SSD or HDD

lennshow66 · 29 Dec 2013 at 11:51

Hi guys,

Do you install your games on your ssd or hdd. Does it make any difference in speed depending on which drive they are installed?

Many thanks

kefan77 · 29 Dec 2013 at 11:53

on SSD now.

it will load quicker, but not a life changing difference over HDD.

andy_mk3 · 29 Dec 2013 at 11:54

I have a few games that I use the most on my SSD, loading times are improved but nothing mega.

Havana_UK · 29 Dec 2013 at 11:55

Some games (such as BF3) benefit massively from the faster load times of an SSD, but in the main I keep games on the HDD as it's much better VFM.

lennshow66 · 29 Dec 2013 at 11:55

So no difference in fps?

kefan77 · 29 Dec 2013 at 11:58

no, absolutely 0 difference.

andy_mk3 · 29 Dec 2013 at 12:00

Nope, no difference at all.

Havana_UK · 29 Dec 2013 at 12:01

kefan77 said:
no, absolutely 0 difference.

This.

Load times only.

lennshow66 · 29 Dec 2013 at 14:30

Thanks guys

andy_mk3 · 29 Dec 2013 at 14:34

In BF3 you can usually tell who has an SSD as a handful of people are always the first to load in a server, then the rest come

ak22 · 29 Dec 2013 at 15:56

Same goes for BF4 i always load in late when the map changes, my clan mates have SSD's they always load much faster

tintin82 · 29 Dec 2013 at 16:05

I have a dedicated games SSD and glad I decided to go down that route. Load time are way faster, I am often the first in games like BF4. Is that worth the cost of another SSD? Well when you think of all the time saved not staring at loading screens day in day out, then for me, yes, it is worth it.
Load times for FSX used to be so long i could make a cuppa tea and it still was not ready!

Dervious · 29 Dec 2013 at 23:22

If you have the space, SSD everytime.

Games and games level usually load a lot faster from an SSD. As said before, no difference in framerates.

Now some would suggest that a game level taking 4 seconds to load instead of 10 is no big deal. However, having installed all the (few) games that I play on my SSDs in recent years, I'd be reluctant to go back to using a HDD (unless I really had no space to install any more games).

Faster Winodows boot times, faster game loads, app starts, system shutdown, updates etc. All these things add up to making your PC more enjoyable to use (especially if you are even a little impatient).