Drive configuration and upgrade advice

Manbatius

Manbatius

Manbatius

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Hi all,

Need some advice with my set up, all was fine when my pc was a media only machine, but since I started gaming things have changed.

My drives are:
30gb Kingston ssd now, OS
2tb hdd Media
80gb hdd games

I added a spare old hdd for games as I figured it would be bad for the 2tb to be running a game and streaming a film.

My 30gb ssd (fair few years old now) is constantly full, done all the cutting I can but now its my main pc there just is not enough room.

Do I:

Replace 30gb ssd with 120 and leave rest of set up as is.

Wait longer and save more and get a 250 ish ssd remove the need for games hdd.

Or moves the games onto the 2tb drive and get a 120gb ssd.

Essentially the tight git in me wants to get the best performance for the smallest cost.....
 
bledd. said:
It's not much stress for a HDD tbh..

Also, as always, I'd keep a second 2tb hard drive and keep a backup of your main one on that.

Personally, I do this..

B:\ (networked backup drive)
C:\Windows - 120gb Samsung Evo SSD
D:\Steam - 120gb cheap ocz SSD
E:\Documents\music\photos\ - 1tb drive
M:\ (networked media drive for videos)


I backup E to B on a daily basis using robocopy
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Thanks for the advice, I use a portable usb3 hard drive I use for back ups once a month. None of my data is crucial so thats fine for me.

I am thinking of savinf further getting a 250gb ssd and having that and the 2tb drive. My games only take about 60gb of the 80gb drive and half of them I do not play.

Its just whether its worth is performance/cost wise to do that.

For a 120gb drive i was looking at the evo!
 
Was about to get a Samsung 840 Evo, then seen a 180 gb Intel 335 drive for about £20 more.

Tough decision now! I know the samsung drive is better but not sure I can ignore that extra space!
 
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