well. You could just wipe and reinstall the windows partition while leaving everything else alone.
[QUOTE=IpHa;50650182]It was more useful in the past when windows need to be reinstalled regularly to keep it running well. You could just wipe and reinstall the windows partition while leaving everything else alone.[/QUOTE]
I see, thus keeping all your files without having to worry, right?
[QUOTE=Nookyava;50650201]I see, thus keeping all your files without having to worry, right?[/QUOTE]
Exactly. Its not a backup replacement (because the paritition could get accidentally wiped) but if done correctly, it saves the effort of copying your stuff back.
I have an OS SSD, with a few key programs on it, and then 3 separate mechanical hard drives for data/games/etc. I did this because I do download a lot, I do video editing, I install and uninstall programs and games a lot, in short I do a lot of reading and writing to disk. I thought I should minimize that on the SSD.
I think I worried about it too much. i've been doing a lot more reading and writing to disk on the SSD and the tool that shows wear hasn't budged a bit from 100% life remaining. Bottomline, imo if you have the money just go SSD from here on out, that's what I'm going to do.
The exception would be if you know your only real use for that storage is to put files that won't benefit from using an SSD, like a media server.
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