One or Two SSD's

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Hi

Just about to upgrade my OS drive from a 120Gb SSD as it's always filling up - can also now use this in my microserver which has a 60Gb SSD and is also full.

So, I'm looking at a new SSD for the main pc as an OS drive but I also seem to think I read something about running steam from a SSD would speed game loading times up - in particular GTA V. Currently all my files and steam install is sat on a separate 1TB normal drive.

So, question is do I get a single 500Gb and put the OS and all steam files on it together, or would a 250Gb SSD for the OS and a 250Gb SSD for steam to sit on by itself be a better or faster way? The price is about £5 either way so no issue.

Thanks.
 
I'd go with 2x drives.

I use 2x 128GB drives here.

One for OS, one for Steam.

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I have an SSD just for Steam, makes games load super fast.

Also did this to my Steam drive, before putting Steam on it.. Go into Disk Management and changed the drive letter to S

bledd. said:
steam.jpg


If anyone else wants to set a steam drive icon, download these and put them in the root of your Steam hard drive.

autorun.inf
steam.ico

You can set them as hidden files.

Need to reboot for it to take effect
Click to expand...

:)

Looks neat in Explorer


I currently use a Samsung 850 Evo for Windows and my older 840 Evo for Steam.
 
Awesome. Thanks.

Thought it might be better to have steam on its own drive. I'm going 250gb as my steam folder is already over 100gb now.
 
Quick tip.

When installing Windows, remove all other HDD/SSDs from the system (just disconnect the SATA data port or disable in BIOS).

This will ensure that all the boot files etc only go on the Windows drive..

Once it's installed, add the other drives back in.
 
For SSDs I prefer fewer larger drives as bigger SSDs are faster and the remaining free space is shared meaning load balancing works better, overprovisioning works better etc. Yes, it means more data lost if the drive dies vs. only half going but of course it's less likely to die as well. In the future when tech moves on & you replace your main drive or whole system you've got a reasonable sized drive to keep as a secondary drive rather than two small ones.

Either way is fine though :) just my personal preference.
 
I run 3 ssds and 1 hhd.

2x 120gb in raid 0 for windows
1x 500gb ssd for games
1x 2tb hdd for storage.

Works well for me and can always upgrade drives when i need more room.
 
I use a 256 Samsung 840 pro for os and important programs, a second 256 crucial mx100 as a gaming drive (dayz, arma3, bf4) then 3 other hdds for media and other storage.
 
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